why are we treating our squaddies like the usa treated thier troops in the 70"s,they now follow our "old" stanards,and we have to use charities,no dissin them,but are we goin backwards?
Too many ronalds and not enough morals,ps,malcolm,every nation sold out even the german bankers but we have to follow others lead ,we are not allowed a say in europe or otherwise yet.
AS 2012 SEES IT'S FIRST HOUR I WANT THE wORLD TO KNOW THAT i AM SO VERY PROUD OF MY SCOTTISH SOLDIER SON. THANKFULLY OUT OF AFGHAN BUT PROUD TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY. MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR TROOPS. KEEP THEM SAFE.
As we get ready to celebrate hogmanay and the new year our thoughts are with all our troops and hope they come home safe. Not just our scots troops but all the english,welsh and irish troops also our allies from all around the world.
@glasgow1234 So who's war will we be fighting against with bits o stick and brick when the nuclear deterent is taken away!! We're a wee shitey country who can hide submarines pretty well, that's all!!
@jemsam17 We won't be fighting anymore wars for the sake of greedy bankers. Our troops will stay at home and defend our people here. Having a defense force isn't about going away invading countries and killing their people. It's about staying at home and only as a last resort going to war with people who threaten our security. And it's Scots with the same attitude as you who sit down in Westminster looking up to Scotland telling us to stay in the Union. I'm voting YES to independence !
@pyrofella You might have Scottish blood in you lots of Scots moved to Australia in the 1800s :D including some of mine :) you should find out, feels good being Scottish lol
I am Australian, my father was from Scotland......I listened to Andy Stewart all my life.....Not ACDC but I still love it...brings back so many memories............A tear to my eye...
I Love this Song! I'm not really Scottish, but my first name is in Scottish, because sometimes Cubans immigrate to the UK and Scotland, and they are best friends to those places in Europe. So that makes me a Scottish Cuban boy!
I was a scottish soldier many years ago. and this still brings tears to my eyes. To those who mock, we believed in something then, even if they don't now. I still believe in my country I just wish those who govern us now did..I worn my tartan with pride, as all my comrades did. I honour them unresevedly.
@U859TT : Cameron is very childish ain't he ! But he has to look the Social Democrats in the face every week ! Hde shoudl call an election RIGHT NOW !
@malcolmcog Your not wrong...We have made a big mistake going into the EU...we have been run over with immigrants we dont know how many are in our country ..and we are paying for it ..and our soldiers are paying with there lives,while the fat fuckers sit on their asses counting there money ...
my father won the MM in the 2nd world war the only day he drank was rememberance sunday - came home drunk and played this along with the battles oer he as far as i am concerned fought for my freedom i am pround of him an anyone else who has lost their life to keep me safe - i wear my poppy with pride
The true epitome of Scotland. May she stand forever in all those hearts who remember her well. The Skye Boat Song is another which stirs the heart of many a Scot and with a name like James Alistair Fraser (Sandy for short) I was born a sasanach but Scottish is my heart too.
look. i don't like arguing with other British citizens. i don't like the welsh. or the french or the Americans. however, the Irish and the English i love to bits. thats all there is to it. i am Scottish and i love great Britain, the Scots and the english are good friends, that's all i care about, good health to the Irish, Scottish and English!
@hydra8888 i don6 know what your talking about, but you americans are thick as shit, and you copy our traditions Scotland forever! long live great britian :)
@myfilms2010 Scotland Forver! Without the putrid union. The UK report on oil reserves in the North Sea has been extended to 2050. More lies from westminster. Here's to Scotish Independence.
@hydra8888 i agree in some ways, but scotland has got the right to have Independence...its called note voting in the general election, us scots wouldent be anyway without the english or the irish, as for the welsh i dont care
@myfilms2010 "we need the english just as much as ireland does, we should stand together" I reject that comment. Free trade yes, interdependency from England no!
@myfilms2010 Scotland Forever! Without the putrid union. The UK report on oil reserves in the North Sea has been extended to 2050. More lies from westminster. Here's to Scotish Independence.
@myfilms2010 Scotland Forever! Without the putrid union. The UK report on oil reserves in the North Sea has been extended to 2050. More lies from westminster. Here's to Scottish Independence.
I am sorry. I have read the threads as to whom you may wish to go to war with. Admirable but I would prefer not to go to war with any of you. I would however like to go to the pub and have a beer with you
WILL YOU ALL STOP BLOODY FIGHTING AND THINK OF THE TRUE HEROES WHO R FIGHTING OUR COUNTRYS SHOULD NOT BE FIGHTING AND TAKING THE PISS OUT OF EACH OTHER FROM A SERVING SOLDIER.
My family, Grandad and Uncles fought and some died in two wars for Britain, they were Scots but fought for Britain, not England or Wales or Scotland, but Britain. They were proud Scots and some went into battle in the kilt.
why on every video do people have to be racist to each other? the scottish and english are the best of friends and most of the 2 countries like each other.....we are part of great Britain, we share an army and that is important. Scotsman and Englishmen are like brothers...lets leave it at that and not be horrible
My wife will be in Scotland in July-August. She was born there and has not been back in 47 years. There is something to be said about the simple way of life there.
@KeepEuropeWhite with a name like that I thought you'd be well up for a bit of stupid uninformed biggotry... oh yeh you must be on "the other side". Though a protestant himself, King William of Orange's Private honour guard were dutch catholic ergo the arguments on both sides of the catholic-protestant divide are useless and by calling him "an orange bastard" you are not as you may think alluding to his sect.
@whyteay Of course these countries were all allies, yet these were our key allies. See if England & France attacked Germany when they invaded Poland (phony war) it would have saved millions of lives. Are they as worthy?
Guess why it was called WORLD War 2Thought you lot would be at the forefront in Libya - Arab country & oil, seems to be the only criteria needed for the US to declare hostilities.
Mind you, I suppose if you invade enough countries, eventually you might win one, on the other hand maybe not with your previous record on military ineptitude.
@mikethefoto Apparently it's the English (BP) savoring oil, Well, we beat the Germans & Japanese with our worthy allies the Russians, Canadians, Australians, & New Zealanders.
