I get drawn sometimes into the glory of war but then I listen to songs&see pictures of men before battle&I think, I dwell on the thoughts of the millions of men who marched off to die singing those songs, someone's son, someone's brother, someone's sweetheart, a lost generation, &those songs always seem like the bitter-sweet echoes of men who marched unkowingly to slaughter.
"What's the use of worrying? It never was worthwile, pack up you troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile."
As a member of todays youth who is expected to like people such as Lady Gaga, I often wonder what happened to music. Sure, there are some great songs and artists, but this, this is something else entirely; this is magic. And all the memories people are posting are wonderful. It makes me wonder what all the aged women will say about Justin Beiber in the future. To those who have served for us, I thank you.
This Was My Nan's Favourite Song She Died Last Monday On Halloween She Turned 98 On Tuesday It Was Her Funeral Today And They Played This Song It Made Me Feel Even More Sad Cause Her Last Words Were " Don't Waste Your Life Fighting And Arguing Cause Time Flies By So Fast Its Over In A Blink" So This Song Is A Remembrance Of My Nan Who I Love So Much :(( </3
This was also a German WW2 song 'Weit ist der Wg zurueck ins Heimatland, so weit, so weit.' It si interesting that solciers on both sides of the conflict always kniew a good song when they heard it. The same was true of Lilli Marlene which was a German soldiers song but the British 8th Army (the Desert Rats) took it over as their own.
Really interested in WW2 and the old songs. Grandad was a battery operator at Monte Cassino and every year i watch the remeberance day parade at the cenotaph in London i love see how even though they are quite old now the men still march with such pride and vigour. i just hope that when iam their age i will be so full of life and considering the horrors some of those men saw when they were younger than me its amazing how remarkably well they seem
This sounds like Reinald Werrenrath's voice but played far too fast. Instead of 78 rpm, try 74rpm or thereabouts. I am not referring to tempo but pitch. If you play this a few rpm slower, you'll hear an accurate representation of his pleasant, warm baritone.
God, that sounds great. Sounds like it's on Dads Edison gramaphone. I'm just going through his "old kit bag" and remember him singing this. Made me wonder if it's a WW1 or WW2 song. Wikipedia says it was published in 1915, so that answers that one. Just wish Dad was here so I could show him how to find a song in just a "click". He probably wouldn't get out of this seat for days.
@GoldBloded No, there were fat ass European imperialists pushing everyone around and starting an endless series of bloody, pointless wars while enslaving native populations. Yes, so much better...
I pity you, You must be young; Perhaps not had a chance to be loved? Im not even going to start another Internet arguement with someone who obviously doesnt know history.
Like they say, Arguing on the internet is like the special olympics- Even if you win your still retarded.
@GoldBloded So in otherwords you know I have you over the proverbial barrel on this one and instead of just admitting you don't know half as much as you let on, you'll try to insult me to change tactics. I suggest you compare the number of wars America has started to the number of wars started by European imperialists, or, for the matter of Indian tea plantations, or the Opium trade in China before you claim Americans are the scourge of the earth, Europe owes for far greater crimes.
No. I just cant be bothered to explain why you have no knowledge of history. You do know that some colonys actually BEGGED the british to protect them and the british initally refused becasue they fought colonies would be a "waste of space" Disreali even said it himself!
@GoldBloded Europen colonization caused the Seven Years war, the war of Austrian Succession, the War of Spanish Succession, the Great Northern War, the three Partitions of Poland, the Napoleonic Advances, the Opium Wars, enslaving tens of thousands of Indian women to grow your tea, introducing the diseases that killed 90% of the native population of North America, the Zulu Wars... should I keep going? A couple of colonies begging you to stay justifies centuries of warfare and exploitation?
Listen, I said i dont want to get into arguement with someone who obviously doesnt know history, and for Norht America; Canada was greatful for our prescence since we built many rails, schools and donating huge amounts of money and building material. Same case with India, And also we banned Slavery before the USA did. And I agree some European countries were bad. However the majority of the things the British did were just. I could go on but im running of space. Sorry.
@GoldBloded Don't know history? And you're the one running around telling yourself how great colonialism was, yes the whole world waited on the day British ships would show in the harbor and conquer them. Which, after all, is why they couldn't wait to get rid of you in India, in Africa, here in America. I bet those Abbos are giving thanks every day that the British came, and the Chinese are certainly thankful for the Opium trade you started there. Europe is the source of the world's troubles
@zappbrannigan420 Well actually i didnt i just said i wanted to live in those times? And the ideal time would be 1920s/30s so thats after all this what you call "evil" colonisation took place.
@zappbrannigan420 At least in those times people looked out for each other, Obivously calling peoples views insane isnt very socially freindly. Do you talk to everyone like that? I thought this was a free country where we could have free views, Weird i guess i must of been mistaken and we all have to listen to zappbrannigan420. Sorry.
Both my Grandfathers fought on every Allied front line in WW2. One of them lost 8 brothers and he was the last remaining son to return home to his mum. SO proud of them all.
My grandfather served in the 1st World War and my mothers earliest memories were of him coming back from the trenches filthy and full of lice. But he volunteered to go back to fields and served time after the 'end' of the war and spent time digging up and reburying bodies. He never talked about it to his grandchildren and we always thought he was such a miserable, untouchable person. We did not know what horrors he saw.
