I served upon the US Heavy Cruiser USS Canberra, making three Vietnam deployments upon her - '66 - '68. She decidedly had an 'Aussie' influence' about her, and I'll never forget my trip to Melbourne back in May of ''68 (I Believe) too many cruises, too long a war. I loved you damned Aussies, your beer and your 'Birds' - thanks for your many kindnesses. Cheers, Mates!!!
Thank you so much for your service. Our countries are not cousins, but brothers in arms and i hope you know that we have a high regard for your help in the Pacific when the brits didn't want to help(fuck you Churchill!) Our friendship will always be there. Every American I meet, at least abroad knows how special our countries are. In Vietnam our forces although small fought great battles and the Vietcong FEARED us the most. I can not thank you enough for your service. Love from a expat Aussie.
I love the Aussies. They, along with The Brits best friends we ever had. Just printed the lyrics to "Waltzing Matilda. US Army vet and American Red Cross Volunteer.
USS Berkeley DDG 15 went to Australia for Coral Sea Victory Celebrations in May 1966, I was part of a Honor Guard in parades in Sidney, and Adelaide, just loved that song when the Aussie Navy played it. Last port of call was Hobart, Tasmania before sailing home
Incredible march version of "Waltzing Matilda". Thanks for posting. I also love the version sung by the amazing and timeless Seekers, Judith, Athol, Bruce and Keith! The official march of the U.S. 1st Marine Division is "Waltzing Matilda", chosen as a salute to the invaluable contribution of our Australian cousins, during and after Guadalcanal, in the desperate early days of WW2. Without Aussie help, the Japanese may not have been stopped at Guadalcanal. Salute from TN-USA, former USMC.
ANZAC Day was commemorated with respect and dignity in London yesterday. The bells of Westminster Cathedral rang fast and loud for a long time after the church service, in the spring sunshine, many other events took place, many uniformed personnel. The Cenotaph war memorial in Whitehall was busy, I paid my own respects there too to our Commonwealth brothers and sisters, to all. Lest we forget. From a Pom.
Nick Thorp To the Commonwealth and the United States.... The great alliance of the English Speaking peoples. We may be at each others throats sometimes but when it comes down to it we back each other up...
To HMAS Perth and USS Houston (the galloping ghost of the Java coast)... fought and lost together in gallant action action against The Imperial Japanese Navy... never forget...
Remember marching off the parade ground to this in Kapooka and it sent chills up my back as 60 or so people were cheering of us. 13 Platoon, B Company. Australian Army
Good on ya, Johnny Turk. Once your contry and mine were enemies but now we are friends. Your great leader Ataturk is respected in Oz. Thanks for the kind words.
Yeah, they first heard it when they were stationed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia during WWII. It was used as a drinking song. It was adopted by the Marines as the Battle Hymn after leaving Melbourne!
God bless you all, perhaps the best armed forces i have ever worked with, Australia fair, Red White and Blue these colours never run, love from the UK R A M C Field ambulance
in case you don't know the dialect that these prisoners (first settlement at Sydney was simply a land version of Alcatraz 15 months return mail from London) this whole song simply is about a countryside drifter stealing your sheep for dinner and when 3 AFP (Federal Police) are in pursuit with the ranch owner the drifter simply drowns in a lake and becomes a legendary spirit.
I was looking for the name of this song for a week. I live in the USA and my high school football team band played this during a timeout. I had no idea the song was from Australia.
