Yankee Doodle and Gerryowen

[MrViperVip]

is there a version without drums,i heard the version without drums and i like it

[Critter145]

More Cow Bell!

[ssimmons0602]

I'm trying to imagine what it must be like to march with those drums banging against your knees. Ouch.

[excelsiorbrigade]

@ssimmons0602 it's not nearly as bad as it looks, the drums are longer and you adjust the way you walk to accommodate the extra mass of the drum, after a few steps you don't bang your knee on the drum, you sort of guide the drum along as it swings with you.

[socom6]

LONG LIVE THE UNION!

[udaraboy]

thanks for this garryowen andyankee doodle, greetings for all, thanks for posting such great  performance.

how could i posible not love military life after listening these songs?

[mdc2296]

I would love to learn to play Gerryowen on the trumpet.

Wonderful playing gentlemen.

[maverick76ful]

those who dont like this song FUCK U

[BaldGrace]

Two great tunes! Thanks for posting.

[NordButjer]

Wunderschön! :D

[601SQNRAF]

GARRY OWEN!!!!

[ERROLCUSTERFLYNN4EVR]

to all my brothers and sisters who wore and are wearing THEE UNIFORM.....PREPARE TO FALL OUT AND SADDLE UP,,,,,,election day is 2nov10 and regardless of your party or philosophy,,,WE MUST DRIVE OUT EVERY INCUMBENT CAREER POLITICIAN FROM OUR HOUSE LIKE THE GOOD LORD WHO DROVE OUT THE MONEY CHANGERS FROM THE TEMPLE,,,,,,,,every election,,,,every time,,,,,,AMEN!

[86ramc]

great video guys... but yankee doodle was originlly a british song sang by british military officers...

[NoOdL3z18]

@86ramc well we stole that along with our country

[chevyvictor]

what flute is that? have they got a certain name?

[KrW6165]

@chevyvictor Yup, it's called a fife, it has 6 holes and plays loud enough to pierce someones ear drums.

[CJCbassman09]

it was mighty fun to march with you guys! i just wish my bass sounded like a cannon again! :(

[gavsky23]

Along with "The British Grenadiers", "Men of Harlech", "Highland Laddie" and "St Patrick's Day"; "Gerryowen" is amongst the finest marches in the World!

[Gryphoon94]

Just to throw it out there.

"Gary Owen" is the regimental march for the Royal Irish Pipes and Drums.

[ghosthunter5656]

GO YANKS!!!!

[doledoggz]

garry owen- i realise he a great irish figure.... what his he in amercain ???

[kadeem121]

LONG LIVE THE UNION!!!

[seamuspowers]

to arms in dixie! johnny reb g

[Telamon8]

Yankee doodle went to town riding on a pony shot up the confederates and won the civil war

[guselsky]

"alright, ulysses. no more slaves, but we still don't have to read books."

Family Guy

[xXCREEKSTARXx]

wow^^

i like nearly all old march songs from britain or america they sound very nice *_*

5* dude^^

[MackinacIs]

Yankee doodle killed the british, Yankee doodle dandy!

Stuck a long-ball in their necks and did up all their la-dies!

[brandini555]

i lookes it up, its gerryowen, nvm my previous comments

[Loxleiev]

"MEN, FORWARD!!!!!!!"

awesome marching song 5*

[pvtvice]

Nothing says "period" like a stone fire pit with a cup in and cars moving in the background. Was this shot at Nesham?

Good job with the songs.

[drumman360]

garry owen is two words

great job

5 STARs

[narutofan91111]

I need sheet music for yankee doodle

[TheAmericanSailor]

Long Live The UNION!

[reb198]

gr8 band fine tunes but its dixie for me deo vindice

[granskare]

Garryowen is a great tune...I still recall a b/w film of the grand march when all parties to the dance would enter the room at the beginning of the dance, I think it was set in the times of the wars against the indians but I am not certain. Henry Fonda was in the film so ppl interested can google his name and maybe find the film title. :)

[suzukibandit650]

I don't know what  a Cheyenne warrrior would think about that.....

[zoro84321]

probbly fthe movie fort apachie sorry spelling bad

[MegaVlad666]

Fort Apache

[granskare]

right...Fort Apache...black and white and a great film for its day :) thanks.

[kakompo]

Long live the Union!!!

[Sauerlaender66]

God bless the South !!!

[Gichnni]

NORTHERN GLORY!

[kadeem121]

@Gichnni UNION GLORY

[fredofasgarnia]

Damn inspiring stuff! Greetings from Great Britain! :-)

[Monopoly907]

@fredofasgarnia wow im amazed that a brit (no offence) don't hate us

[fredofasgarnia]

@Monopoly None taken! :-) When you look at it,we've fought beside each other more than against each other,so I don't think that we should hold grudges.