@loumarven As I was reading this, I couldn't believe that your Grandfather chose to return and help burry the bodies. How could he stand going back, it must have been unbearable! But then I thought, how could he not go back?? Those might have been his friends and comrades he could give peace to by burrying them. A very brave thing to do. God bless.
@loumarven My granddad won the Military Medal in WWI, As kid I found it in a drawer, when I asked how he won it, he said "I found it in a tin of bully beef! & threw it back in the drawer, It was never spoken of again. Of course now I know why. It now hangs on my wall as tribute not just to him, but to them all.
@loumarven -- I had to reply. Had a great uncle who was in the trenches then as well. His experiences never came up. He had a hard life, never kept a job. Family did what they could for employment. It wasn't until we all became adults that we realized that he had seen sights too horrible to believe. He was gassed as well. We always made fun of him, always. I will never forget when we put it all together long after his death. I cried like a baby. Some cousins told me the same.
@oldbobg My great-granddad fought in the trenches and always said to my granddad "Never in my life had I seen such extremes of humanity before the war. The constant fear, the brutality, and the extraordinary friendships." He never let the war get to him. War kills off the best of people.
@thejoeman1100 The language of the lyrics hints that it may be English.
Also the uniforms and weapons the soldiers carry are British, so theres the slightest possibility that it might be just that. I could be wrong though.
Lions led by donkeys, this was published in the Times after Sevastopol years before WW1 - a British soldier had written this in a letter home. The Germans did not say this, the historian Alan Clarke in the 1960s wrote this, he later retracted and admitted it was false. Much is said that is wrong, the British army casualty figures show, pro rata the British officer corps had a higher casualty rate, than the rank and file, 87 British Generals were killed in action, percentage- quite high.
Nice film! Great clarity! What did you do in the war daddy? They never said - if they had would others have gone? Would their wives, sisters and girl friends waved them off with such gusto? Brave souls one and all! To live through those horrors and not speak of it on leave because they did not want to upset anyone. All wanting to do their bit and having a "blind" faith in their leaders making the right decisions. My grandfathers never said a word. Stoic to the end.
salieri325 Straw man argument. You're putting words in my mouth. I go on parade on Rememberance Sunday wearing a poppy. I bet you don't. The world changed in 1914 to a harsher gear. It would have been far better had the Kaiser died in childbirth ( or been born with two normal arms which might have stopped him from wanting dreadnaughts as a substitute) and two generations of men not been led to slaughter each other. Hitler would have become an artist, Stalin a farmer and Mussolini a violinist.
Why can't we be like this today? They were going through one of the worst wars in history and they still made music like this. Now we have people at each other throats over tiny things.
@ss90ss444 Well either all Brits might actually be evil bastards or ss90ss444 was self indulging in a little bit of "look how bad those guys are? that makes me pretty damn good". I know where my fivers going.
@ss90ss444 and horatio422006 Look, i'll agree, that it was pretty auful what the Brits did 2 finland, and even worse that we bred and entire generation of anti-germanic racism, but seriosly, its a bit sweeping to call all us brits evil, isn't it?
@williamwallacee now hang on a minute. These men would've been of advanced age by WW2 and most likely in need of some sort of medical help at sometime between 1939 and 1945. So technically startug's claims can't totally be ruled out.
The poor guy had gone through two world wars (fighting in one and serving as a reserve in the other), the depression and the blitz, I can't blame him.
Het is zomer 2010, zeker als je de muziek 'Pack Up' van Eliza Doolittle opzet! De geweldige sample die je in onze nieuwe Hotshot hoort, komt trouwens uit het oude Eerste Wereldoorlog-strijdlied 'Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag'. Swing met ons mee!
my grandfather used to sing this song to me before he passed away. I miss him. anyway, I do not believe there are any subliminal messages in this at all, it's just an old war song. hearing it over YouTube is deffinantly not as good as hearing it in person. :)
Huh, thought this dated fromt he Second World War, not the Great War. Learen something every day. Also; am I the only one that finds ti creepy they use it for Dell ads now?
@liberatordude1988 lucifer was a type of match, fag was british slang for cigarette (and may be still is). so basically "while you've a match to like your cig".
They look so happy...patriotism reached a high then in Britain.This song raised their morale and was a good way to keep off depression.Yet most died.For their country.We salute these heroes of the past.If only young people knew of them and their sacrifices...May God lift them to heaven,borne upon wings of angels..
They died because they were they were lions led by jackasses. Wellington or Montgomery would not have wasted their men like that, nor Napoleon or Grouchy. Lord French was an idiot.
Poor sods didn't know what they were signing up for! They soon found out and couldn't talk about it when they came home. Thank God my grandfather got trench foot before the Somme, still died an early death as a result.
@jonjamg at 026 to 035 notice the lad pointing at cam with his mate behind laughing. at the left front crowd, can see how innocent they were didnt know there fate then.. poor buggers..
@19smokey19@19smokey19 Well spotted! They were just normal, young lads who had their whole lives ahead of them. To see them laughing and joking is really amazing. They were just ordinary men/boys who were forced to fight in a truly horrendous war . Such a shame that so much life was wasted. In my eyes they are true heroes.
@tomcoll123 26 to 37 theres a lot happening in that clip, see the sarge with his stick saying to the privete go on go on then he smile lol , at same time those 2 laughting at cam on right the copper goes to them maybe he saying ok calm down or something,, it was a big thing being on film in those times, i wonder if they lived to see this film clip..