Waltzing Matilda is the United States Marine Corps 1st Division shipping out song. Following the Battle of Guadalcanal, the division's Marines were sent to Melbourne, Australia for rest and refit. It was during this time that the division took the traditional Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda" as its battle hymn. To this day, 1st Division Marines still ship out to this song being played. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Marine_Division_%28United_States%29
SanFranciscoBay That's amazing. As an Aussie (Brisbane, Queensland), I did not know that. They must have really loved that tune. Thanks heaps for the info
SanFranciscoBay That's right! We also play this song when we have change of command ceremonies and from all the military songs that I've heard over and over this must be the only one I absolutely love! Besides of course the Marines Hymn! ;)
you know its funny every branch of the defence force including the cadets uses this wonderful music, I am an air force cadet and listening to this brings alot of Memories alot of them being just after you come off a major parade, it great to hear after standing out there for 40 - 60 mins, 0:55 onwards is always the best part
callof duty I don't mean to be rude but there are a few reasons of why it wasn't selected as a National Anthem. One of these reasons is that despite popular opinion of the song the plot behind the song is not the best for use of a National Anthem
I got my son to listen to this as I thought this really should be the Aussie anthem ,He thought it was music from the circus when a lion does a trick. insulting perhapes to our Australian colleagues but I can't stop laughing.
AAhhh, the good old sounds of the past times! I heard this music (sung by an unknown female voice) the first time in the late '40s, as the B side of a 78 rpm vinyle. WW II had ended by few years, New Zealanders have just leaved my city and we were temporarily under Allied anglo-american government ... Vivid remembrances
This is the best recording of the only worthy marching band arrangement of Waltzing Matilda (arranged by Howard E. Akers - An American, btw), combined with the RAN Band's 2/4 drum pattern. It's sad that it's out of print, though.
Exercise Platinum?, I was in that Band, Tuba player, 2 Wing Band AAFC. It was a good parade and we were all awfully proud to be invited to play for your guys and the CAF, despite the rain and cold.
i remember like it was yesterday marching onto the parade ground to this beautiful march at the 70th anniversary of the AAFC in front of AVM Geoff Brown magnificent parade, song, country and organisation
i remember when i was AAFC saluting the parade as they marched past to this, i wasn't on the parade due to having to open the car doors for the official gusts
The Navy did this when my platoon graduated as infantry soldiers at H.M.A.S. Leeuwin. And the Royal Australian Air Force hauled us everywhere. Army, Navy Air Force we were all one. We were all part of the Australian Defence Force. But I remember the time the Navy live fired into their impact zone and we spent days putting out fires...
I served upon the US Heavy Cruiser USS Canberra, making three Vietnam deployments upon her - '66 - '68. She decidedly had an 'Aussie' influence' about her, and I'll never forget my trip to Melbourne back in May of ''68 (I Believe) too many cruises, too long a war. I loved you damned Aussies, your beer and your 'Birds' - thanks for your many kindnesses. Cheers, Mates!!!
Thank you!
I think you mean "Sheilas" lmaooo
Cheers
Cheers!
I been on the HMAS Canberra the aircraft carrier
'Waltzing Matilda,' the Official song for the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, Ca. In honor of our Australian allies!
Thank you so much for your service. Our countries are not cousins, but brothers in arms and i hope you know that we have a high regard for your help in the Pacific when the brits didn't want to help(fuck you Churchill!) Our friendship will always be there. Every American I meet, at least abroad knows how special our countries are. In Vietnam our forces although small fought great battles and the Vietcong FEARED us the most. I can not thank you enough for your service. Love from a expat Aussie.
Richard M thank you for your service! 😄🇦🇺❤️
We are brother in arms my friend
@@PunkarellaOG didnt want to? What the hell were we supposed to do?
Late reply, have seen how sick your marines are in combat... you guys are great, one time i got “lended” one of your ACH helmets temporarily.
Never fails to stir emotions, especially when played so triumphantly by the Royal Australian Navy band. Wonderful!
I love the Aussies. They, along with The Brits best friends we ever had. Just printed the lyrics to "Waltzing Matilda. US Army vet and American Red Cross Volunteer.
thank you for your service
The US 1st Marine March is waltzing Matilda. A tribute to their time in Australia during World War 2.
th-cam.com/video/0qwK09P0soo/w-d-xo.html From Down Under.
@Penultimate Hortator oh go see Come From Away when you have time reshaping/rewriting your history.
