Great Western Movie Themes

[MarcellusTheGreen]

I wish the banner, consistant and persistant on YouTube, would quit asking me if I've had a mammogram. The answer was, is, and always shall be: NO! However, I recommend female viewers follow their doctors' advice concerning this important imaging test.

[owenowen321]

Stuff political correctness

[TheMrSmissen]

All the dames of France are fond and free

Flemish lips are really willing

So the maids of Italy

The Spanish eyes are so thrilling

I still bask beneath there smile

Their charms will fail to bind

My heart falls back to Erin's Isle

To the girl I left behind me

[rockape560]

always loved this coz first movie i seen on my own

[hectorhaas]

Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon

She wore it in the spring time in the merry month of May.

And if you ask her why the heck she wore it

she wore it for her Airman who was far, far away

[t328]

are still sung in the us army today

[Lachausis]

Yankee cavalry had to learn much from the confederates.

[wuf0170]

@Lachausis

And, in the end, Wilson's cavalry whipped Forrest and took Selma, Alabama from him. Custer's troops whipped JEB Stuart and killed him at Yellow Tavern and ran Jubal Early's Army of the Valley out of the Shenandoah after their sabre charge broke the rebs at Cedar Creek.

[wuf0170]

@Lachausis

And, in the end, Wilson's cavalry whipped Forrest and ran him out of Selma, Alabama. Custer's cavalry broke the Army of the Valley at Cedar Creek and ran Jubal Early out of the Shenandoah Valley despite the best Rosser's cavalry could do. At Yellow Tavern, Custer's men beat JEB Stuart and one of them killed Stuart. At Gettysburg, Custer and Gregg beat Stuart's attempt to break into Mead's rear behind Cemetery Ridge.

[wuf0170]

@Lachausis

And, in the end, Wilson's cavalry whipped Forrest and ran him out of Selma, Alabama. Custer's cavalry broke the Army of the Valley at Cedar Creek and ran Jubal Early out of the Shenandoah Valley despite the best Rosser's cavalry could do. At Yellow Tavern, Custer's men beat JEB Stuart and one of them killed Stuart. At Gettysburg, Custer and Gregg beat Stuart's attempt to break into Mead's rear behind Cemetery Ridge.

[wuf0170]

And, in the end, Wilson's cavalry whipped Forrest and ran him out of Selma, Alabama. Custer's cavalry broke the Army of the Valley at Cedar Creek and ran Jubal Early out of the Shenandoah Valley despite the best Rosser's cavalry could do. At Yellow Tavern, Custer's men beat JEB Stuart and one of them killed Stuart. At Gettysburg, Custer and Gregg beat Stuart's attempt to break into Mead's rear behind Cemetery Ridge.

[novembernights1]

yes its a great song,but what really annoys me is when people say "God bless America " after they have slaughtered millions of native Indians and buffolows,and shot and trapped most of their native animals ie.cougar,black fox,racoon,beaver etc...and of course the terrible crimes done to black slaves...American hypocrozy.

[27twinsfan]

@novembernights1 I forget, but I seem to remember that a long time ago your people thought they had the right to roam the northern seas, plundering whatever they saw fit. Oh, you might say, that was over a thousand years ago, we aren't like that anymore. Rome conquered and slaughtered the Gauls, so should the Italians apologize to the French today. Slavery has been abolished for 150 years now, the Indian Wars have been over for hundred. Shut up about stuff that you know nothing about.

[progressiverebel]

@novembernights1 This is just nuts. You are from Denmark. You would not know an Indian if you stepped on one. My fathers family has been in US for over 400 years.

King Christian Oldenburg, King of Denmark is only one of my great grandfathers.

America is quite a bit different from Europe. Slavery was legal in Europe for thosands of years. The Dutch were the first European people to bring slaves to Jamestown in 1619.

And actually the Spanish killed more Indians than the English.

