The Flowers Of The Forest (Bagpipes)

[NuovaZelanda001]

They play this at the Anzac ceremony i go to every year :)

[nDfrnt1]

this was my fathers favorite. played it at his funeral. may his soul rest.

[lavendderrable]

Amazing scenery !

[harryxxxxxriley]

'Evoking the hills and glens, I've visited the Flodden Memorial several times and cannot imagine a more fitting tune.

[Stargazerbonnie]

My Husband recently passed away and they played this at his Graveside

Thank for a beautiful song Always in my heart

[igster999]

@Stargazerbonnie

Alba gu braidh. I am far from my homeland but Scotland's never far from me.

[xxxmancity1894xxx]

Thank you.

[Mac2sporran]

Alba gu brath!

[CFMedic329]

This song will always send shivers down my spine and send a tear to my eye. Our piper played this as I carried one of my best friends on his way for his last trip home.

[mei1966]

gewoon goed deurgaon

[flyrod6057]

Not bad. I would've like to have heard the second part, rather than hearing you go straight to the third. Still, great song. Love it.

[canadiandane96]

For the fallen...

[DAFANNIN]

My teacher was part of the Scots Guard when he was seventeen. That was about 60 years ago. One day he asked us to play a tune. I played this one and he was quiet when I finished. He said you never played that one unless you were ordered to as part of your duty. He said as a young man he was locked up in the cold for a night for playing it one evening. Among the pipers it was kind of sacred and was only played for your fallen friends. None of us knew that at the time. Memories run long and deep.

[3tangle3]

@DAFANNIN they lokced him up.....fucking imperialist twats making out sound waves are sacred........science will win through

[MrFooknuts]

I first heard this in camp bastion ,afghanistan, I'd helped recover the body of the bloke whilst working on the incident response team and we were at his vigil before his repatriation, it stayed with me, such a beautiful and haunting tune.

[RPenta]

@MrFooknuts I don't know if your friend died in vain; I hope he died trying to help his fellow soldiers or some civilian who needed help. If he died thinking he was fighting for some just or noble cause, he did did in vain-like so many millions before him going back at least to WW1.

I hope he rests in peace.

[TheCanadianpiper]

guys stop argueing about what you think you know about scottish history this is an amazing lament for the great Scottish and Canadian soldiers that gave there lives and by the way im 12 years old and i just pwned you

[natasha22557]

Path to success with naughty women mworld5.info

[MrFooknuts]

We will remember them.

[radiopirate3]

Well played. Nemo Me Impune Lacessit...

[Plunkster52]

Wonderfully played! The setting is just perfect for the lament.  Well done!!

[endanimalneglect]

Simply beautiful.

[NEEPS10000]

we played this at newfoundland park in france on the somme at the memorial to the scottish regiments that faught died and eventually won that perticular part of the battle i think the seaforth highlanders were the main force their and i can honestly say that i was crying as it was played it was really brought home how brave those men and in some cases boys were and the sacrifice they made in a war that didnt need to happen they really were lions lead by donkeys

[progressiverebel]

To the Memory of Henry Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair my 13th Great Grandfather. and the others of the family who died that day with the King.

[acerb45666555]

it was the long pikes that caused everyone to jumble up on the hillside. it was disaster from the first moment. curse the one who ordered those pikes issued out. i would have stuck with swords, swarms of arrows and muskets and cannon.

[Gravecrucifix666]

This is a beauty my friend. Cheers from Canada. LONG LIVE THE PIPES!

[flybyenightt1967]

In Rememberence of Jame Fredereick Byars ( Lindsay Clan) 10/26/26~~03/15/2010

was honored his whole life to be scottish...we will miss you daddy.

[infokemp]

I heard about this from the William Mcbride song No Mans land the green fields of France - now i've found it!

Good pipes music - I am English so I should be scared but I actually quite like Scotland - family connections.

[chainsawlobotomy]

not only is it only played at funerals,its only to be played at military funerals,and only the funerals for those who fell in battle and not later on in life

[Stamford16]

Eh? The massed Pipes and Drums play it at the Cenotaph every Remembrance Sunday as well as at CWCG cemeteries.

[bobd280]

great stuff min hack on

[Jabbot123]

Did they sound the Death March as they lowered you down? Did the band play the last post and chorus? Did the Pipes play the Flowers of the Forest?

[mohawkmohican]

@Jabbot123 Green fields of france, another great song

[Battlemountainforge]

My family are scotts and fought during the 45 and I thought I knew a lot about the jacobites It is nice to learn a bit more of there history......

[jmcdonaldland]

god bless scotland

[johnwoa]

Excellent!! The first time I ever heard this piece was when my sister and I went to see the Walt Disney movie "The Three Lives of Thomasina" way back in 1963. It made such an impression on me that I have never forgotten that tune and I thank you for posting this 45 years later. Many thanks!!

