Rhodesian African Rifles Song - "Sweet Banana"

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    The Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR) were a regiment of the Rhodesian Army. The ranks of the RAR were recruited from the black African population, although officers were generally from the white population. The regiment was formed in May 1940 in the British colony of Southern Rhodesia.
    The RAR were officially declared the successor to the Rhodesia Native Regiment (RNR) which had existed in World War I from 1916 to 1918, and was granted the RNR's battle honours earned fighting in the East African Campaign.
    The RAR were the second-oldest regiment of the Rhodesian Army, after the Rhodesia Regiment which was raised in 1899.
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  • @DeroVolkTV
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    • @operatorgoose4306
      @operatorgoose4306 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would like to use this song for a documentary in Italian... no has copyright?

    • @xzavierjacoby721
      @xzavierjacoby721 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i realize I'm quite off topic but do anyone know of a good site to stream newly released tv shows online?

  • @larrapappu3064
    @larrapappu3064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    The price of sweet banana in USA is 20dollar
    The price of sweet banana in india is 10 rupee
    The price of sweet banana in Germany is 1 euro
    The price of sweet banana in Rodesia is FREE

    • @REBEL368KSW
      @REBEL368KSW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      The price of a Sweet Banana in Zimbabwe is $2,750,000

    • @janlolwitz951
      @janlolwitz951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Priceless

    • @Mr_Fancypants
      @Mr_Fancypants 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@REBEL368KSW what if it is not sweet

    • @REBEL368KSW
      @REBEL368KSW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Mr_Fancypants Then you can probably get it for about $2,675,000

    • @thesmithersy
      @thesmithersy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@REBEL368KSW Cheers to Mugabe and the other ZANU-PF fools for the drastic increase in price!

  • @majonas3292
    @majonas3292 5 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    Mugabe isn’t getting a sweet banana anytime soon

    • @SoupSlayer94
      @SoupSlayer94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      He's getting the devils banana

    • @TheRealRusDaddy
      @TheRealRusDaddy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Campbell Partridge and it sure as hell aint sweet

    • @laserdottv5872
      @laserdottv5872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@TheRealRusDaddy Play stupid games, get stupid prizes.

    • @yoda8172
      @yoda8172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He already got a sweet banana by winning the war

    • @Re-2005
      @Re-2005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He'll be getting those green ones

  • @jacobsarvathayaparan2337
    @jacobsarvathayaparan2337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +320

    LOL Military marching songs about mundane things is one of my new favourite things this is right up there with that Napoleonic marching song where they talk about how much they love onion rings and how they won't let the Austrians have any.

    • @danielvieira3471
      @danielvieira3471 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That real?

    • @jacobsarvathayaparan2337
      @jacobsarvathayaparan2337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@danielvieira3471 LOL Yup, look up "Chant de l'oignon"

    • @notcool2594
      @notcool2594 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Jacob Sarvathayaparan
      Wtf it actually exists. Have a like

    • @ELing-ib1ki
      @ELing-ib1ki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      and the Yugoslavian one where they sing about wanting to marry their machine gun

    • @krovianclass8772
      @krovianclass8772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      one of the CSA's songs is singing about a wife named julie and an entire verse is dedicated to a grasshopper getting eaten by a chicken "Rock the cradle, Julie"

  • @Sealimperialpictures
    @Sealimperialpictures 5 ปีที่แล้ว +549

    Germany: Sing about weapons
    Soviet Union: Sing about the revolution
    United States: Sing about freedom
    Rhodesia: I W I L L B U Y Y O U A S W E E T B A N A N A

    • @alpaka7672
      @alpaka7672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I literally thought sweet banana would be a synonym for something. So I researched it and no its literally about a sweet banana. It seems to be usual in this culture to buy your loved one a sweet banana

    • @alpaka7672
      @alpaka7672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Adler Yup and I love it

    • @valentinius62
      @valentinius62 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      LOL. To be fair, the Germans also sang about Lili Marlene and Erika.

    • @indieschutzstaffel1945
      @indieschutzstaffel1945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I like Rhodesian i hate Mungabe😈😈😠

    • @TheRealRusDaddy
      @TheRealRusDaddy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Imperial germans sailors have a song about getting rejected by Polynesian chicks in Honolulu

  • @bill4all782
    @bill4all782 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    The RAR was largely our black brothers singing here, they too believed in Rhodesia.

    • @glendodds3824
      @glendodds3824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      No disrespect intended, but as a Rhodesian born and bred I didn't view any of the blacks as my brothers. Nevertheless, there were many fine black troops in the RAR etc.

    • @hellsing507
      @hellsing507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@glendodds3824 When men fight and die alongside you, when they sacrifice their lives against Marxism, it matters not the color of their skin only the intentions in their heart,

    • @choppergunner8650
      @choppergunner8650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@hellsing507 ZANLA and ZIPRA were cowards, going on a genocide spree against the blacks who didn't buy their communist narrative.