[agatematt]

The picture is from the opening of another John Ford cavalry picture --- but one that had nothing to do with the "Winning of the West." but the Civil War. It is from 1959's "The Horse Soldiers," starring John Wayne and William Holden and based on the true story of the epic 1863 Union cavalry raid by Col. Benjamin Grierson in which his troopers rode from Tennessee clear through Mississippi to Baton Rouge, LA.

[palonejr]

I have visited many of the frontier forts here in Oklahoma.

I think of these songs when I visit them.

To the Brave Men that defended our Country.

What a terrible hard life they had.

No Air conditioned Humvees.

Bobby...

[skenos6]

@palonejr

"Air conditioned Humvees" HAHA! Yeah...right...

[k0ptelefoon]

OMG, I just need to have the sheet music of this!

[butch356]

You forgot Gary Owen, another great marching tune.

[pylgrym]

YouTube is the most stupendous educational forum since Gutenberg.

[ronetteloverz]

It is no longer politically correct for kids to play cowboys, cowgirls and indians, unless, of course, the cowboys are finding their feminine side, the cowgirls are tough wagon masters, and the indians are successful casino operators...

[owenowen321]

Stuff political correctness

[Halo101st]

@ronetteloverz Actually, I think it may be because there are no men to play the roles any longer. Imagine John Wayne dissolving into tears over some deep emotional occurrence like getting animal shit on his Gucci boots.

No, today's Hollywood men are actresses who are so queer they squat to pee.

[axemainiac]

"Someone's gotta go back an get a shit load of dimes!"

[pigmanobvious]

love this song! it was from an era when hollywood was still on the side of the good ol USA

[usselliot76]

Still sing a modified version of this as a cadence in the ARMY

[iliad97]

The song 'The Girl I Left Behind Me ' was played at the fort as Custer left with the 7th Calvary to meet his fate at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. That is probably why John Ford uses it. Nice touch.

[davidefrancescofazio]

FUCK AMERICA, SHIT OF WORLD!!!!!!!

[cmountsr]

What country are you from that's so great., one of the one whose ass we kicked or whose ass we saved. Just asking.

[ragnor56]

@cmountsr We in the uk recognise the sactifices made by The US forces in many conflicts but please consider the many countries across the world whose citizens also faced the hell of war.. I think your comment regarding kicking ass is out of order, many millions lost their lives in wars & a lot of allied troops died fighting side by side with the US forces . My nephew is in afghanistan so please dont look down on us as if we are not in your league so to speak.......

[cmountsr]

@ragnor56 If I offended you I apologise. I was replying to someone else who was making disparaging remarks about the US and her allies. I spent 25 years in the military having just retired for the second time in 2008. My son has had 4 tours to the middle east and is currently there. My remarks were trying to make them remember that a lot of countries and there young men sacrificed alot and some gave all to help them out and they don't seem to appreciate it or want to remember.

[palonejr]

Thanks

Love the John Ford Cavalry movies

The Horse soldiers soundtrack on Amazon

Bobby

Lest we forget!

[Rikki0]

Well alright then. I'm not one who is unable to admit I was wrong. I began to question myself and decided to go back through my research just to be sure not to make a fool of myself. 1. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, definately American. However.....2. The Girl I Left Behind Me does appear to have been of Irish origin, but was not adapted from "The Galway Races". It seems to have been an old Irish aire called "An Sailpin Fanach". The English then adapted it to "Brighton Camp". We later..more

[Rikki0]

Americanized "Brighton Camp", as previously stated. Main referance "The Musical Times 1913 in an article by W.H. Grattan Flood".

[Rikki0]

The two songs are actually " She Wore a Yellow Ribbon ", strictly an American tune. The second song was " The Girl I Left Behind Me ". It was adapted from and old English tune called " Brighton Camp " written sometime around 1790.

[lippytv1]

The two songs were not Scotish or English in Origin. They are as Irish as the Shamrock, The first song 'Garryowen' is a Limerick song. There is a superb of Limerick still called Garryowen. The secong song, while called 'The girl I left behind me' in the film is in fact 'The Galway races'.