[Mr11Savage]

favourite tune brings a tear to my eye

ps im putting one vid up of me playing it so every one watch

[MsKamioo]

Beautiful, was played at LAPD Officer Ian Campbell's funeral (kidnapped & murdered). Thank you for this. I'm sure Ian the piper would too.

[dondonp12004]

That's wonderful! Thanks for uploading! Greetings from the United States of America!

[colonelk]

Acromiton, how the hell do you learn it if you don't practice it? Eejit. Curse, my ass.

[Enferushostis]

@ colonelk, this tune is a funeral tune only. It is only to be practised on the chanter and not the full set. That way, the tunes remains solumn and special

[colonelk]

As with KurtB, I've been playing the pipes nearly 40 years. There is no disrespect in practicing a tune on the pipes. And no curses involved, either.

[Enferushostis]

@colonelk I have also played the pipes all my life. I have also had a long career as a piper in the Scots Guards and I can assure you "Flowers of the forest" is not practised on the pipes. It is practised only on the practice chanter. It has nothing to do with curses or any other nonsense. It is simply to ensure the tune remains solumn and special. It is played ONLY at funerals

[acromiton]

I totally agree with the posted below - work on yir birrels. Do not, however, practice this chune. It is a well-established fact that it is cursed... Good work jimmie, keep piping!!!

[kurtb8474]

I've been on the pipes for nearly 40 years. Curses are in the mind. I've been playing this tune for 15 years. Played it for my father (RIP) and other fallen vets. No curses here. Yes, our piper here needs more practice at it, but I've heard WAY worse.

[scotboi20]

Good tempo but you need to practice your trills and burls...tighten the notes up and it will sound better....Its a complicated piece to play well.....a bit out of your calibur just now...but keep practicing... you have a good grasp of the basics.

[BillDFC]

September 9th. 1513.....Flodden field.

[Cathain78]

Aye, and the old Jacobite tune now appropriated by their enemies. Still, won't let it tarnish my appreciation for it.

[Battlemountainforge]

@Cathain78 This is an old Jacobite song? That makes it even more beautefull

[Cathain78]

Yes, it was likely written to commemorate the Jacobites who fell at Flodden.

[gert83]

Flodden was before the Jacobites, although I suppose the Scots were led by a Stewart King called James (Jacobus)....

[asmodeon]

@Cathain78 You're thinking of Culloden, Flodden was a couple hundred years earlier.

[Cathain78]

Steeleye Span done a version with lyrics which talks about

"Sad they for the order, that sent them to the border"

The Flowers of the Forest are the young Jaconite men who died in the battle

"The Flowers of the Forest are all we'd away"

That is they are all withered away - dead

[Traitorfish]

@Cathain78 The version with lyrics is actually where it gets it's name from. The tune itself is an ancient Gaelic lament which has been played since time immemorial. It's current title is just the one which we know it by today.

[Stamford16]

Nothing to do with the Jacobites. Flodden was fought in Northumberland, which James IV of Scotland invaded while Henry VIII of England was defending the Pope (ironic) from Louis VII of France.

The Earl ofSurrey, inflicted a crushing defeat on James IV killing him, a lots of his nobles and about 10,000 Scots.

Not the first or the last (see the '45) example of Stewart stupidity and incompetence costing their followers dearly. Scotland and England were well rid of that particular House.

[freegie27]

@Stamford16 Well said.

Most Scots fought alongside the English at Culloden. More Scots on the Hanoverian side than the Jacobites.

Not Scottish v English.

One of the causes of the English Civil war was a Stewart king trying to force his religious beliefs on the Scots.

The English parliament said that they would fight to preserve their Scottish Presbyterian cousins's rights.

The Scots then sent an army to Marston Moor which effectively won the war for Cromwell.

Im Scots and British.

[Kenentigern7]

@freegie27 Bit selective there China but history endorses the winners eh what? Culloden was fought in 1746 Marston Moor in 1644.

I accept most Dr Who's are Scots but a redoubt of tardis'. The Civil War had nothing to do with religion per se, it concerned primacy supremecy and obdurate stupidity.

Funnily enough they brought his boy back for another shot. Restoration, great name for a TV show

[3tangle3]

@freegie27 but the gaelic culture was to suffer after

[freegie27]

@3tangle3 I understand that, but we still practice divisive...us v them in Scotland Lowland v Highland Protestant v Catholic Rangers v Celtic Glasgow v Edinburgh And the big one...Scotland v England We're a very disunited nation. Lots of idiots wearing kilts a la 'the tartan army' is not an identity Don't even mention FOS :-( Gaelic is a real culture but you have to admit most 'Scots' don't get it - hope it flourishes tho Glaswegian ex-Piper Peace mate

[nacho1560]

@3tangle3 Yes, but what a gain for the rest of the world. The contribution made by Gaels in the New World can never be fully understood.

