Calling Doon The Line

[Nickpeabody]

My grapa was in the war 2 he was takeing a bath when they musted gast them when the did that my grapa got some in his lungs and he gave his gas mask to a yung man and he ran to get a nother one he die when he was in his bed at home

[Nickpeabody]

It s so cool make me cry

[rab1688]

SaggySanders2 I'm in tears. Awesome.

[ODR538]

Fabulous song and lyrics are very moving. Great photos to accompany it...Huge WELL DONE!!

[midgiemarsh]

lovely song. Lest We Forget

[lynniepoo02]

my Papa Tammy Turnbll from Hawick was a piper in the KOSB during WWI at Gallipolli, Somme and Paschendale. Known as "The Devils In Skirts" by the enemy because they were terrified of them! Quite right too!! My other papa was in the Royal Horse Artillary at the Somme too, this song makes me think of them and how lucky they were to come home relitavely unscathed. Love this..thanks Alan x

[jones0430]

The Scots are the only soldiers who call for the "Pipers to the front". The pipers have always led the way.

[argyll1854]

@jones0430

After a Drummers/Bugle Call ;)

[runrigtam]

am gutted i missed the gigi in Edinburgh 2008 on my birthday (27th July) apparently i was called to the stage, but we couldnae find the place so we missed it :/ thanks anyway Al and the boys!

[SaggySanders2]

My Great grandfather was a pipe major in ww1 and was shot and left to die but was saved by a young soldier who was killed pulling my great grandfather back into the trench. I am named after that young soldier.▌♥▐

[Buspest]

At the going down of the sun and in the morning we shall remember them... Let us remember ALL our fallen HERO'S xx

[liamteeyc]

whyy is there 1 'dislike' ? 

[duke123l]

can anyone send me the lyrics great song very much like eric bogle

[Gaelforced]

oh my.....

[daevidlangdon]

Beautiful song well performed.

[moo123432]

is there any way to get music for this?

[Robutube1]

This particular song is available as an mP3 download from Amazon. The album's called "Gie'd Sum Wellie" and the band's name is "Scocha".

[Oshun58]

Same as in in germany.

boys would beo hmoe at christmas and never returned.

fuck the war!

Fuck the liars who send young men into death!

[molaki55]

nice video

nice words fireflyo1

youre right

[fireflyo1]

We lay wreaths, pay our respect and remember the one's who gave there lives for other's freedom and not for what people haven't learnt today. LEST WE FORGET, We Will Remember Them.

[inverkenny]

why do we kid on we care when we do it again and again? we never learn, all that laying wreaths and poppy stuff is all pompous crap, they will send you to your death again then kid on they care again.

[cowallad]

Hey fordson,the line from the tune is we're no awa' to bide awa'......

[fordson26]

Boys stood on the platform in 1917, waiting for a train to Salisbury Plain

They were only in their teens.

The lad to his mother said, Dinna fret, well be home by Christmas Day,

And the piper played Scotland the Brave as they waved the boys away.

Calling doon the line, calling doon the line, and they rallied roond to the pipers tune, it was calling doon the line.

[fordson26]

The Sergeant Major pushed them hard, they were trained in only days

For to bear the brunt of the Western Front theyd soon be on their way

So off they marched, rifles shoulder-high And all at once they sang

For ????????????, pay the pipers in the band

Calling doon the line, calling doon the line, and they rallied roond to the pipers tune, it was calling doon the line.

[fordson26]

Thunder echoed through the trench as the shells upon them rained,

And the generals spent a thousand men for every inch they gained.

The brave young men faced their battle down, so proud to do their job, and the piper stood in a line of fire

And played them o'er the top."

Calling doon the line, calling doon the line, and they rallied roond to the pipers tune, it was calling doon the line.

[fordson26]

When No-Man's-Land fell silent, and they counted all the dead

The victory claimed would disguise the shame

And nothing more was said.

And the fallen brave on a foreign field, that gave the very best

And the piper played a sad lament as they laid the boys to rest.

Calling doon the line, calling doon the line, and they rallied roond to the pipers tune, it was calling doon the line.

And they rallied roond to the pipers tune, it was calling doon the line.

[ConCon75]

Some of them i mean.

[ConCon75]

These pictures where taken in Belfast ye know?

[michaelmag]

Well done!What a somber string of photos may we never forget!