@19smokey19 Pakis are muslims. And they fought to maintain our empire in both world wars. You ignorant cunt, England was what it was because of them. Enjoy the knowledge
@Bloomazz maybe it was then but not now, and how dare you call me a cunt well you will change your tune when the muslums take over england and the world as we keep hearing they are an evil breed, have you not noticed then you must be blind.. englands losing its idenity and everything that goes with it...this is not the freedom they fought for...
This does not diminish the fact of how terrible this war was, the youth lost. I have visited the somme, war graves. These men and boys were brave and suffered. There is no point battling about who's fault it was. There will always be war always battles. Men and women (lets not forget many a Queen liked a good battle - even if not present !) it is not the better part of our nature. But nature has protected us ..threatened we fight, or run.
It is not the best part of us and it is not in all of us but it is certainly a large part of humanity and always has been. The only way to stop war would be to brainwash people. Then you have to decide, do you destroy what makes us human to prevent war? A difficult question.
May all those who have died in service rest in peace. They do in uniform what once we would all have had to do.
Nice to hear from you. We need the fight in us to survive, we fight to live, fight to earn a good wage, its fighting all the way. Soldiers professionaly fight. A hard and difficult job to do. Bless them all Father's sons and Mother's and daughter's. Let us not forget Doctor's and Nurses are also soldiers. The front line goes back a long way.
I did not mention the British , I said youth lost. Youth lost covers all ....death has no colour or creed. It takes all in it's arms. I do not mean to offend you.
From a musical and audio stance this is a wonderful recording with an incredible singer. We take for granted the real talent of this time, and the "techno know how".
I think you'll find that the royalty of the nations involved were directly related, old boy. The root of WW1 was basically a falling-out amongst the extended european royal family.
Now look here old chap. The Kaiser the King and the Czar were related. But the reason for war was nothing to do with family matters. In fact the King tried to prevent war by appealing to Kaiser Billy using the "family card". But Billy had never been one for happy families, he had respected his aunty, good old Victoria, but she was dead.
And in Britain the Royal Family had no control over foreign policy. The Houses of Parliament were firmly in control. They wanted to protect Belgium.
Serbian calls for independance in Bosnia from the Austro-Hungarian empire and the assassination of the Hapsburg Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serb terrorists was nothing to do with the royalty northward. It had always been Russian policy (pan-slavism) to aid what they considered their weaker brothers in an effort to gain more influence over the Balkans. Austria was determined to get its revenge. So war between Austria-Hungary and Russia was certain anyway...
It was also that Germany would help its only reliable ally and that France, feeling threatened, would come to the aid of its ally. Note that France was a Republic. Britain tried to keep neutral but the government (with merely a nod of tradition to the King) realised that Germany couldnt be allowed to swoop through little neutral Belgium and crush France, as this would make Germany far too powerful and a direct threat as they would have only a quick trip across the channel.
Yes Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II and King George V were all cousins. But he also suggests that it was for this reason that the terrible tragedy of the First World War occured. In truth this fact, though important for other reasons, was not the reason for the Great War, and it is unfair on the royals to say it was so. Though Kaiser Wilhelm's expansionism and military aggresivism DID have a lot to do with the war.
Notice that it's "ALL your troubles" not "UP your troubles". Odd that the words have changed over the years. A very good and evocative video though a shame that most of the soldiers are out of step with the music. Even now the fate of those men raises a tear, both for them and for the gentler world that was destroyed with them.
@bdslds To say that this world would have been any better in the absence of WWI is a wholly naive statement. Go fuck yourself for blaming a generation of wonderfully brave men for all the world's troubles...
i didnt live through any world wars and i just got deja vu of this pub scene in britain and everyone had beer and we awere all drunkish and sining this (it was obviously ve day) and now i really beleive in past life
u from ponte by any chance pontefractus???
THECRAZYLAYDEE 2 weeks ago
I'm from Leeds but live in Ponte :-)
PonteFractus 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I get drawn sometimes into the glory of war but then I listen to songs&see pictures of men before battle&I think, I dwell on the thoughts of the millions of men who marched off to die singing those songs, someone's son, someone's brother, someone's sweetheart, a lost generation, &those songs always seem like the bitter-sweet echoes of men who marched unkowingly to slaughter.
"What's the use of worrying? It never was worthwile, pack up you troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile."
11nytram11 1 month ago
As a member of todays youth who is expected to like people such as Lady Gaga, I often wonder what happened to music. Sure, there are some great songs and artists, but this, this is something else entirely; this is magic. And all the memories people are posting are wonderful. It makes me wonder what all the aged women will say about Justin Beiber in the future. To those who have served for us, I thank you.
Lolympics11 1 month ago
poor blighters. A moments silence please.
filthmonger172 1 month ago
I never met my great grandfather but he fought in the war, the people who fought in those wars were very brave people and will be remembered forever.
N00bSa1b0tMK 1 month ago
Happy Armistice Day Everyone - Lest We Forget!