We don't just jump into war like England. The "Japs" bombed Pearl Harbor. Hitler made the "mistake" of declaring war against the US. open up a real textbook. We don't throw generations into war like the English "cannon fodders"
@hawickman No need for derogatory terms, please. My grandparents were from Scotland and moved to Canada with their three children. I am married to a Japanese woman, and my children have been raised here in Japan from birth. I'm just asking you to put the hatred into the past, please.
@bartonim Sorry bud, I don't see my comment anywhere. I was on a very Scottish drunken night out and may have have left offensive comments for which I apologise. Stuart Henry
sheeesh just saw there are 5463 comments written after the one I replied to. AND I buggered that up anyway. Apologies to mikethefoto. Looks like you actually ARE a kiwi
And mikethefoto, we here across the Atlantic would far prefer to have New Zealand watching our backs than you. You have used us as cannon fodder too many times
Rugby's for girls mate. Now league is a real mans sport! How's the lowly Warriors doing this year?? :) and i'm pretty sure us Aussies cleaned you guys up again in the often overlooked sport of Farnarkling. A game of skill, reflex and sheer will power over a Kiwi side that at times struggled...From start to finish! I'm a Farnarkler from way back :) Have a great ANZAC day mate and I'll head 'em up for you. Tugg ex RASigs - Certa Cito (Swift and Sure)
Ref hydra8888's recent snide inaccurate comment, I didn't see the US leading the fight against blatant genocide in Libya, more hurrying to keep up when others took action. As for oil grabbing - try Rumsfeld, Iraq & Halibrand.
67bobmc - The US helped end WW2 earlier (at a serious financiall cost to the Brits) but the allies would still have won as the tide was turning by the time the US was pushed off the fence by Japan.
@mikethefoto Why would we lead the fight against Libya? It was Sarkozy & Cameron. We make it possible. The English would have beaten the Japanese in WW2? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Dream on.
@mikethefoto I suggest the English workout their budget mess before embarking on an invasion that the US (Nato) has to handle (how's the austerity measures). As far as the Japs are concerned, your PM Churchill was begging us to save your Pacific empire (not a chance) . Fence? Why would we get involved in ancient European tribal hostilities? Scotland forever!
I was about 15 in the early 60s when this was a big hit.I used to sing it all the time.Ime not Scots,but in those days I saw Scotland to be a part of Britain,which it is of course (look at your passport) but these days they want to break up the union that has done so much for the world
@mikethefoto God love ya :) You are 100 percent correct about us Aussies and the Kiwi's. We bag each other mercilessly but when the chips are down we'll be knee deep in grenade pins together.
I can't speak for the rest of Australia but I look at you guys as brothers that I haven't shaken hands with or had a cold beer with...yet. how come you guys have so much spite for each other when you live so close together?? I mean it's just a boarder or something isn't it??
And it's common knowledge that us Aussies are the best in the world at sport (Ashes? never heard of it ya poms!!)
Give us a break mate, Best in world at sport, you want us to jump the ditch and show the wannabes how to play Rugby again(tongue in cheek trans tasman banter) ANZAC;s freeking Rule
btw thanks for the lend of your USAR and Cops in Christchurch
God was a Scotsman, stopped at the border and and thought, I'm buggered.. Och there you go England(Gezundhiet) Probably spelt it wrong, but all in fun. England, Scotland,Wales and NI. Meet up, have a drink all problems sorted. Shoot the politicians, let the booze hounds sort it out
Why doesn't hydra8888 just crawl back into his padded cell & keep his puerile comments to himself? (On the basis that he seems to be the only one to appreciate them) Perhaps his comment related to Beckham's kid?
Long live the Brits fighting away from home & screw the inept, half arsed cowboys jokingly called the US military who still think they won in Vietnam!!!!
"Pretty sad when the best you can manage is two lines of drivel interspersed with profanities. What would your bible bashing zealots say?
Now sod off & go back to playing the banjo in "Deliverance!"
@mikethefoto, that's Britain's job. Hanging on to us so they can prop up a shitty empire. While bad mouthing us. Scotland Forever, to hell with the union. Isn't there a sheep you should be shagging.
Jan 25 2011 ... ( Robert Burns Day ) ... when some day when you have passed sixty years and have been by Gods Grace to have been born in Glasgow .... it is very hard for the eyes not to get a wee bit misty after viewing this ....... SLANGEVAR !
Jan 25 2011 ... ( Robert Burns Day ) ... when some day when you have passed sixty years and have been by Gods Grace to have been born in Glasgow .... it is very hard for the eyes not to get a wee bit misty after viewing this ....... SLANGEVAR !
Had to re-post this as it seems to have got lost or vetoed as most popular comment.
Despite any minor differences between the Scots & the English over the centuries & the fierce rivalry over any sporting clash, the scots & English always know they can rely on each other to the bitter end when the chips are really down.
I'd rather have a Jock or a Taff watching my back than any other nation, including our so called special friends from across the Atlantic.
@mikethefoto My friend. as crazy as this might sound. Your so called friends across the Atlantic are the only ones who kept you from speaking German as your first Langauge. But it goes so much deeper than that. We all pay homage to the queen. God bless the song is the best. Love it!
We will stand beside you, most of us are either half Scot or Half english, what you say of the scot and english is like us (NZ) and dem aussies, we fight and squabble among our selves but should anyone else step in they will face the ANZAC'S
@mikethefoto How sad that attitude of yours is. Both my birth country (South Africa) and my adoptive country (USA) stood by Britain, in times of war, and died for Britain. My Scottish Grandfather, and Scottish mother would both be livid indeed with your shameful comments. A Man's A Man???
I wish hydra8888 would get a life, start thinking for himself & stop quoting half truth's & downright lies gleaned from CNN & his local Republican representatives.
Most right thinking people back my comments to the hilt, & the rest I don't care about.
This argument is now closed.
Happy New Year to all my friends & supporters on here, & more importantly -
Protect all the British troops overseas from "friendly fire" in 2011.