[HelenSSpencer77]

Hard to remember just how young all these 'soldiers' were, being sent off to slaughter or be slaughtered. None had a clue what horrors they would witness. Shame on us if we don't remember their sacrifice. Kids from our hometowns no matter where we live...in what country. This song is about all young men who fight our wars. Never forget.

[theXsleepoverXgang]

Beautiful vocals, Alan. LEST WE EVER FORGET.

[wattie1690]

Gone but not forgotten

FGAC

[davidwhite53]

Lest we forget

[BLOOMINLILLY]

totally class

[airdrieball]

hats off.  topnotch

[legal2deagle]

Very well done, lest we forget

[HelenSSpencer77]

First time I heard this...how sad...as you said...Lest we Forget. Very well done kirstybrite.

[stoneisland1314]

great video

lest we forget

[orangenutcase]

well done

LEST WE FORGET

x

[SpectrumDisco]

Sang this at The Legion on Sunday, very hard to do with the emotion of the day.

Thanks Al.

[lynnwoodcottage]

Well done Alan. Yer always in ma mind at this time wi yer war songs.

Cheers Davey

[soozin1962]

This song always gets me, Alan always cpatures the mood and emotion with his lyrics. My Dad was in the Royal Scots during WW2 as a boy piper was a boy Piper.Seeing this always makes me think of him and all those brave soldiers who fell.

[jammybaza]

Alba Gu Brath

[nacho1560]

Very emotive. My dad fought in WWII and used to tell me how the pipes would calm the nerves and make every Scots soldier desperate to get into action.

He landed on Sword Beach with the KOSB's and they were instrumental in the siege of Caen until it was eventually taken by the Canadians.

The pipes were indeed weapons of battle.

[DonnyMacG]

Scothcha, are well a known border band, as to sword beach we have an old Sapper on the arrse website who was there,

Donny

[DonnyMacG]

Just ma wee time again remembering.

Alba gu Brath

[DonnyMacG]

I'm sippin Glen Livet as I do, and I still get chocked when I watch and listen.

Most of my Clan, (what was left after Culloden) died in the "Great War" and I served 24 years as Sapper and lost a few of my own.

Allen's tune gets me every time,

Soldiers do cry..

[hibeesrules]

can sumone send me the song plz?

[hibeesrules]

this show that not just "good old england" fought in the wars,

quality vid

[argyll1854]

What a tribute, 1st Class.

Mon The Jocks, wherever ye may be

[ScotlandRFC]

brilliant

[ZILCH7]

Quality song ...well done .

[Kirstybrite]

If you email Al on the email address at the end of the video he will be able to help you.

Thanks

[weeone111]

i have seen him sing live at paschendale amazing

[TattieB]

Just saw Scocha for the first time a week ago.

Very impressed with the band generally, but this song particularly, and the video is even more moving.

[celticbree]

This is so moving. A wonderful tribute.

Well done indeed.

[Kirstybrite]

If you send an email to Alan at the address shown at the end of the video he will be happy to send you the words.

[Angus333McBride]

Aye thanks ... Lad or lass?

I want to say 1 thing yer seriuse 1 of my favourites on youtube. Yer movies hit my heart and gives an rock in my troath.

I realy apprisiate these things ye do for those hero's. I wish my great garndfather could see yer movies.

Well done! Realy well done!!!

[Angus333McBride]

Does somebody can get the songtext of this song please?

I would be so thankfull.

Gr: Angus McBride

[Angus333McBride]

Realy bonnie!!!

Thanks lad my greatgrandfather whas an Cameron highlander at the WW1.

Briljant!!!

[malchikinus]

Probably the finest soldiers' tribute song I've ever heard.

[cranhaven]

Thank you very very much

[oonadata]

excellent as is the road to passchendaele

[IanMitchell1954]

I had goosebumps all over listening to the song and tears in my eyes. I was in Basrah last year and met many folk form Hawick - we can certainly be proud to be a Terie.

[155rudy333]

love it. Great pix with the music. I want to hear more pipes mon! The tune sticks in your head.

[teribus1514]

Wow - the graphics are great and the song is so well sung - you can hear the emotion in Alan's voice.

Cammy

[obansinglemalt]

Together with the new song "The Road to Passchendaele", composed together with Major (Rtd.) Gavin Stoddart, this is one of Alan Brydon's great songs with which he moved the public to tears during last weekend's unveiling of a Scottish National War Memorial in Zonnebeke, Flanders