SamhainBe 2 months ago
This Was My Nan's Favourite Song She Died Last Monday On Halloween She Turned 98 On Tuesday It Was Her Funeral Today And They Played This Song It Made Me Feel Even More Sad Cause Her Last Words Were " Don't Waste Your Life Fighting And Arguing Cause Time Flies By So Fast Its Over In A Blink" So This Song Is A Remembrance Of My Nan Who I Love So Much :(( </3
MaeJayElizabeth122 2 months ago 3
......and bury them underneath the sea.....
soapypig300 2 months ago
This was also a German WW2 song 'Weit ist der Wg zurueck ins Heimatland, so weit, so weit.' It si interesting that solciers on both sides of the conflict always kniew a good song when they heard it. The same was true of Lilli Marlene which was a German soldiers song but the British 8th Army (the Desert Rats) took it over as their own.
eddie123e 3 months ago 3
Itzblakreign - respectfully, it's not ironic. This is the most nihilistic song ever written.
ac3alchemist 4 months ago 3
My grandfather was an infantryman in the First World War, also.
johnmburt1960 4 months ago in playlist World War 1 music
Really interested in WW2 and the old songs. Grandad was a battery operator at Monte Cassino and every year i watch the remeberance day parade at the cenotaph in London i love see how even though they are quite old now the men still march with such pride and vigour. i just hope that when iam their age i will be so full of life and considering the horrors some of those men saw when they were younger than me its amazing how remarkably well they seem
coolrunnings1021 4 months ago
@coolrunnings1021 This song from WW1.
umbongo82 4 months ago
@umbongo82 thank you for pointing that out i did not know that. still doesnt take anything away from my memorys of my grandad though
coolrunnings1021 4 months ago
@coolrunnings1021 Except this footage is from WW1.
Eddy2730 4 months ago
It's funny... Where have all these songs gone now? What was the last song you heard trying to stay cheery in war?
SemiAuto777 5 months ago
I miss all the great WW2 stories my Grandad used to tell me, these songs remind me of him!
GraxGrowler 5 months ago
Such a horrid war! Those poor boys! We never learn, do we?
DCFunBud 6 months ago
scary to think EVERYONE in the footage has "passed on".....sends shivers down ure spine!
Britainsloyalist 6 months ago 3
@Britainsloyalist Yes, and many of them passed on way too young
jkilts 5 months ago
@jkilts well thats war for you
Britainsloyalist 5 months ago
smooth song
22seanp 6 months ago
how is it possible to dislike this???
The13thDoctor95 7 months ago
At 0.15, the volunteer says:
"Will I get hurt?" The recruiting officer says:
"No, you'll have a jolly good time giving the Hun a good kicking. Smoking your pipe and rollicking. Back home by Christmas."
Three months later he was most likely rotting in some shell hole in no man's land.
maxiboy666 8 months ago 3
@maxiboy666 And how do you know what they said?
LordWellington15 8 months ago
@maxiboy666 Guess that sums war up eh?
GERMANOPHILE 7 months ago
@maxiboy666 if he wasn't dead already
Vortez137 7 months ago
This sounds like Reinald Werrenrath's voice but played far too fast. Instead of 78 rpm, try 74rpm or thereabouts. I am not referring to tempo but pitch. If you play this a few rpm slower, you'll hear an accurate representation of his pleasant, warm baritone.
johnGWatsonJr 8 months ago
I wish i could speed walk like the guys in 1:03
jimmy4841 9 months ago
@jimmy4841 Your joking right
LordWellington15 9 months ago
Well, looks like 8 people couldn't find their old kit bag..
LordWellington15 10 months ago
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LordWellington15 10 months ago
OUR GLORIOUS DEAD ♥
mividaloca42 10 months ago
eliza doolittle ♥
mividaloca42 10 months ago
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mividaloca42 10 months ago
God, that sounds great. Sounds like it's on Dads Edison gramaphone. I'm just going through his "old kit bag" and remember him singing this. Made me wonder if it's a WW1 or WW2 song. Wikipedia says it was published in 1915, so that answers that one. Just wish Dad was here so I could show him how to find a song in just a "click". He probably wouldn't get out of this seat for days.
dj6927 11 months ago 22
@dj6927 I introduced my grandparents to Youtube....they've never looked back lol
Sweetlittlemystery 8 months ago
Has anyone else commented?
hydrogenpi16 11 months ago
Oh if ionly i could live in those times, Life was so much simplier back then; and their was no fat ass capitalist USA bullying other nations around.
GoldBloded 11 months ago
@GoldBloded No, there were fat ass European imperialists pushing everyone around and starting an endless series of bloody, pointless wars while enslaving native populations. Yes, so much better...
zappbrannigan420 11 months ago
@zappbrannigan420
I pity you, You must be young; Perhaps not had a chance to be loved? Im not even going to start another Internet arguement with someone who obviously doesnt know history.
Like they say, Arguing on the internet is like the special olympics- Even if you win your still retarded.
GoldBloded 11 months ago
@GoldBloded So in otherwords you know I have you over the proverbial barrel on this one and instead of just admitting you don't know half as much as you let on, you'll try to insult me to change tactics. I suggest you compare the number of wars America has started to the number of wars started by European imperialists, or, for the matter of Indian tea plantations, or the Opium trade in China before you claim Americans are the scourge of the earth, Europe owes for far greater crimes.
zappbrannigan420 11 months ago
@zappbrannigan420
No. I just cant be bothered to explain why you have no knowledge of history. You do know that some colonys actually BEGGED the british to protect them and the british initally refused becasue they fought colonies would be a "waste of space" Disreali even said it himself!