(con't) The English are there in name only with a few exceptions. Ask the Christians in Israel if they would rather live with Israelis or Palestinians, ask Fatah if they would rather negotiate with Israel or Hamas? Ask the Sunni if they would rather have Israel with the bomb or Iran? You are sooooooooooooooooo naive.
(con't) The English are there in name only with a few exceptions. Ask the Christians in Israel if they would rather live with Israelis or Palestinians, ask Fatah if they would rather negotiate with Israel or Hamas? Ask the Sunni if they would rather have ISrael with the bomb or Iran? You are sooooooooooooooooo naive.
@shaftsbury94 I understand where you're coming from, but Hogmanay is traditionally a Scottish celebration. Until surprisingly recently, Christmas wasn't a particularly big deal in Scotland, and Hogmanay/New Years' Eve was. It is still a much bigger deal in Edinburgh than in any other town in the United Kingdom (apart from London), so I don't see why it's all that odd that British television would provide more coverage to the Scottish celebrations.
A fine song to invoke lots of Scottish pride. A land of few with countless good people.
It is a shame people squabble here. I wonder how many of those have been to the green hills of Scotland and climbed to the top of a Munro in the howling rain and still enjoyed it.
@mikethefoto Friendly fire? why do you care about that? We are fighting plain clothed insurgents that are "hugging" civilian populations. China owes us more than 7 trillion in currency manipulation. They call in theirs 800 billion we call in ours 7+ trillion.
See we go deeper than the English we fight door to door we are of course going to have civilian casualities.
Beautiful song--How sad these young men won't come home to LIVE their lives with their loved ones--Damn the governments that send them to distant countries to be murdered.
im english my father in law was scots cremated today brother in law was scots ,i will not hear any crap about the scots being ,tight with money or any thing bad the generous people ive met
Yes you are right just somethings which happened during the Vietnam war did upset some Aussies. It is like the Italians during ww2 the draft soldiers gave up because they did not want to be there but I have spoken to some Aussie soldiers who came up against the professional Italian Army and as they said they were a force to be record with so it was my mistake to generalize and I do apologize, may all professional soldiers go in peace
I have always loved this type of music, as for the USA I know that Aussie soldiers would must prefer to fight beside the British soldiers or Gurkha rather than Americans
@trainmad2601 - not necessarily. I have fought alongside British, American and Kiwi and have found them all to be professional (except for the dealings with Breaker Morant).
This is a lovely video it gives me goose pimples when ever I watch, I don't think they could have improved on this brilliant video, I'm Welsh but it gives me great pride to think that Scotland is part of our Great Britain.
oh man I hate it when Americans come in here and start spouting the oh we saved your ass in WW2 crap. It makes the rest of us look really really bad. Keep in mind that most American's knowledge base about Scotland comes from Hollywood from such movies as Rob Roy and Braveheart. Which are entertaining movies but lack serious history. God forbid they pick up a book or two and read about the union of crowns or union of Parliament.
@HighlandPiper1485 The same can be said about the rest of the world regarding the U.S They see the movies and news headlines and assume all americans are ignorant ,fat, warmongering, lazy slobs.
i love my country and im proud to be scottish. ivei had the choice to live anywhere id stay right here. scotland is a big part of me and always will be.
@TailzAndCaza I know exactly what you mean, I'm Welsh and I feel like you do about Scotland, I think the countryside in both Scotlad and Wales are very similar with the rolling hills and vales, I take great homage if I hear anyone saying anything against Wales.
@MrDavemw0mwl im not a happy person when people say bad stuff about scotland. ive only been out of scotland twice and that was to go to london and berwick. i love traveling but only around scotland, i hate leaving i love scotland too much :)
My point was that the US have never helped Britain through any altruistic motive, but purely through self interest so all the rubbish about "special relationships" etc are pure fiction. Respect has to be earned & the US do not earn it but try & buy it or coerce it.
Oh, fine job your special forces did "rescuing" the Scottish aid worker. Killed by a US grenade - another classic case of US "peace through superior fire power", or was it "kill em all, let God decide"
Sadly - Andy died in 1993. This song takes me back to my early childhood in Scotland and to my grandparents' record player where this was one of the few 45rpm records they had to go with their 78s of Scottish dance music (and Roy Orbison singing "It's Over") Great memories - ah, "The White Heather Club"
Just beautiful! This kind of music is either in your blood or it's not. If it's not then it's hard to understand, but if it is then you are very lucky. I am one of the lucky ones! Stirring stuff!
I was reading about Scotish Indepence I think the UK should remain one
alt4100 4 days ago
@alt4100 Here, here.
Nightrbinger24 4 days ago
The Highland traditional warrior killed ,
other Highlanders,and anybody else
who tried to stop him taking anything
he wanted.
mixn44 1 week ago
@mixn44 Is it true the Romans were scared of the Scots
1bcabcan 1 week ago in playlist old country
as long as i dont have to have red hair
willywilltoo 3 weeks ago
why are we treating our squaddies like the usa treated thier troops in the 70"s,they now follow our "old" stanards,and we have to use charities,no dissin them,but are we goin backwards?
Too many ronalds and not enough morals,ps,malcolm,every nation sold out even the german bankers but we have to follow others lead ,we are not allowed a say in europe or otherwise yet.
macdc8 3 weeks ago
seen and read many other comments,not just here,but back to the song,.play it with a mil band?
ehhh,naw,
massed P&Ds trample them underfoot,classic and stirring
macdc8 1 month ago
AS 2012 SEES IT'S FIRST HOUR I WANT THE wORLD TO KNOW THAT i AM SO VERY PROUD OF MY SCOTTISH SOLDIER SON. THANKFULLY OUT OF AFGHAN BUT PROUD TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY. MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR TROOPS. KEEP THEM SAFE.
paulinesmith44 1 month ago 2
@paulinesmith44 Well said my lass.
bennevis21 4 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
As we get ready to celebrate hogmanay and the new year our thoughts are with all our troops and hope they come home safe. Not just our scots troops but all the english,welsh and irish troops also our allies from all around the world.
inverles 1 month ago 3
Thumbs up if you are voting YES for Scottish Independence !