@@ProjectImperator right on!
USS Berkeley DDG 15 went to Australia for Coral Sea Victory Celebrations in May 1966, I was part of a Honor Guard in parades in Sidney, and Adelaide, just loved that song when the Aussie Navy played it. Last port of call was Hobart, Tasmania before sailing home
Incredible march version of "Waltzing Matilda". Thanks for posting. I also love the version sung by the amazing and timeless Seekers, Judith, Athol, Bruce and Keith!
The official march of the U.S. 1st Marine Division is "Waltzing Matilda", chosen as a salute to the invaluable contribution of our Australian cousins, during and after Guadalcanal, in the desperate early days of WW2. Without Aussie help, the Japanese may not have been stopped at Guadalcanal.
Salute from TN-USA, former USMC.
ANZAC Day was commemorated with respect and dignity in London yesterday. The bells of Westminster Cathedral rang fast and loud for a long time after the church service, in the spring sunshine, many other events took place, many uniformed personnel. The Cenotaph war memorial in Whitehall was busy, I paid my own respects there too to our Commonwealth brothers and sisters, to all. Lest we forget. From a Pom.
Nick Thorp To the Commonwealth and the United States.... The great alliance of the English Speaking peoples. We may be at each others throats sometimes but when it comes down to it we back each other up...
Seth Kimmel 5 o’clock “9
I,m happy the poms appreichiat us
Hand SALUTE and BRAVO ZULU to the Australian Navy from a U.S. Navy Veteran.
Joe Kacmarynski glad to here that our brother look out to us to I am a army cadet but I'll tell my mate whose in the navy cadet
Well said ship mate. USN 1966-70, three Westpac cruises. B70 46 78.
To HMAS Perth and USS Houston (the galloping ghost of the Java coast)... fought and lost together in gallant action action against The Imperial Japanese Navy... never forget...
Quite possibly the greatest display of valor and brotherhood between our two nations
Remember marching off the parade ground to this in Kapooka and it sent chills up my back as 60 or so people were cheering of us. 13 Platoon, B Company. Australian Army
ANZAC Forever! Greetings from Russia!
I can see that song is sung with pride in the land down under.
Amazing, all that music coming from people who aren't even moving!
I love this march! Go Australia🇦🇺! Greetings from the Philippines🇵🇭!
are there any filipinos left in philippines?
I’m a filippino living in australia
Cheers and respect from your namesake Austria🇦🇹🇦🇺
Actually we weren’t named after Austria but Austria is nice
Love the USA Navy, hubby served. Also proud of the Australia Navy!!
Played this a lot , when I was a RAN " bandie" back in the late ' 60's. Great to hear you are keeping the standards up. Well done
Band played this marching off on my first ever parade and also send chills all up my spine!
Sincerly me! From Johnny Turk 🇹🇷🇦🇺❤️
Good on ya, Johnny Turk. Once your contry and mine were enemies but now we are friends. Your great leader Ataturk is respected in Oz. Thanks for the kind words.
Peter from GW Ohh!! You are welcome! "Peace at home, peace in the world (Mustafa Kemal Atatürk)" !
Peter from GW Do you know Atatürk's letter for Anzacs?
Hip hip Harrah to the RAN band! BY THE RIGHT!!! QUICK... MARCH!!....The navy will always be my my gravy!
Thanks, it was great to have you guys there, almost got a band going at my home squadron now.
a fine performance of this familiar tune - the sound is awesome - thanks dmusn
Yeah, they first heard it when they were stationed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia during WWII. It was used as a drinking song. It was adopted by the Marines as the Battle Hymn after leaving Melbourne!
Should be our National Anthem instead the one got now! Who's agrees with me.
RON776 your comment deserves more likes
It is. If you listen to the people Vs the elites who selected otherwise
"We are Australian" should be the national anthem
Nathan Bui search up god bless australia it uses the same rhythm as waltzing Matilda but the lyrics are different
Definitely, would be best of national anthems ever.