GoldBloded 11 months ago
@GoldBloded Europen colonization caused the Seven Years war, the war of Austrian Succession, the War of Spanish Succession, the Great Northern War, the three Partitions of Poland, the Napoleonic Advances, the Opium Wars, enslaving tens of thousands of Indian women to grow your tea, introducing the diseases that killed 90% of the native population of North America, the Zulu Wars... should I keep going? A couple of colonies begging you to stay justifies centuries of warfare and exploitation?
zappbrannigan420 11 months ago 2
@zappbrannigan420
Listen, I said i dont want to get into arguement with someone who obviously doesnt know history, and for Norht America; Canada was greatful for our prescence since we built many rails, schools and donating huge amounts of money and building material. Same case with India, And also we banned Slavery before the USA did. And I agree some European countries were bad. However the majority of the things the British did were just. I could go on but im running of space. Sorry.
GoldBloded 11 months ago
@GoldBloded Don't know history? And you're the one running around telling yourself how great colonialism was, yes the whole world waited on the day British ships would show in the harbor and conquer them. Which, after all, is why they couldn't wait to get rid of you in India, in Africa, here in America. I bet those Abbos are giving thanks every day that the British came, and the Chinese are certainly thankful for the Opium trade you started there. Europe is the source of the world's troubles
zappbrannigan420 11 months ago
@zappbrannigan420 Well actually i didnt i just said i wanted to live in those times? And the ideal time would be 1920s/30s so thats after all this what you call "evil" colonisation took place.
GoldBloded 11 months ago
@GoldBloded You'd want to live in the middle of worst global depression in modern history? You'd want to live during the Blitz? You are insane!
zappbrannigan420 11 months ago
@zappbrannigan420 At least in those times people looked out for each other, Obivously calling peoples views insane isnt very socially freindly. Do you talk to everyone like that? I thought this was a free country where we could have free views, Weird i guess i must of been mistaken and we all have to listen to zappbrannigan420. Sorry.
GoldBloded 11 months ago
this brings a wry smile to my face.
dysonshowtime 11 months ago
Both my Grandfathers fought on every Allied front line in WW2. One of them lost 8 brothers and he was the last remaining son to return home to his mum. SO proud of them all.
noreplyism 1 year ago
Great vid. Thank you
yozzaman 1 year ago
I prefer this version to the eliza doolittle one :')
SammSmithxx 1 year ago
the guy that wrote this commited suicide! IRONY!!!
robsmith000 1 year ago
poignant..
HughGarrette 1 year ago
loumarven salute your granfather for me
diedobler 1 year ago
My grandfather served in the 1st World War and my mothers earliest memories were of him coming back from the trenches filthy and full of lice. But he volunteered to go back to fields and served time after the 'end' of the war and spent time digging up and reburying bodies. He never talked about it to his grandchildren and we always thought he was such a miserable, untouchable person. We did not know what horrors he saw.
loumarven 1 year ago 31
@loumarven As I was reading this, I couldn't believe that your Grandfather chose to return and help burry the bodies. How could he stand going back, it must have been unbearable! But then I thought, how could he not go back?? Those might have been his friends and comrades he could give peace to by burrying them. A very brave thing to do. God bless.
TheKidWhoLived 1 year ago
@loumarven My granddad won the Military Medal in WWI, As kid I found it in a drawer, when I asked how he won it, he said "I found it in a tin of bully beef! & threw it back in the drawer, It was never spoken of again. Of course now I know why. It now hangs on my wall as tribute not just to him, but to them all.
systemdry 2 months ago 3
@loumarven -- I had to reply. Had a great uncle who was in the trenches then as well. His experiences never came up. He had a hard life, never kept a job. Family did what they could for employment. It wasn't until we all became adults that we realized that he had seen sights too horrible to believe. He was gassed as well. We always made fun of him, always. I will never forget when we put it all together long after his death. I cried like a baby. Some cousins told me the same.
oldbobg 3 weeks ago
@oldbobg My great-granddad fought in the trenches and always said to my granddad "Never in my life had I seen such extremes of humanity before the war. The constant fear, the brutality, and the extraordinary friendships." He never let the war get to him. War kills off the best of people.
MarkramUK 3 weeks ago
is this german
thejoeman1100 1 year ago
@thejoeman1100 NO how could u even think that ? of couse it is english ! they just have a old fasion english voice :)
DarcyAndTamara 1 year ago
@thejoeman1100 The language of the lyrics hints that it may be English.
Also the uniforms and weapons the soldiers carry are British, so theres the slightest possibility that it might be just that. I could be wrong though.
whowantsabighug 1 year ago
@whowantsabighug
Yes, thank you for your observation. Captain OBVIOUS!
timbudgemedia 1 year ago
@timbudgemedia Read the dumbass comment i was replying to before you're so quick to put-down.
whowantsabighug 1 year ago
is this german
thejoeman1100 1 year ago
Lions led by donkeys, this was published in the Times after Sevastopol years before WW1 - a British soldier had written this in a letter home. The Germans did not say this, the historian Alan Clarke in the 1960s wrote this, he later retracted and admitted it was false. Much is said that is wrong, the British army casualty figures show, pro rata the British officer corps had a higher casualty rate, than the rank and file, 87 British Generals were killed in action, percentage- quite high.
Wills7729 1 year ago 4
Nice film! Great clarity! What did you do in the war daddy? They never said - if they had would others have gone? Would their wives, sisters and girl friends waved them off with such gusto? Brave souls one and all! To live through those horrors and not speak of it on leave because they did not want to upset anyone. All wanting to do their bit and having a "blind" faith in their leaders making the right decisions. My grandfathers never said a word. Stoic to the end.
jonjamg 1 year ago
This beats the Eliza Doolittle version any day.
startug 1 year ago 4
@startug You said it!