No more will our good men and women fight in anymore bankers wars!
glasgow1234 1 month ago
@glasgow1234 So who's war will we be fighting against with bits o stick and brick when the nuclear deterent is taken away!! We're a wee shitey country who can hide submarines pretty well, that's all!!
jemsam17 2 weeks ago
@jemsam17 We won't be fighting anymore wars for the sake of greedy bankers. Our troops will stay at home and defend our people here. Having a defense force isn't about going away invading countries and killing their people. It's about staying at home and only as a last resort going to war with people who threaten our security. And it's Scots with the same attitude as you who sit down in Westminster looking up to Scotland telling us to stay in the Union. I'm voting YES to independence !
glasgow1234 2 weeks ago
I'm not a Scot, I'm an Aussie.....but everytime I hear this song....I kind of wish I was.....a beautiful and stirring song......
pyrofella 1 month ago
@pyrofella @ Aussie here. Feelin' lonely at this time are you ?
MusicPredominates 1 month ago
@pyrofella You might have Scottish blood in you lots of Scots moved to Australia in the 1800s :D including some of mine :) you should find out, feels good being Scottish lol
MrAJK2015 4 weeks ago
I am Australian, my father was from Scotland......I listened to Andy Stewart all my life.....Not ACDC but I still love it...brings back so many memories............A tear to my eye...
smmangles1 1 month ago
I Love this Song! I'm not really Scottish, but my first name is in Scottish, because sometimes Cubans immigrate to the UK and Scotland, and they are best friends to those places in Europe. So that makes me a Scottish Cuban boy!
cubanboy258 1 month ago
I was a scottish soldier many years ago. and this still brings tears to my eyes. To those who mock, we believed in something then, even if they don't now. I still believe in my country I just wish those who govern us now did..I worn my tartan with pride, as all my comrades did. I honour them unresevedly.
U859TT 1 month ago 3
@U859TT : Cameron is very childish ain't he ! But he has to look the Social Democrats in the face every week ! Hde shoudl call an election RIGHT NOW !
MusicPredominates 1 month ago
strange how this song comes back to haunt us all.
blackjack3272 2 months ago
My Fathers and my Mothers family have their names on Memorials across the Highlands. For what ? To give our Country to the bankers of Germany ?
malcolmcog 2 months ago 6
@malcolmcog Your not wrong...We have made a big mistake going into the EU...we have been run over with immigrants we dont know how many are in our country ..and we are paying for it ..and our soldiers are paying with there lives,while the fat fuckers sit on their asses counting there money ...
justabrit 1 month ago
@malcolmcog : Yes. They lost WW II. And wish to win Europe all over again. The mittel power always !
MusicPredominates 1 month ago
my father won the MM in the 2nd world war the only day he drank was rememberance sunday - came home drunk and played this along with the battles oer he as far as i am concerned fought for my freedom i am pround of him an anyone else who has lost their life to keep me safe - i wear my poppy with pride
lournieferret 2 months ago 8
The true epitome of Scotland. May she stand forever in all those hearts who remember her well. The Skye Boat Song is another which stirs the heart of many a Scot and with a name like James Alistair Fraser (Sandy for short) I was born a sasanach but Scottish is my heart too.
tinkerbell151272 2 months ago
if this man had only thought of how much this song would mean to so every scottish soldier i pitty the man who hears the pipes thats no a scot
sosfreedome1 3 months ago
For goodness sake stop arguing and enjoy this excellent video
playfair1960 3 months ago
BRILL
ABLH456 3 months ago
It's such a pleasure to listen to his singing.
justposner 3 months ago
look. i don't like arguing with other British citizens. i don't like the welsh. or the french or the Americans. however, the Irish and the English i love to bits. thats all there is to it. i am Scottish and i love great Britain, the Scots and the english are good friends, that's all i care about, good health to the Irish, Scottish and English!
myfilms2010 3 months ago
@myfilms2010 Are you saying you wish the Welsh, French, & Americans ill will? All of these people. Dumbass.
hydra8888 3 months ago
@hydra8888 i don6 know what your talking about, but you americans are thick as shit, and you copy our traditions Scotland forever! long live great britian :)
myfilms2010 3 months ago
@myfilms2010 Scotland Forver! Without the putrid union. The UK report on oil reserves in the North Sea has been extended to 2050. More lies from westminster. Here's to Scotish Independence.
hydra8888 3 months ago
@hydra8888 i agree in some ways, but scotland has got the right to have Independence...its called note voting in the general election, us scots wouldent be anyway without the english or the irish, as for the welsh i dont care
long live ireland, scotland and england
myfilms2010 3 months ago
@myfilms2010 Independent Ireland, Independent Scotland, Independent England.
hydra8888 3 months ago
@hydra8888 we need the english just as much as ireland does, we should stand together
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@myfilms2010 "we need the english just as much as ireland does, we should stand together" I reject that comment. Free trade yes, interdependency from England no!
hydra8888 3 months ago
@hydra8888 nah - union.
selectheowl 2 months ago
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@myfilms2010 Scotland Forever! Without the putrid union. The UK report on oil reserves in the North Sea has been extended to 2050. More lies from westminster. Here's to Scotish Independence.
hydra8888 3 months ago
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@myfilms2010 Scotland Forever! Without the putrid union. The UK report on oil reserves in the North Sea has been extended to 2050. More lies from westminster. Here's to Scottish Independence.
hydra8888 3 months ago
lol you make fun of Englishman for being fruity ?
NaziJuice 4 months ago
@NaziJuice are you insulting our english freinds?
myfilms2010 3 months ago in playlist Liked
aye amen borther anyone with scottish ancestry watching my back i know ill come back home safe and alive CLANN GUNN 4ever.
scream66 4 months ago
There is something about drums and pipes! I am English with Irish blood, but I love the sound of pipes... and @mikethefoto, totally agree!
bronjewell 4 months ago
@bronjewell
Cheers mate, much appreciated.