[3tangle3]

@nacho1560 the world would have been gained whatever in a fair and just world as all cultures would be on equal footing,,,,,the gaelic culture was destroyed in most of Scotland for good or bad but thats the past I suppose

[masonierre]

@3tangle3 Not destroyed, evolved and created the greatest Empire this world has ever seen.

[3tangle3]

@masonierre huh? a few people....the culture is gone from the highlands...have you visited? whole valleys are bare..no souls live there anymore

[3tangle3]

@masonierre empires are nothing to be proud about...reminds me of bullying in the playground.....free the people, let them have there say. We are the people and we shall overcome

[masonierre]

@3tangle3 Nothing to be proud if? So the Scots playing a major role in the creation of a force for good in the globe have nothing to be proud of? Yes I have been there, my family is Scottish. The ancient Clan system disappeared because it was no loger relevant in a rapidly industrialisng world. I know that some Scots indulge in a mawkish sentimentality about the past. That idyllic past that they hanker after never really existed. Perhaps you are one of them?

[3tangle3]

@masonierre perhaps you have an incredibly rose tinted view on empires, empires caused suffering just look at the irish famine and the scottish clearances and oppression of the individual........empires are not all good...life experience will wake you to that some day

[3tangle3]

@masonierre we are not talking about clan systems......the industrialised world had many people living in extremely high densities with poor health......industirialisation is not perfect...to think otherwise is to be greviously naive

[3tangle3]

@masonierre the highlands were forcibly depopulated not through personal choice which is a libertarian viewpoint...the same people who back capitalism and free trade ..therefore what happened is not to be proud of...just is

[ProvoSellOuts]

@3tangle3, daft welch fucker

[3tangle3]

@ProvoSellOuts sorry I received an education....did you leave school at 14....boohoo diddums

[MyVlogger]

@3tangle3 the scotts stopped the people from rome to get any higher with the germans

[3tangle3]

@MyVlogger which universe did this happen?

[MyVlogger]

@3tangle3 this universe

[3tangle3]

@MyVlogger how the scots people who were currently residing as a tribe in northern island pre migration (in the roman times) stop the romans in germany? there is no basis of fact sir lol....the scottis tribe invaded modern day scotland after the romans left britain...its was the land of the pictish tribes beofrehand anyway who were possibly older brythonic tribes

[MyVlogger]

@3tangle3 BUT FFS! you do know that there were a law in scotland that did allow people to shoot welch bastards like you for fun... also the romans were collonising in some parts of the UK to build up their armies, and i never wrote that the scots were in germany i just wrote that they helped stop the romans from getting any higher in their killing spree

[3tangle3]

@MyVlogger there was no law in scotland to do that....stop making stuff up,.....there were bylaw to kill welshmen after midnight in the marcher towns such as chester and hereford

[3tangle3]

@MyVlogger you are trolling well i see...the scots in germany during the roman invasion??? can i take the mushrooms you were having...the scots were not even in scotland yet ahahaha EPIC FAIL

[MyVlogger]

@3tangle3 ok i can say that history might not be the strongest subject in school for me but you can not blame me for trolling as you started with being a moron there was a law in scotland (or england) saying you could only shoot welsh men for fun that law didn't make it very far but i'm ready to say sorry if you are, we're fighting over the thing that have happend but we can't change that, we should be thinking about the future,... if you don't agree i'm sorry for taking your time reading this.

[3tangle3]

@MyVlogger aye its all about looking to the future :)......but should not forget where we stepped wrong in the past so we can avoid making those mistakes again..includes all humans *cheesy naff speech over* hehe

[MyVlogger]

@3tangle3 i knew you were a great person, and i'm sorry if i insulted you.

[longybbc]

great!! very well played best ive heard from this song!

[da33ie]

Best version so far! well done!

[inrharmony]

Very nice....from the playing to the setting to the scenery....all very well thought out and inspirational...thank you.

[ethandavid1955]

this tune will always choke me up, I've heard it played so many times for ones that we have lost seving our country and carried the coffin of a young hero to his final rest,

Tears are in my eyes now.

Well played my son,

[metalhead192]

this is one song i absolutly hate to play  every time i have to play it i see to many flag covered coffins or to many graves

[ethandavid1955]

yes metalhead192, but you play it with feeling and thats what counts

[johndane99]

where edward the first crossed the coldstream??

[Rossdhu16]

Very nice.

[armydude2799]

this is a beautiful place you picked to shoot this video

[grindergaz]

Think it might be on the river Tweed next to Coldstream. Just a guess.

[BillDFC]

The first few notes sound like "Scots wha hae wi WALLACE bled"

[TheHighlandPiper]

5***** as always my friend!

Great Bagpipe Video!

Very well played!

Best regards from Germany

[Moderm101]

Very good job!

Thank you :)

[jeff61177]

nice duds, keep practicing though.