KadieAnneEvans 1 year ago
salieri325 Straw man argument. You're putting words in my mouth. I go on parade on Rememberance Sunday wearing a poppy. I bet you don't. The world changed in 1914 to a harsher gear. It would have been far better had the Kaiser died in childbirth ( or been born with two normal arms which might have stopped him from wanting dreadnaughts as a substitute) and two generations of men not been led to slaughter each other. Hitler would have become an artist, Stalin a farmer and Mussolini a violinist.
bdslds 1 year ago
@bdslds Maybe Hitler would have been an mediocre artist and mussolini a farmer....but you sirrah would still be an ass.
celadius 1 year ago
Fantastic video footage I am retired and have never seen this footage before, great job on the video and the audio.
Klondike282 1 year ago
was learnin dis in skwl g8 times
XDXDsupersmileyXDXD 1 year ago
Funny. I showed this video to my GF's son and then showed a Stone Cold Steve Austin video and asked who seemed tougher.
Of course, at first, Stone Cold got the edge.
But, then I showed Glory snap of Jupiter Sharts sayin he goes to battle "with the rifle in one hand and the good book in the other", stutter and all.
Then, it really dawned on him that Sharts' and the peeps in this video are terrifyingly brave and dedicated while Stone Cold is a joke.
Kind of cool to convey that.
dancingmania2010 1 year ago 2
Why can't we be like this today? They were going through one of the worst wars in history and they still made music like this. Now we have people at each other throats over tiny things.
indoorin 1 year ago
Brits might be evil bastards but they sure made one of the best songs. Much better than russian war songs.
ss90ss444 1 year ago
@ss90ss444 Well either all Brits might actually be evil bastards or ss90ss444 was self indulging in a little bit of "look how bad those guys are? that makes me pretty damn good". I know where my fivers going.
horatio422006 1 year ago
@ss90ss444 and horatio422006 Look, i'll agree, that it was pretty auful what the Brits did 2 finland, and even worse that we bred and entire generation of anti-germanic racism, but seriosly, its a bit sweeping to call all us brits evil, isn't it?
hydrogenpi16 11 months ago
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williamwallacee 1 year ago
@williamwallacee now hang on a minute. These men would've been of advanced age by WW2 and most likely in need of some sort of medical help at sometime between 1939 and 1945. So technically startug's claims can't totally be ruled out.
horatio422006 1 year ago
Ah, my great grandfather helped these poor men out in WWII as a medic. RIP!
startug 1 year ago
Who is the singer, and what year?? It would be helpful to provide this informaiton. thanks.
meimeiswan 1 year ago
this is my victory song
Vigorith 1 year ago
grandad was fighting the germans bring bk memories love him so much R.I.P
claire2010mcmann 1 year ago 38
@claire2010mcmann mine too, great grandad. His last name was Sarsfield. He fought in the trenches and survived through hell
iceblue345 7 months ago
@claire2010mcmann Respect for your grandad
MasterStride1993 5 months ago
Ironic that the maker of this song killed himself in 1942
itzblakreign 1 year ago 59
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@itzblakreign He died in 1951 aged 71 en.wikipedia. org/wiki /George_Henry_Powell
Tryad123 7 months ago
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The poor guy had gone through two world wars (fighting in one and serving as a reserve in the other), the depression and the blitz, I can't blame him.
Aurelian603 6 months ago
This is from world war 2 yes ??
xxTaylaaaxx1 1 year ago
@xxTaylaaaxx1 No World War 1 my good sir.
startug 1 year ago
@startug R u sure ?? .. Okaaay Lol
xxTaylaaaxx1 1 year ago
@xxTaylaaaxx1 Yes I a very sure, since it was made during World War One, that's when Laurel and Hardy had their film "Pack Up Your Troubles"
startug 1 year ago 2
@startug Oh I love Laurel and hardy
xxTaylaaaxx1 1 year ago 5
@liberatordude1988 it means take a match (a lucifer was a popular match) and light your cigarrette (fag was a cig).
Sieg83 1 year ago
Eliza Doolittle - Pack up 31.07.10
Het is zomer 2010, zeker als je de muziek 'Pack Up' van Eliza Doolittle opzet! De geweldige sample die je in onze nieuwe Hotshot hoort, komt trouwens uit het oude Eerste Wereldoorlog-strijdlied 'Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag'. Swing met ons mee!
hoogstraat35 1 year ago
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hoor ik er toch niet in terug
Loscobeats 1 year ago
O_o
pieguy121 1 year ago
There is something beautifully disgusting about this video.
1000bastardiacs 1 year ago
@1000bastardiacs Huh?
hydrogenpi16 11 months ago
my grandfather used to sing this song to me before he passed away. I miss him. anyway, I do not believe there are any subliminal messages in this at all, it's just an old war song. hearing it over YouTube is deffinantly not as good as hearing it in person. :)
o0randommness0o 1 year ago
@o0randommness0o i agree, i think it was just a sing song to keep you busy while you had a boring march and to keep your spirits up!
Reverbful 1 year ago
THERE ARE SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES WITHIN THIS..MASONIC..
BeeTwennyOneBaNGaH 1 year ago
Huh, thought this dated fromt he Second World War, not the Great War. Learen something every day. Also; am I the only one that finds ti creepy they use it for Dell ads now?
Somefox 1 year ago
@Somefox i believe that there are subliminl messages within these adverts... don't know why but i do find it creepy.. weird..