All the best.
mikethefoto 3 months ago
hello to my British comrades
myfilms2010 4 months ago in playlist myfilms2010's Favorited Videos
always moving!
weskittun 4 months ago
it is a nice song
loriannelaine 4 months ago
I am sorry. I have read the threads as to whom you may wish to go to war with. Admirable but I would prefer not to go to war with any of you. I would however like to go to the pub and have a beer with you
candicesdad1 5 months ago
WILL YOU ALL STOP BLOODY FIGHTING AND THINK OF THE TRUE HEROES WHO R FIGHTING OUR COUNTRYS SHOULD NOT BE FIGHTING AND TAKING THE PISS OUT OF EACH OTHER FROM A SERVING SOLDIER.
TheSoldierboy67 5 months ago
@TheSoldierboy67 Well said frm an aunt of a young scots soldier serving in Afghan :))) XXX
littlemoe59 3 months ago
alba gu brath brothers
skinhead14881000 5 months ago
Doesn't it sort of defeat the purpose of putting the band in camouflage fatigues if they're going to give them bagpipes covered in red plaid?
lightofathousand 5 months ago
@lightofathousand
Its a demonstration not forking combat
ac130ugunship 5 months ago
My family, Grandad and Uncles fought and some died in two wars for Britain, they were Scots but fought for Britain, not England or Wales or Scotland, but Britain. They were proud Scots and some went into battle in the kilt.
malcolmcog 6 months ago
why on every video do people have to be racist to each other? the scottish and english are the best of friends and most of the 2 countries like each other.....we are part of great Britain, we share an army and that is important. Scotsman and Englishmen are like brothers...lets leave it at that and not be horrible
myfilms2010 6 months ago
hey who cares im english and just love this song . great song does not matter weather you are english or scottish
sharonann3344 6 months ago
Invaded by Viking, Roman, English et al, we're still here where are they, Scots, "wha's like us, gie few, and they're a deid!!"
jemsam17 6 months ago
be proud
janetcow 6 months ago
My wife will be in Scotland in July-August. She was born there and has not been back in 47 years. There is something to be said about the simple way of life there.
jocko699 7 months ago
Screw the grammatial errors. This is a song of home, North of the Border. Loud, proud and pure Scots
hawickman 7 months ago
@KeepEuropeWhite with a name like that I thought you'd be well up for a bit of stupid uninformed biggotry... oh yeh you must be on "the other side". Though a protestant himself, King William of Orange's Private honour guard were dutch catholic ergo the arguments on both sides of the catholic-protestant divide are useless and by calling him "an orange bastard" you are not as you may think alluding to his sect.
ithotofthisfirst 8 months ago
This was the first song I remember ever hearing on the radio when I was a small child. I loved it then and I love it now.
jilligong 8 months ago
My Uncle Andy tried to teach me to sing but I was more interested in getting drunk because I had been a Scottish Soldier and wanted to forget
hawickman 8 months ago
Love Scotland...this is so wonderful
olinkour2121 8 months ago
I like the blend with the pipes. Andy was famous (or infamous to some) for putting words to old pipe tunes.
rdvqc 8 months ago
I love this, it is difficult to find andy stewart albums here unless you find an old badly scratched up copy of an album at a thrift store
Bronwyn51 9 months ago 2
@Bronwyn51 you can get some on amazon.com, I believe, some very nice CD's
cynthianakai 9 months ago
hydra8888
I'm a big fan of yours.
I thought you were brilliant playing the banjo in "Deliverance"
Now go back to learning how to be a successful superpower while it lasts.
Can you speak Cantonese?
mikethefoto 9 months ago
@mikethefoto Love it Love it Love it. I'm from NYC. Stop slagging the Americans when were the ones helping you.
hydra8888 9 months ago
Scotland, Canada, United States (just!), Ireland, Wales, Australia, NZ, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia....I suppose Russia....and fuck the rest!
whyteay 9 months ago
@whyteay Of course these countries were all allies, yet these were our key allies. See if England & France attacked Germany when they invaded Poland (phony war) it would have saved millions of lives. Are they as worthy?
hydra8888 9 months ago
Doh,
Guess why it was called WORLD War 2Thought you lot would be at the forefront in Libya - Arab country & oil, seems to be the only criteria needed for the US to declare hostilities.
Mind you, I suppose if you invade enough countries, eventually you might win one, on the other hand maybe not with your previous record on military ineptitude.
What's the phrase used in Hereford?
All the gear & no frickin idea!!!!!
Have a nice day.
mikethefoto 9 months ago 2
@mikethefoto Apparently it's the English (BP) savoring oil, Well, we beat the Germans & Japanese with our worthy allies the Russians, Canadians, Australians, & New Zealanders.
We don't just jump into war like England. The "Japs" bombed Pearl Harbor. Hitler made the "mistake" of declaring war against the US. open up a real textbook. We don't throw generations into war like the English "cannon fodders"
hydra8888 9 months ago
@hydra8888 Dream on, my grandad at the hannds of your favoured "japs". Bring my papa back]
hawickman 9 months ago
@hawickman I'm not favoring any "Japs"
hydra8888 9 months ago
@hawickman No need for derogatory terms, please. My grandparents were from Scotland and moved to Canada with their three children. I am married to a Japanese woman, and my children have been raised here in Japan from birth. I'm just asking you to put the hatred into the past, please.
bartonim 8 months ago
@bartonim Sorry bud, I don't see my comment anywhere. I was on a very Scottish drunken night out and may have have left offensive comments for which I apologise. Stuart Henry
hawickman 8 months ago
sheeesh just saw there are 5463 comments written after the one I replied to. AND I buggered that up anyway. Apologies to mikethefoto. Looks like you actually ARE a kiwi
goldpowertrain 9 months ago
And mikethefoto, we here across the Atlantic would far prefer to have New Zealand watching our backs than you. You have used us as cannon fodder too many times
goldpowertrain 9 months ago
@ac130ugunship
Rugby's for girls mate. Now league is a real mans sport! How's the lowly Warriors doing this year?? :) and i'm pretty sure us Aussies cleaned you guys up again in the often overlooked sport of Farnarkling. A game of skill, reflex and sheer will power over a Kiwi side that at times struggled...From start to finish! I'm a Farnarkler from way back :) Have a great ANZAC day mate and I'll head 'em up for you. Tugg ex RASigs - Certa Cito (Swift and Sure)
TheTuggerrype 10 months ago
Ref hydra8888's recent snide inaccurate comment, I didn't see the US leading the fight against blatant genocide in Libya, more hurrying to keep up when others took action. As for oil grabbing - try Rumsfeld, Iraq & Halibrand.