Proud to have you guys on board, thank you Austrailia.
God bless you all, perhaps the best armed forces i have ever worked with, Australia fair, Red White and Blue these colours never run, love from the UK R A M C Field ambulance
Inspiring rendition evoking pride and love of country. Brilliant, cheers.
Sounds really good to me. I love Waltzing Matilda and this one is my favourite... said a German guy ;-)
I love the marching version!
Greetings from the Netherlands :)
the words above the photo say it all
Love Australia from Italy❤😍
Love this song God Bless the Aussies
Marched along to this in the Australian Air Force Cadets grad parade, it was awesome.
Well done RAN lots of respect from England
I did my passing out parade to this! It’s something words can’t describe about the pride you feel
We like the Aussie music in Savannah, GA.
Savannah first settlement in Georgia.
***** As a proud Aussie, I say thank you
Great Song. Australia., Americans Friend Down Under. ..
I saw the Cadets marching in Sydney to the Opera House on the 28/8/16
Royann Greenwood that was me! Ayyy thanks for watching I hope our parade was good!
Marched to this in Adelaide yesterday, felt so proud of myself and my comrades while doing it.
There is no prouder moment in sailors career than marching down the streets of Sydney or Melbourne with the RAN playing waltzing Matilda
Attention hand salute from us army vet to Australian navy band
Where's that Jolly Jumbuck that you've got in your Tucker Bag? Huh, where is it? Tell me, where is it? I want that Jolly Jumbuck back. Where is it?
in case you don't know the dialect that these prisoners (first settlement at Sydney was simply a land version of Alcatraz 15 months return mail from London) this whole song simply is about a countryside drifter stealing your sheep for dinner and when 3 AFP (Federal Police) are in pursuit with the ranch owner the drifter simply drowns in a lake and becomes a legendary spirit.
Was that Fosters or Adolph Coors Scott?
Dónde puedo conseguir la partitura completa para banda?
ワルチングマチルダ！めっちゃ好き 🗾
Nice sound ! I love this kind of music. I say hello from the Netherlands!
Proud to serve alongside our brothers down under
I was looking for the name of this song for a week. I live in the USA and my high school football team band played this during a timeout. I had no idea the song was from Australia.
I believe your 1st Marine division uses it as well. 🇦🇺🤝🇺🇸
It's basically the unofficial national anthem here.
thank you this song is amazing in a band I bet marching to this is amazing and sends chills in a good way down spines
I love this song and it's very stirring as a march.
Respect from an aussie thank you for tellin me about part of the history between australia and america
Total Eclipse to the heart
Fantastic musical performance !
Great song from the UK
que hermosa cancion, felicidades, what a pretty song congrats...
Ever so stirring....thanks!
Waltzing Matilda is the United States Marine Corps 1st Division shipping out song.
Following the Battle of Guadalcanal, the division's Marines were sent to Melbourne, Australia for rest and refit. It was during this time that the division took the traditional Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda" as its battle hymn. To this day, 1st Division Marines still ship out to this song being played.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Marine_Division_%28United_States%29
SanFranciscoBay That's amazing. As an Aussie (Brisbane, Queensland), I did not know that. They must have really loved that tune. Thanks heaps for the info
SanFranciscoBay That's right! We also play this song when we have change of command ceremonies and from all the military songs that I've heard over and over this must be the only one I absolutely love! Besides of course the Marines Hymn! ;)
Jorge Aquino. Jorge, are you a US Marine with the 1st Division?
Yes I am! 1st Battalion 11th Marines 1st Marine Division! Cannon cockers!
SanFranciscoBay
THIS should be our national anthem 🇦🇺
素敵です!!映画も良かった。
Partied with 6 Australian Sailors in Singapore 1969. Remembered in 2021.
Crying my silly eyes out. And so far away, too! Cheers!