[Monopoly907]

@fredofasgarnia true

[michcool1012]

@fredofasgarnia Nice you can appreciate the music

[ann440]

5*****

[cloud45s]

long live the union

[godzilla74114]

be nice now. :)

[jiji45]

Oh! how beautiful they are playing and singing a song of the United States!. Good job boys.

[gobearcubies]

a beautiful Irish tune take care Pards!!

[Seadog132]

Yes it is an Irish tune, goberarcubies, but Gen. Custer made it an American one for the 7th Regiment.

[ajhamhill]

dont you mean 7th calvary

[kuodek]

5/5 awesome , i love that kind of music :) greets from poland :)

[Selinja]

Nice one!

[puttsy9103]

This is an awesome post, thought you should know that!

[GammelDoener]

i downloadet it an transfer it as ringtone to my phone :) is really funny to watch how other people look if i got a call .greets from germany

[easy5555555555555555]

u know we natives would run when we would here Garry Owens Song then hide

[ShodanZombocom]

bass drum sounds like it's out of tune and otherwise not muted (it's resonating like a tom)

[savethebeer]

CommandCentre. The only way I will march into battle is to have the fifers and drummers in front of me. Lots of them......

[excelsiorbrigade]

personally, I would prefer to be behind the infantry ;-) by a few miles, just out of artillery range

[bullyboy1863]

lol you guys got it good. behind us and what not. Im sure i could get big enough guns and give them to the confederates so you would always be in range :p

[Telamon8]

@excelsiorbrigade

I'd prefer to be a medic since it's against the laws of war to shoot a medic since they;re unarmed practically

[katey1dog]

@excelsiorbrigade

In the rear with the gear?

[buaileamscith]

@excelsiorbrigade The correct name is Garryowen,named after a village in Limerick.

[satan43]

@excelsiorbrigade and thats what the drummers did stayed behind the infantry rite next to the commanders and yes i am a drummer for the Revolution and volunteer at Fort Stanwix so yea and so i rather do the same as well :)

[CommandCentre]

Its an awesome experience marching into battle with drums and fife behind you

[ThePatrioticPotatos]

Dixie whipped old Yankee Doodle

Early in the morning,

So Yankeedom had best look out,

And take a timely warning.

Chorus

Hurrah! for our Dixie Land!

Hurrah! for our borders!

Southern boys to arms will stand,

And whip the dark marauders!

[northmeister]

Dixe were Yankees in the Revolution and thank God above, we kept the Union together. Further, Southerners are Yankees overseas. We are all Yankees. God Bless us!

[54spiritedwill54]

My grandparents come from Couty Cork, love it!!

[user225937]

Thanks so much. I bet this is how GerryOwen sounded during the years of the war.

[iloveflutes1]

Instead of spa, we'll drink brown ale

And pay the reckoning on the nail;

No man for debt shall go to jail

From Garryowen in glory.

Garryowen, Limerick, Eire

[iloveflutes1]

the reds did it all better.

[polarbearchampion]

Fabulous guys! Us Brits just luv this!

[denizziylan]

incredible! thanks...

[hollywoodwerewolf]

Is this event at Hammonasset STate Park in Connecticut?

[excelsiorbrigade]

Hamlin Beach State Park in Hamlin, NY.

[tonfa98]

excuse me But i'Think It's GarryOwen and Not Gerryowen, thank you fou Custer

[bionicbigfoot]

Love it! Gives me chills. I read "Yankee Doodle" was based on a much older melody, and that the occupying Brits used the now-farmiliar lyrics to insult the Patriots. Question for you: what role did fife&drum play in combat? Was it to keep cadance marching to battle? What happened once the shooting started? Did the musicians fight as well? Were they targeted by the enemy? I've always wondered if their role was ceremonial. Either way, it's just fantastic, thanks for the post.

[frostbite1080]

Musicians played to keep march, relay messages and commands, and keep up moral. They were not supposed to be targeted by rules of war but often were because they were used to convey messages because drums could be heard better then the human voice.

[excelsiorbrigade]

my fife and drum historian friend will point that Giles Gibbs wrote yankee doodle as a unique toon during the French And Indian War... Each company of 100 men included musicians. When the company mustered with the brigade, you could have as many as 25 fifers and drummers sharing duty calls and functioning as the timepiece of the army. Leaving camp and entering camp, or when a sufficient need arose, they would play during a march too.

[jt4672000]

Musicians in the 18th century typically wore the reverse uniform of their regimental colors to designate their non-combatant status--blue on white became white on blue.