BeeTwennyOneBaNGaH 1 year ago
What does "while you've a lucifer to light your fag" mean in WW1 language?
liberatordude1988 1 year ago 2
@liberatordude1988 lucifer was a type of match, fag was british slang for cigarette (and may be still is). so basically "while you've a match to like your cig".
nerdbomb07 1 year ago 3
@nerdbomb07 thanks for the guide
liberatordude1988 1 year ago
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nerdbomb07 1 year ago
@liberatordude1988 Oh, us brits are weird, we say fag for ciggerete and lucifers were a popular match, so it was, while you can smoke.
hydrogenpi16 11 months ago
@hydrogenpi16 and that's where the saying of a third light is unlucky comes from.
chucklepants69 9 months ago
Memories =]....My nan used to sing it with me :'( ..God i miss them times :') x
Missrandom132 1 year ago
This version's way more jolly than the Dell ad. I like both
Inahzi13 1 year ago
Hey I found the good version of the song!
SlaughterTheFrail 1 year ago
amazing footge, I like this alot, a fave o' mine. the period. I love it.
owtatowttowt 1 year ago
who sang this version of the song?
koolyman 1 year ago
Wow a brilliant video to go with a brilliant song! : ) Thanks for posting :D
Peckett2104 1 year ago
@PonteFractus, thank you for the superb video rendition. Much obliged to you, am sure.
Reid
ReidWelch 1 year ago
They look so happy...patriotism reached a high then in Britain.This song raised their morale and was a good way to keep off depression.Yet most died.For their country.We salute these heroes of the past.If only young people knew of them and their sacrifices...May God lift them to heaven,borne upon wings of angels..
KageKonohagakure 1 year ago
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They died because they were they were lions led by jackasses. Wellington or Montgomery would not have wasted their men like that, nor Napoleon or Grouchy. Lord French was an idiot.
ajferet 1 year ago 2
It's spooky , and where have they all gone ?? with so much pride
joath8 1 year ago
@joath8 it is spooky , those 2 who i mentioned in my last comment i wonder if they made it through the war...
19smokey19 1 year ago
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(This is the thing they know and never speak,
That England one by one had fled to France,
Not many elsewhere now, save under France.)
Pictures of these broad smiles appear each week,
And people in whose voice real feeling rings
Say: How they smile! They're happy now, poor things.
-Wilfred Owen
carpeinfinitum 1 year ago
(This is the thing they know and never speak,
That England one by one had fled to France,
Not many elsewhere now, save under France.)
Pictures of these broad smiles appear each week,
And people in whose voice real feeling rings
Say: How they smile! They're happy now, poor things.
-Wilfred Owen
carpeinfinitum 1 year ago
Poor sods didn't know what they were signing up for! They soon found out and couldn't talk about it when they came home. Thank God my grandfather got trench foot before the Somme, still died an early death as a result.
jonjamg 1 year ago
@jonjamg at 026 to 035 notice the lad pointing at cam with his mate behind laughing. at the left front crowd, can see how innocent they were didnt know there fate then.. poor buggers..
19smokey19 1 year ago
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tomcoll123 1 year ago
@19smokey19 @19smokey19 Well spotted! They were just normal, young lads who had their whole lives ahead of them. To see them laughing and joking is really amazing. They were just ordinary men/boys who were forced to fight in a truly horrendous war . Such a shame that so much life was wasted. In my eyes they are true heroes.
R.I.P x
tomcoll123 1 year ago
@tomcoll123 26 to 37 theres a lot happening in that clip, see the sarge with his stick saying to the privete go on go on then he smile lol , at same time those 2 laughting at cam on right the copper goes to them maybe he saying ok calm down or something,, it was a big thing being on film in those times, i wonder if they lived to see this film clip..
19smokey19 1 year ago
Brits weakened the defense of Azerbaijan. British troops were occupying Azerbaijan until 1919 when they cowardly left.
Those poor people of the Caucasus had the live under the slavery of bolshevism. Obey monsters like Lenin and Stalin.
Caucasus people are the real victims of WW1.
Dunsterville had no right to occupy Azerbaijan.
ss90ss444 1 year ago
And what SHOULD they have done then?
thebigJM92 1 year ago
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19smokey19 1 year ago
@19smokey19 Pakis are muslims. And they fought to maintain our empire in both world wars. You ignorant cunt, England was what it was because of them. Enjoy the knowledge
Bloomazz 1 year ago
@Bloomazz maybe it was then but not now, and how dare you call me a cunt well you will change your tune when the muslums take over england and the world as we keep hearing they are an evil breed, have you not noticed then you must be blind.. englands losing its idenity and everything that goes with it...this is not the freedom they fought for...
19smokey19 1 year ago
This does not diminish the fact of how terrible this war was, the youth lost. I have visited the somme, war graves. These men and boys were brave and suffered. There is no point battling about who's fault it was. There will always be war always battles. Men and women (lets not forget many a Queen liked a good battle - even if not present !) it is not the better part of our nature. But nature has protected us ..threatened we fight, or run.
Bless the soldier, for he fights for us all.
ShirleyKentMusic 1 year ago
You are perfectly correct ShirleyKentMusic.
It is not the best part of us and it is not in all of us but it is certainly a large part of humanity and always has been. The only way to stop war would be to brainwash people. Then you have to decide, do you destroy what makes us human to prevent war? A difficult question.