67bobmc - The US helped end WW2 earlier (at a serious financiall cost to the Brits) but the allies would still have won as the tide was turning by the time the US was pushed off the fence by Japan.
mikethefoto 10 months ago
@mikethefoto Why would we lead the fight against Libya? It was Sarkozy & Cameron. We make it possible. The English would have beaten the Japanese in WW2? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Dream on.
hydra8888 10 months ago
@hydra8888
Sorry, you talking to me?
I suggest you get your budget sorted out you instead of talking through your anus.
Are you saying that you came into WW2 for any other reason than the Japs blew you off the fence you were clinging so tightly too?
mikethefoto 9 months ago
@mikethefoto I suggest the English workout their budget mess before embarking on an invasion that the US (Nato) has to handle (how's the austerity measures). As far as the Japs are concerned, your PM Churchill was begging us to save your Pacific empire (not a chance) . Fence? Why would we get involved in ancient European tribal hostilities? Scotland forever!
hydra8888 9 months ago
A Glesca loon who found a great solace in Banchory - One of Scotland's best!
Jim0912 10 months ago
That final verse always brings a tear to my eye.
BucksheeRounds 10 months ago
Let's all disregard the scurrilous under-the-breath negative comments and ENJOY this blessed music and glorious video. Agreed?
miraonorma 10 months ago
I was about 15 in the early 60s when this was a big hit.I used to sing it all the time.Ime not Scots,but in those days I saw Scotland to be a part of Britain,which it is of course (look at your passport) but these days they want to break up the union that has done so much for the world
georgeamery 10 months ago
@mikethefoto God love ya :) You are 100 percent correct about us Aussies and the Kiwi's. We bag each other mercilessly but when the chips are down we'll be knee deep in grenade pins together.
Oh and I'll have more than one coldie for you :)
TheTuggerrype 10 months ago
I can't speak for the rest of Australia but I look at you guys as brothers that I haven't shaken hands with or had a cold beer with...yet. how come you guys have so much spite for each other when you live so close together?? I mean it's just a boarder or something isn't it??
And it's common knowledge that us Aussies are the best in the world at sport (Ashes? never heard of it ya poms!!)
Loved this song and thank you for posting it :)
TheTuggerrype 10 months ago
@TheTuggerrype
Cheeky bugger, but what the hell!!
Don't you guys have the same relationship with the Kiwi's?
It isn't spite with most of us. It's more the "We can slag each other off to the Nth degree but anyone else joins in & god help em"
Anyway have a cold one for me & here's to us all taking the piss out of the common enemy "THE YANKS".
All the gear & no frickin idea!!!!
mikethefoto 10 months ago
@mikethefoto
That we do, We are ANZAC's
and there is more than a few of us who proudly carry a wee bit of Tartan blood
Like you, us and the aussies are like family we take the piss out of each other but anyone else steps in They Get to Face us Both, 1RNZIR Onward
A Maori saying, Kia Kaha (Stay Strong)
ac130ugunship 10 months ago
@TheTuggerrype
Give us a break mate, Best in world at sport, you want us to jump the ditch and show the wannabes how to play Rugby again(tongue in cheek trans tasman banter) ANZAC;s freeking Rule
btw thanks for the lend of your USAR and Cops in Christchurch
ac130ugunship 10 months ago
old fart cunt
teenagemaniac 11 months ago
im 100% PROUD TO BE SCOTTISH
MarkieBhoy17 11 months ago
God was a Scotsman, stopped at the border and and thought, I'm buggered.. Och there you go England(Gezundhiet) Probably spelt it wrong, but all in fun. England, Scotland,Wales and NI. Meet up, have a drink all problems sorted. Shoot the politicians, let the booze hounds sort it out
hawickman 11 months ago
Why doesn't hydra8888 just crawl back into his padded cell & keep his puerile comments to himself? (On the basis that he seems to be the only one to appreciate them) Perhaps his comment related to Beckham's kid?
Long live the Brits fighting away from home & screw the inept, half arsed cowboys jokingly called the US military who still think they won in Vietnam!!!!
mikethefoto 11 months ago 2
@mikethefoto mikethefoto you sneaky cunt. This argument was finished. US good Scotland good. Great Britain bad.
hydra8888 11 months ago
@hydra8888
Pretty sad when the best you can manage is two lines of drivel interspersed with profanities. What would your bible bashing zealots say?
Now sod off & go back to playing the banjo in "Deliverance!
mikethefoto 10 months ago
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"Pretty sad when the best you can manage is two lines of drivel interspersed with profanities. What would your bible bashing zealots say?
Now sod off & go back to playing the banjo in "Deliverance!"
@mikethefoto, that's Britain's job. Hanging on to us so they can prop up a shitty empire. While bad mouthing us. Scotland Forever, to hell with the union. Isn't there a sheep you should be shagging.
hydra8888 10 months ago
@hydra8888
Pretty sad when the best you can manage is two lines of drivel interspersed with profanities. What would your bible bashing zealots say?
Now sod off & go back to playing the banjo in "Deliverance!