Loved playing this song. Johnno
This makes me feel hope
you know its funny every branch of the defence force including the cadets uses this wonderful music, I am an air force cadet and listening to this brings alot of Memories alot of them being just after you come off a major parade, it great to hear after standing out there for 40 - 60 mins, 0:55 onwards is always the best part
1st Marine Division Vietnam Vet. Semper Fidelis, you Down Under War Dogs! Loves ya!
Love from your nearest neighbor 🇮🇩🇦🇺
Well Done Oz! From UK !!
We are proud of the Veterans of Sulva Bay and so sad for all who participated.
Glory to all Loyal Dominions of the British Empire!!!! May the sun never set on you!!
I remember marching onto the parade ground at Puckapunyal to this.
such a good tale
Hoorah for the Aussies!
Best feeling ever on a passing out parade to here this
where can i find the sheet music for this
superior anthem. the story of one man stealing a sheep is way better than our current one
I still think this should be our national anthem
callof duty I don't mean to be rude but there are a few reasons of why it wasn't selected as a National Anthem. One of these reasons is that despite popular opinion of the song the plot behind the song is not the best for use of a National Anthem
Change the words?
Either way it can't be worse then the current one.
yeah it is mate, well known the world over for taking anything that isn't nailed down.. and if it is we get free nails
Owen Emery I think it's just fine for a penal colony.
Look up “God Bless Australia” it was a variant on the tune of Waltzing Matilda proposed as an Australian national anthem in the ‘60s.
Bravo Zulu !! An excellent rendition of a stirring melody.
I got my son to listen to this as I thought this really should be the Aussie anthem ,He thought it was music from the circus when a lion does a trick. insulting perhapes to our Australian colleagues but I can't stop laughing.
AAhhh, the good old sounds of the past times! I heard this music (sung by an unknown female voice) the first time in the late '40s, as the B side of a 78 rpm vinyle. WW II had ended by few years, New Zealanders have just leaved my city and we were temporarily under Allied anglo-american government ... Vivid remembrances
along with many other nations Australia is one of the united states best friends I hope it stays that way
Long live Australia
Chairman mao, is that you?
Brilliant!
Proud to be Australian
This is the best recording of the only worthy marching band arrangement of Waltzing Matilda (arranged by Howard E. Akers - An American, btw), combined with the RAN Band's 2/4 drum pattern. It's sad that it's out of print, though.
Exercise Platinum?, I was in that Band, Tuba player, 2 Wing Band AAFC. It was a good parade and we were all awfully proud to be invited to play for your guys and the CAF, despite the rain and cold.
Three Cheers for the Aussies !!!
shaun williams cheers mate.
Cheers
beautiful
I wore the ''square rig'' in the RCN as well .... "Long live the loyal tar"
Are u serious the march 1st Marine Division is Waltzing Matilda if thats true i did not know that lol
i remember like it was yesterday marching onto the parade ground to this beautiful march at the 70th anniversary of the AAFC in front of AVM Geoff Brown
magnificent parade, song, country and organisation
And it really should be the national anthem, regardless of the lyrics
Lyrics too, you'll never take me alive= liberty or death!
Honour - Honesty - Courage - Intergrity - Loyalty
Is that the trumpet or trombone carrying the melody? Whoever it is, sounds great!!
Is it bad I only know this song from the Barmy army
i remember when i was AAFC saluting the parade as they marched past to this, i wasn't on the parade due to having to open the car doors for the official gusts
Command Saigon \ When our country left us - you stood bye.
Hi i liked this
Long live Commonwealth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very nice!!!
The Navy did this when my platoon graduated as infantry soldiers at H.M.A.S. Leeuwin. And the Royal Australian Air Force hauled us everywhere. Army, Navy Air Force we were all one. We were all part of the Australian Defence Force. But I remember the time the Navy live fired into their impact zone and we spent days putting out fires...
THANKS!!!!
On AAFC Promo's at Wagga 1/19