[LEOPARDTWO]

America!! Love her!

[pdogone1]

the two songs were english/scots/irish in origin

[ronaldweasleyfan55]

couldn't help but notice that you used a picture from the horse soldiers starring john wayne and william holden

[Laceykat66]

"Well Mr. Parnell if I gave you a written order would you follow it?"

"You don't have to write any orders sir."

"Well it'll come in handy at our court marshal."

This was a great film.

[garyowen4ever]

LET'S SADDLE UP and ride to wall street and HANG THE BANKSTERS!

[LEOPARDTWO]

America! Got to love it!

[happyass6]

The two songs featured are old Cavalry standards:

(1) She Wore A Yellow Ribbon

(2) The Girl I Left Behind Me

Garry Owen!!

[ronaldweasleyfan55]

Gary owen !!!! exactly

[hauptmannbrittles]

Around her neck she wore a yellow ribbon

She wore it in the springtime

In the merry month of May

And if you ask her why the heck she wore it

She wore it for her lover who is in the cavalry...

[river2walk]

Lovely words.....I wonder was this specially written for this movie or was it a traditional song.....if anyone knows it's got to be you!!!!!

[5thVA]

The song was a traditional song but the words was for the movie. The real words are:

Around her neck she wore a yellow ribbon

She wore it in the springtime

And in the merry month of May

And if you ask her why the heck she wore it

She wore it for her lover who was far far away...

[Rikki0]

The song, "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" was originally copywrited in 1917 and had somewhat different words (but basically the same meaning). The original words were indeed somewhat amended to fit this particular movie. And the amended version is still used as a marching song in todays army in many units.

[Rikki0]

And although Irish traditional and folk music is my favorite type of music, neither of these two songs are of Irish origin.

[McGrenzer]

@river2walk In some versions, the words are not quite so nice! As usual, the enlisted man had a real talent for changing and adding verses to any popular song that came his way, while the folks at home, including collectors and performers, had a habit of knocking the rough edges off of just about every soldier's song they could lay their hands on.

[meca94]

@hauptmannbrittles your last line is wrong

[lippytv1]

The 2 songs featurd are old Irish songs. The first one 'She wore a yellow ribbon' kept the same name as used in the 7th U.S cavalry. The 2nd song is 'The GAlway races.' .Another song often used by the US forces is 'GArryowen' from Limerick. We are in fact very proud of those songs here in Ireland and their connections.

[river2walk]

I knew the songs were Irish but I didn't know their origins, thanks a lot for the info! lol

[BradBrassman]

@lippytv1 I believe Garryowen was also the regimental march of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers. The 7th Cavalry adopted it after an english officer, on secondment, introduced it to them in the 1870's.

[McGrenzer]

@lippytv1 Is the second song in this medley really called "The Galway Races" in Ireland? We know it as "Brighton Camp" (18th Century English") and "The Girl I Left Behind Me", traditional farewell marching tune of both the British and the U.S. Army, used by John Ford in, I think, all three of his cavalry pictures. Lately, I've even heard Dominic Behan use it as the tune to his (?) song, "Waxy Dargle".

[McGrenzer]

@lippytv1 I knew the Irish had all the good tunes and the rest of us just "borrowed" them!

[jksmith6747]

@lippytv1 That's because many of the US horse soldiers during and after the civil war were first or second generation Irish immigrants, particularly in the 7th US Cavalry.

[favoritner]

I love this piece of music in the Spielberg movie "1941".

[locolopelocolope]

I grow up watchng this movies with my grandfather, every saturday afternoon! It´s so cool to hear it again! Thanks!

[slightlygrouchy]

God, the film is quite strange with a weird ideology behind it. But I enjoy it nevertheless and the music is great.

[Ronnie229]

That scene is from "The Horse Soldiers".

[EXPL721]

This is pretty good. This is inspiring music.

When I hear this kind of music I almost fill like re-enlisting.... :)

[cma1]

One of John Ford's classics! Thanks for posting it.