As an aside, I'm surprised the US hasn't invaded Libya yet? - Arab country with oil, seems to be the only necessary criteria in the past??
mikethefoto 10 months ago
@mikethefoto There the English goes again. latching on to the US military to support a European power grab for Libyan oil. No honor.
hydra8888 10 months ago
@hydra8888 scotland is in great britian you twat!
myfilms2010 3 months ago
@myfilms2010 ? Scotland is currently part of the union. Here's to Scotland declaring independence! Spell Britain correctly.
hydra8888 3 months ago
@mikethefoto Brooklyn Rules! Not Beckham's kid. To hell with the putrid union. Dogshit.
hydra8888 3 months ago
Been Half Scots & Half English i just think its time 2 stand 2gether
9missClaire 11 months ago
Brooklyn Rules!
hydra8888 11 months ago
@KeepEuropeWhite
no he ent
16LucyB 11 months ago
*Raises a glass to the Royal Regiment Of Scotland* god bless ye aw, and gos speed
runrigtam 1 year ago
This is a good song. it was played at my grandad's funeral. xx
16LucyB 1 year ago
Jan 25 2011 ... ( Robert Burns Day ) ... when some day when you have passed sixty years and have been by Gods Grace to have been born in Glasgow .... it is very hard for the eyes not to get a wee bit misty after viewing this ....... SLANGEVAR !
tequilaal 1 year ago
Jan 25 2011 ... ( Robert Burns Day ) ... when some day when you have passed sixty years and have been by Gods Grace to have been born in Glasgow .... it is very hard for the eyes not to get a wee bit misty after viewing this ....... SLANGEVAR !
tequilaal 1 year ago
@josmith4 youre right. Just a more uncommon type i guess. Im a Stewart and my family just wear the modern varieties......
AnneGamble 1 year ago
My God, this is exquisite.
PestigeKelpone 1 year ago
When I hear this, I think of Mrs Doubtfire.
brokenscimitar 1 year ago
Had to re-post this as it seems to have got lost or vetoed as most popular comment.
Despite any minor differences between the Scots & the English over the centuries & the fierce rivalry over any sporting clash, the scots & English always know they can rely on each other to the bitter end when the chips are really down.
I'd rather have a Jock or a Taff watching my back than any other nation, including our so called special friends from across the Atlantic.
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mikethefoto 1 year ago 62
@mikethefoto twas no the jocks who saved yer arses ya wee fanny
travallar 11 months ago
@travallar
And your point is?
mikethefoto 11 months ago
@mikethefoto I agree 100%
lauriebooth 10 months ago
@lauriebooth
Thanks for that, much appreciated.
Long live our differences & friendships.
mikethefoto 10 months ago
@mikethefoto Well said..As an Englishman living in Scotland, they are the bast of friends!!!!
cmsobota 10 months ago
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@mikethefoto Well said..As an Englishman living in Scotland, they are the best of friends!!!!
cmsobota 10 months ago
@mikethefoto My friend. as crazy as this might sound. Your so called friends across the Atlantic are the only ones who kept you from speaking German as your first Langauge. But it goes so much deeper than that. We all pay homage to the queen. God bless the song is the best. Love it!
67bobmc 10 months ago
@67bobmc Amen brother. Your sentiments on the royal family I don't share.
hydra8888 9 months ago
@mikethefoto
We will stand beside you, most of us are either half Scot or Half english, what you say of the scot and english is like us (NZ) and dem aussies, we fight and squabble among our selves but should anyone else step in they will face the ANZAC'S
ac130ugunship 8 months ago
@mikethefoto I am a Scotsman living in Somerset with the English woman I love not with me, but I am will Carry On
hawickman 5 months ago
@mikethefoto How sad that attitude of yours is. Both my birth country (South Africa) and my adoptive country (USA) stood by Britain, in times of war, and died for Britain. My Scottish Grandfather, and Scottish mother would both be livid indeed with your shameful comments. A Man's A Man???
wolfmk9 3 months ago 2
@wolfmk9
maybe a man is a man but the truth be that if you dont want shot by a yank, stand behind him......
SP07FPC 3 months ago
Jeez,
I wish hydra8888 would get a life, start thinking for himself & stop quoting half truth's & downright lies gleaned from CNN & his local Republican representatives.
Most right thinking people back my comments to the hilt, & the rest I don't care about.
This argument is now closed.
Happy New Year to all my friends & supporters on here, & more importantly -
Protect all the British troops overseas from "friendly fire" in 2011.
mikethefoto 1 year ago 5
@mikethefoto Case closed next respond instead of just posting. Happy New Year.
hydra8888 1 year ago
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(con't) The English are there in name only with a few exceptions. Ask the Christians in Israel if they would rather live with Israelis or Palestinians, ask Fatah if they would rather negotiate with Israel or Hamas? Ask the Sunni if they would rather have Israel with the bomb or Iran? You are sooooooooooooooooo naive.
hydra8888 1 year ago
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(con't) The English are there in name only with a few exceptions. Ask the Christians in Israel if they would rather live with Israelis or Palestinians, ask Fatah if they would rather negotiate with Israel or Hamas? Ask the Sunni if they would rather have ISrael with the bomb or Iran? You are sooooooooooooooooo naive.
hydra8888 1 year ago
hate to sound like an ignorant englishman, but we had to put up with this every new year,
shaftsbury94 1 year ago
@shaftsbury94 poor you , the scots have to put up with world cup 66 every day .
MrConundrummer 1 year ago
@shaftsbury94 I hate to say this, but you might have to put up with this the rest of your bloody life. LMAO
TheLizardKing1967 1 year ago
@shaftsbury94 I understand where you're coming from, but Hogmanay is traditionally a Scottish celebration. Until surprisingly recently, Christmas wasn't a particularly big deal in Scotland, and Hogmanay/New Years' Eve was. It is still a much bigger deal in Edinburgh than in any other town in the United Kingdom (apart from London), so I don't see why it's all that odd that British television would provide more coverage to the Scottish celebrations.
zc642 1 year ago
I mean, if, say, Birmingham put on celebrations as big and impressive as Edinburgh's, the BBC would think it worth covering. But they don't.
zc642 1 year ago
A fine song to invoke lots of Scottish pride. A land of few with countless good people.
It is a shame people squabble here. I wonder how many of those have been to the green hills of Scotland and climbed to the top of a Munro in the howling rain and still enjoyed it.
lexxross 1 year ago
Hydra8888 needs to get a reality check & then shut up.