[excelsiorbrigade]

absolutely. This is why you see American units' musicians in red coats, and British musicians in cream or white or black etc. By the Civil War, the musicians wore the same colors as everyone else with the only design difference being musicians stripes on the uniform, but not everyone had them.

[suspectdevice7]

excelsiorbrigade....thanks very much this is the one I was looking for (Garry Owen). Performed brilliantly, I love it!

[escala1985]

This song appears in Barney and his friends a show TV.

[bubbagump476]

WHOA that blew my mind guy YOU ROCK!

[newyorkdrummer1]

WOW! You guys are really good. The drummers and fifers sound great. Where are you from? One of the drummers looks kinda familiar. Of course there are a lot of fife and drum corps so I could just be going crazy.

[excelsiorbrigade]

Rochester, NY. We play in reenactments and as an ancient corps in parades and attend musters and jams, so you could know us from either part of the hobby.

[balloonhedz]

EXXXXCELLENT wakin' up music for a grey sleepy Sunday. Thanks for posting!~

[asskahn]

Nice music and greetings from Minnesota (Brackett's Batallion cavalry)

[gobearcubs]

love it or leave it God bless all!!!

[SAXBOTS]

the drums sound like machine guns

[gobearcubs]

Im a 3rdID man myself and God Bless our Union take care pards!!!!

[devildoc1stmc]

Garry Owen Cavarly still is around today it was evident in the movie "We Were Soldiers." Find a 1st Cavarly Divison Man ask what regiment and ask and see if hes "Garry Owen" 1st, 2nd or HQ unit just for trys, but they are still around, they havn't been dispanded, they have fought in glory, in alot of places.

[jeffhegarty]

Was Sam Eliott right in "We Were Soldiers" when he said "Custer was a pussy."?

[enoelanis]

I meant my great great gandparents came over on the boat and love America ever since 37th Mass

[enoelanis]

My grandparents come from Couty Cork, love it!!

[enoelanis]

go pards!!!!!!!

[jt4672000]

Fantastic!

I think my great uncles rolled over in their graves to assemble.

[acerb45666555]

i dont care what side wrote it! gerryowen is a snappy number!

[Norfolkscot]

Garryowen is a small town in Co LImerick and as has been said the song of that name was a drinking song. Immigrant Irish troopers in the 7th Cavalry were singing it, Custer liked it and adopted it as a 'Trot past' Countless westerns later it is one of those melodies that everybody knows but few know its origin or even its name. Great Vids by the way. Salutations and so long from Norfolk UK. No prizes for guessing the country of my birth.

[ohwell08]

True. Too bad though that Custer's tactical judgement wasn't as good as his taste in music.

[bionicbigfoot]

Ever heard the IRA Rebel Song "Sean South From Gerryowen"? Sad, beautiful melody that can move you to tears with its mournful tune.

[iloveflutes1]

It an Irish tune;

Let Bacchus' sons be not dismayed

But join with me, each jovial blade

Come, drink and sing and lend your aid

To help me with the chorus:

Instead of spa, we'll drink brown ale

And pay the reckoning on the nail;

No man for debt shall go to jail

From Garryowen in glory.

[bulbenko]

it's Gary Owen

[beh911]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing

[kings8thpvt]

its spelled gerry owen

[guigui1789]

bravo

[JuanCarandell]

menuda canción de borrachos irlandeses es garry owen xd

[MORBIN5150]

Gary Owen is actually the American

pronunciation of two Gaelic words that roughly translate into Owen's Garden,

(and I do mean roughly) which is or was a place in Ireland where people gathered

to drink and whatever. It was listed as "Auld Bessy" at a publishing in 1788 and subsequently

attributed to "Jackson of Cork" around 1800. It was adopted by the American military during the 1800's

as a marching song.

[MORBIN5150]

It is often referred to as Gary Owen March or Hale in the States. It was often used by the American military.

A great victory march that was used by the military.

Matter of fact, it was also the same march George Armstrong Custer used at the Little big Horn when he was slaughtered by the Lakota.

[sheriffone1]

Its not gary owen,its GARRYOWEN its in LIMERICK CITY IRELAND

[excelsiorbrigade]

;-) Thank you for the correction. For some reason it's treated like a person's name over here. Some guy Gary, last name Owen.

[GMBregoli]

Very good!!!

[ShawnC15]

I was wondering where i can find all the sheet music to the drum commands (ex: Reville, Charge,)

[excelsiorbrigade]

Some of the duty calls you will find in manuals-of-arms or tactical manuals, search for Scott's Tactics for example. Others you may find in fife and drum instructors. Dig through our website on fifedrum . org for more.