May all those who have died in service rest in peace. They do in uniform what once we would all have had to do.
thebigJM92 1 year ago
Nice to hear from you. We need the fight in us to survive, we fight to live, fight to earn a good wage, its fighting all the way. Soldiers professionaly fight. A hard and difficult job to do. Bless them all Father's sons and Mother's and daughter's. Let us not forget Doctor's and Nurses are also soldiers. The front line goes back a long way.
Have a good week JM
ShirleyKentMusic 1 year ago
"This does not diminish the fact of how terrible this war was, the youth lost"
Oh you think the war was terrible for the british? What about those Caucasus people brits, russians, turks and germans terrorized?
I mean it was british troops who shot the 26 Baku comissars.
Real victims of the war are small nations.
ss90ss444 1 year ago
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ShirleyKentMusic 1 year ago
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I did not mention the British , I said youth lost. Youth lost covers all ....death has no colour or creed. It takes all in it's arms. I do not mean to offend you.
ShirleyKentMusic 1 year ago 2
From a musical and audio stance this is a wonderful recording with an incredible singer. We take for granted the real talent of this time, and the "techno know how".
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InfantryChans91 1 year ago
Millions lost because of a family squabble.
keeprighton2007 2 years ago 3
Millions lost because an Archduke was assassinated and Serbia was invaded. Families have nothing to do with it.
thebigJM92 1 year ago
I think you'll find that the royalty of the nations involved were directly related, old boy. The root of WW1 was basically a falling-out amongst the extended european royal family.
keeprighton2007 1 year ago
Now look here old chap. The Kaiser the King and the Czar were related. But the reason for war was nothing to do with family matters. In fact the King tried to prevent war by appealing to Kaiser Billy using the "family card". But Billy had never been one for happy families, he had respected his aunty, good old Victoria, but she was dead.
And in Britain the Royal Family had no control over foreign policy. The Houses of Parliament were firmly in control. They wanted to protect Belgium.
thebigJM92 1 year ago
Serbian calls for independance in Bosnia from the Austro-Hungarian empire and the assassination of the Hapsburg Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serb terrorists was nothing to do with the royalty northward. It had always been Russian policy (pan-slavism) to aid what they considered their weaker brothers in an effort to gain more influence over the Balkans. Austria was determined to get its revenge. So war between Austria-Hungary and Russia was certain anyway...
thebigJM92 1 year ago
It was also that Germany would help its only reliable ally and that France, feeling threatened, would come to the aid of its ally. Note that France was a Republic. Britain tried to keep neutral but the government (with merely a nod of tradition to the King) realised that Germany couldnt be allowed to swoop through little neutral Belgium and crush France, as this would make Germany far too powerful and a direct threat as they would have only a quick trip across the channel.
thebigJM92 1 year ago
I believe keeprighton is alluding to the fact that most European monarchs in 1914 were closely related.
Wilhelm II, for example, was Queen Victoria's grandson.
UdallIn72 1 year ago
Yes Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II and King George V were all cousins. But he also suggests that it was for this reason that the terrible tragedy of the First World War occured. In truth this fact, though important for other reasons, was not the reason for the Great War, and it is unfair on the royals to say it was so. Though Kaiser Wilhelm's expansionism and military aggresivism DID have a lot to do with the war.
thebigJM92 1 year ago
felix powell committed suicide. RIP
nocturnaldevil333 2 years ago
i am so sorry
remeclerk 2 years ago
Notice that it's "ALL your troubles" not "UP your troubles". Odd that the words have changed over the years. A very good and evocative video though a shame that most of the soldiers are out of step with the music. Even now the fate of those men raises a tear, both for them and for the gentler world that was destroyed with them.
bdslds 2 years ago 46
Yes
cha5 2 years ago
@bdslds ill think you'll find its: up all...
SonOfDeutschland 1 year ago
@bdslds To say that this world would have been any better in the absence of WWI is a wholly naive statement. Go fuck yourself for blaming a generation of wonderfully brave men for all the world's troubles...
Salieri325 1 year ago
as the germans said these men were lions led by donkeys, they were forced to walk towards machine gun nests and cut down like corn
sambo2566 2 years ago 49
@sambo2566
Napoleon: This are the noblest cavalry in Europe and the worst lead.
ajferet 1 year ago
boys off for training tomorrow !
chmunky 1 year ago
@sambo2566 im not saying that im saying im with the germans but it was true but then again every country did that during ww1
Monopoly907 1 year ago
Excellent propaganda song. songs like this are the ironic side to Wilfred Owen's poetry.
rockerjames123 2 years ago 2
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dulce et decorum est
remeclerk 2 years ago
Smile lads! Smile as you cross the No Man's Land...
Japanologe 2 years ago 2
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This is playing way too fast. This singer is a baritone.
pax41 2 years ago
RIP MR Allingham.
JacksonTingYuGuan 2 years ago 7
i didnt live through any world wars and i just got deja vu of this pub scene in britain and everyone had beer and we awere all drunkish and sining this (it was obviously ve day) and now i really beleive in past life
Paterson212 2 years ago
Well to be honest, it's not actually "past life" it's instinct.
DisturbedAidan2 2 years ago
Truly Amazing
My Fav song
ForeverNobodyXII 2 years ago 4
amazing brilliant excellent life saving joy bringing :)
spideyfan12 2 years ago 2
in memory of harry patch now on parade with his chums
ralegh1 2 years ago 2
Sorry... RIP Harry Patch. The real last man.
rabe56 2 years ago 3
RIP Henry Allingham. The last man.
rabe56 2 years ago 2