Friendly fire, peace through superior fire, kill em all let god decide.
All US policies that alienate allies & fail to improve any situation they are involved in.
Some yanks seriously think they are helping the situation in Iraq, same as Vietnam no doubt.
The sooner the Chinese call in the US national debt the better.
If the US wants to do something useful, try reigning in those lunatics running Israel by stopping bankrolling them!!
mikethefoto 1 year ago 2
@mikethefoto Friendly fire? why do you care about that? We are fighting plain clothed insurgents that are "hugging" civilian populations. China owes us more than 7 trillion in currency manipulation. They call in theirs 800 billion we call in ours 7+ trillion.
See we go deeper than the English we fight door to door we are of course going to have civilian casualities.
hydra8888 1 year ago
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hydra8888 1 year ago
i must admit, im shocked that he isn't wearing Stewart tartan in this clip.....
AnneGamble 1 year ago
@AnneGamble - yes he is - this is the Stewart Dress Tartan
josmith4 1 year ago
@AnneGamble
josmith4 1 year ago
Guess who has been at the toilet duck again?
TZEITEL10 1 year ago
hey eat my big ginger balls u smelly humans im from the republic of planet ginger balls and u can all suck a ginger alien dick!!!!
jdscarlett12 1 year ago
Beautiful song--How sad these young men won't come home to LIVE their lives with their loved ones--Damn the governments that send them to distant countries to be murdered.
snookumsjack 1 year ago
brilliant work
hydra8888 1 year ago
great song and the scottish have much to be proud of.unlike us english from history.god bless the scots ....from a brit
como69 1 year ago
im english my father in law was scots cremated today brother in law was scots ,i will not hear any crap about the scots being ,tight with money or any thing bad the generous people ive met
ziggybin 1 year ago
I absolutely loved this song when I was a small child and it used to make me cry! (Still does, a bit.)
snowleopard61 1 year ago
U2 moyadapne
9missClaire 1 year ago
@mikethefoto well said.
markoj34 1 year ago
Yes you are right just somethings which happened during the Vietnam war did upset some Aussies. It is like the Italians during ww2 the draft soldiers gave up because they did not want to be there but I have spoken to some Aussie soldiers who came up against the professional Italian Army and as they said they were a force to be record with so it was my mistake to generalize and I do apologize, may all professional soldiers go in peace
trainmad2601 1 year ago
I have always loved this type of music, as for the USA I know that Aussie soldiers would must prefer to fight beside the British soldiers or Gurkha rather than Americans
trainmad2601 1 year ago
@trainmad2601 - not necessarily. I have fought alongside British, American and Kiwi and have found them all to be professional (except for the dealings with Breaker Morant).
Ozpatriot 1 year ago
Andy Stewart epitomises everything good about Scotland and its heritage - RIP Andy
54musiclover 1 year ago
Superb !
MrStruth 1 year ago
This is a lovely video it gives me goose pimples when ever I watch, I don't think they could have improved on this brilliant video, I'm Welsh but it gives me great pride to think that Scotland is part of our Great Britain.
MrDavemw0mwl 1 year ago
oh man I hate it when Americans come in here and start spouting the oh we saved your ass in WW2 crap. It makes the rest of us look really really bad. Keep in mind that most American's knowledge base about Scotland comes from Hollywood from such movies as Rob Roy and Braveheart. Which are entertaining movies but lack serious history. God forbid they pick up a book or two and read about the union of crowns or union of Parliament.
HighlandPiper1485 1 year ago
@HighlandPiper1485 The same can be said about the rest of the world regarding the U.S They see the movies and news headlines and assume all americans are ignorant ,fat, warmongering, lazy slobs.
asawrath 1 year ago
@HighlandPiper1485 " oh man I hate it when Americans come in here and start spouting the oh we saved your ass in WW2 crap."
Drivel
hydra8888 1 year ago 2
i love my country and im proud to be scottish. ivei had the choice to live anywhere id stay right here. scotland is a big part of me and always will be.
Born scottish
Live scottish
Die scottish
TailzAndCaza 1 year ago
@TailzAndCaza I know exactly what you mean, I'm Welsh and I feel like you do about Scotland, I think the countryside in both Scotlad and Wales are very similar with the rolling hills and vales, I take great homage if I hear anyone saying anything against Wales.
MrDavemw0mwl 1 year ago
@MrDavemw0mwl im not a happy person when people say bad stuff about scotland. ive only been out of scotland twice and that was to go to london and berwick. i love traveling but only around scotland, i hate leaving i love scotland too much :)
TailzAndCaza 1 year ago
My point was that the US have never helped Britain through any altruistic motive, but purely through self interest so all the rubbish about "special relationships" etc are pure fiction. Respect has to be earned & the US do not earn it but try & buy it or coerce it.
Oh, fine job your special forces did "rescuing" the Scottish aid worker. Killed by a US grenade - another classic case of US "peace through superior fire power", or was it "kill em all, let God decide"
mikethefoto 1 year ago
I've had it with all these goddamn history lessons and English vs. Scottish hatred (often brought on by Americans) in all of these videos.
It's Andy Stewart pals, so kindly enjoy, rate as awesome, and please keep your smart-assery out of here. Domo arigato.
Andy <3<3<3
R0bM45 1 year ago 2
Sadly - Andy died in 1993. This song takes me back to my early childhood in Scotland and to my grandparents' record player where this was one of the few 45rpm records they had to go with their 78s of Scottish dance music (and Roy Orbison singing "It's Over") Great memories - ah, "The White Heather Club"
baaka1234567 1 year ago
Andys not dead
VV65A 1 year ago
Alba Gu Brath England's Shite
Ascair12 1 year ago
I want to know what castle is in the background as I am a Scotsman living in England
hawickman 1 year ago
@hawickman Braemar Castle.
kintore2003 1 year ago
Great what technology can do, i'm sure Andy would have loved this, god bless him
karloffthedog 1 year ago
Just beautiful! This kind of music is either in your blood or it's not. If it's not then it's hard to understand, but if it is then you are very lucky. I am one of the lucky ones! Stirring stuff!