[jeffhegarty]

What's the difference between Scott's Tactics and Hardee's?

[excelsiorbrigade]

Scott's 1835 and Hardee's 1855 are heavy infantry tactical manuals and share loads of similarities but there are differences, Basically, differences include accomodating longer range higher accuracy rifles, and faster moving groups of infantry. Musically? Probably not different at all in any significant way.

[jeffhegarty]

Much appreciated

[jeffhegarty]

That's Winfield Scott we're talking about? I'm a Confederate reenactor from Ireland, and we're such a small group that both Yankee and Secesh stand in the same line for drill, so I was curious about where it all comes from.

[lildaffy400]

wow are those professionals?!

[soccerbump92]

i am also in a fife and drum corp. we play those exact songs. we just had a huge show yesterday that went really good. what other songs do you play? how many members do you have?

[excelsiorbrigade]

Our web site a partial songlist on the tunes page, but we play loads of songs with which you will be familiar as a fife and drum person. We try to attend musters regularly, so we can play most of the standard muster tunes. We have 8 fifers and 6 drummers and several new people who are just starting to learn.

[AngloYankee]

finally a good yankee doodle tune.

[SR61]

If the 11th Hussars and the 21st Lancers heard Garry Own before Balaclava it would have sounded JUST like that. Well done.

[rewturn]

Great job and wonderfully done...

[Hastings1066yt]

Of course, the US National anthem is straight from the old British drinking song, To Anacreon in Heaven. And of course, we know where My Country Tis of Thee came from, too. Any good tune is worth making it your own regardless of where it came from.

[cgar76]

The National Anthem came from a poem written by Francis Scott Key during a battle.

[Hastings1066yt]

Well, DUH... We were talking about music, not the words. Francis Scott Key was not a music composer; he was a lawyer and POW negotiator. He wrote the poem during the naval bombardment of Ft. McHenry by the British in Sept 1814. Any 4th grader knows that. But he only did the words. The music is straight from "To Anacreon in Heaven."

[twinchimneys]

As to Garryowen......one thing you missed here.

If you are going to do it...do it right! ....at least remember us when we have camped at The Green.!

Halfway down the trail to Hell,

In a shady meadow green,

Are the Souls of all dead troopers camped

Near a good old-time canteen,

And this eternal resting place

Is known as Fiddlers' Green.

[twinchimneys]

Thanks.

Garryowen, Sir!

yes it is still used, every day

use it wisely in Killeen

[drzz7]

Garry Owen is Custer's theme.

[bsa650royalstar]

Fantastic - bringing history to life.

[erniepimlott]

garryowen is an Irish tune-originated in Limerick

[excelsiorbrigade]

Yes. While there are tons of tunes in the US Army of 1860s repetoire that are post revolutionary war, many of the most traditional songs came over on the boats with the colonists. They kept many of their songs, not quite intact, often changing words, all the way through today. The morning duty includes Prussian, Hessian, Dutch and English songs.

[innit27]

there is a purity to this with just the fyfes and drums which you dont get when other instruments are involved. gives it an authentic feel. this has stirred something deep inside of me, cant explain it. just happened aross this by accident aswell. i wonder if anyone in the UK does this or teaches this style of music.

[CallumandSeamus]

Please listen to any decent pipe band playing the Garry Owen. Check out CD "In to the Blue" by NYC FD/Emerald Society Pipes and Drums should give you a good idea as to what I'm talking about. It will stirr your soul...

--Piper Joe

[innit27]

very good, gets the blood stirring. coming from a martial race i can appreciate it (scottish pipe band)

can anyone recommend a good cd with this style of music?

[yark640]

Nice job

[Drummer7rf]

You guys are good! I am a RevWar British drummer, and I have seen good and bad, but you guys are great!

[Drummer7rf]

I'm Southern at heart!! Lets hear you play Dixie!

[excelsiorbrigade]

lol! we DO!! we have two sets of uniforms, and also supply reb musicians when the other side doesn't have enough. But at this event (Hamlin) there was an awesome selection of reb field music. I'll be sure to post some video in those uniforms as soon as we can round it up. Maybe we'll march the St. Patrick's Day parade as Confederates.

[Drummer7rf]

SWEET!

[Paeleologos]

Awesome! Now go get them Rebs!!! USA!

[xXxYoDaXxX]

contradiction?

[rmorecook]

superb

[hanfern]

wow, this sounds WAY better than a bunch of 4th graders screaming words at the top of their lungs, wich is usually what I hear this song as.

[WingZero2009]

nice

i kinda play it different tho i always play yankee to army 2/4