    • @terrynaude284
      @terrynaude284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@hellsing507 actually I fought alongside with the RAR and yeah, we were brothers.

    • @bielik_2
      @bielik_2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@glendodds3824 what do you mean? If I was born in Rhodesia I'd have as many natives as brothers as much as I could.

  • @MrAmazingJuice
    @MrAmazingJuice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    her: what music do you like?
    me: it's complicated

  • @DeroVolkTV
    @DeroVolkTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    Yo, this song is pure 🔥🔥🔥...

    • @nirad8026
      @nirad8026 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wholesome

    • @juancarlosdegoya2757
      @juancarlosdegoya2757 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      For a minute I thought it was a parody of Rule britannia like Sweet Banana! Banana rules the waves?

    • @youngminkwon616
      @youngminkwon616 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Juan Carlos De Goya LMFAO

    • @animeneweablet
      @animeneweablet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Buy me a Sweet Banana, then, in the Philippines, I will Banana Q it.

    • @wdavis6814
      @wdavis6814 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More Rhodesia, boss

  • @Sideonedummy2
    @Sideonedummy2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Cheers guys, mugabe is gone! I will buy you all a sweet banana!

    • @2394Joseph
      @2394Joseph 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Katherine Sparkes Many citizens of Zimbabwe can afford to pay a trillion dollars for a banana, and some days that's cheap.

    • @CantoniaCustoms
      @CantoniaCustoms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Good news, mugabe is gone
      Bad News, Ian Smith is still nowhere to be seen.

  • @motorcop505
    @motorcop505 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    History of the RAR Regimental March:
    Though it is not known who created "Sweet Banana", it is known it was created around 1942 during the Second World War. It reportedly came about after Rhodesian African Rifles soldiers were escorting Italian prisoners of war off a boat in Durban, Natal Province, Union of South Africa. Due to the large amount of bananas being sold there, the soldiers stopped to buy some and composed a march about it. Upon the end of the war, the RAR were located in Egypt and when they were told their Commanding Officer was returning via the Suez Canal, the soldiers lined the banks to salute him and sang him in to "Sweet Banana". At the 1946 Victory Parade in London, the RAR represented Southern Rhodesia and the band played "Sweet Banana" as they approached the parade dais.
    Traditionally when it was performed, the soldiers would sing as they marched. When the RAR was disbanded in 1981 following the establishment of Zimbabwe, "Sweet Banana" was performed for the last time as they marched through the streets of Bulawayo towards the ceremony where their colours were laid up. They had originally marched in silence and only performed it in response to hearing a young boy ask his father why the soldiers were not singing.
    Be sure to check out John Edmonds’ version. He made covers of many of the Rhodesian Regimental Marches in tribute to them.

  • @kingfoxclaw8698
    @kingfoxclaw8698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    The one dislike is Mugabe before he died

  • @DerekSlater-ut5ps
    @DerekSlater-ut5ps ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Oh Rhodesia! I weep for my lost Country and all the wonderful contradictions such as the RAR that made it so wonderful. 5:38

    • @valentinius62
      @valentinius62 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now the same types are trying to do to Europe, Canada, US, Australia and New Zealand what they did to Rhodesia and South Africa. The masses are so effing dumb.

  • @islamicschoolofmemestudies
    @islamicschoolofmemestudies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Communism : 👎
    Banana :👍

    • @tthkkkkk
      @tthkkkkk ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Banana :👍

  • @theherbman2101
    @theherbman2101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Some of the finest warriors a nation could have

  • @supersonictv8916
    @supersonictv8916 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Zero dislikes from Mugabe's fanboys. Perfect.

  • @j.d.peppmeier9041
    @j.d.peppmeier9041 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    We salute the RAR and the RLI !!

  • @kailasb2086
    @kailasb2086 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Clearly ZANLA is firmly against bananas

  • @ColonelHax
    @ColonelHax ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Banana > Politics

  • @gabrielcortes5638
    @gabrielcortes5638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    GO RHODESIA!!!!! GREETINDS FROM BUENOS AIRES!!!!!

  • @Doofdoof0
    @Doofdoof0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Essentially the African version of "la chanson de l'oignon"

  • @randomradek5284
    @randomradek5284 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I miss the country.

    • @pepsi-cola2791
      @pepsi-cola2791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ok dixiecrat

    • @goulven05
      @goulven05 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pepsi-cola2791 Ok Unionist

    • @newy2242
      @newy2242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Rhosdesian never die , i miss it also

    • @juhomalmi
      @juhomalmi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@pepsi-cola2791 bro this has fuck all to do with the USA

    • @heccno
      @heccno 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@juhomalmi probably the csa coat of arms pfp

  • @wdavis6814
    @wdavis6814 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This and "Die Grenzerkompanie" are the biggest bops in town imo

  • @Mujangga
    @Mujangga 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Bananas did nothing wrong!

  • @rhauwgeycoorney55
    @rhauwgeycoorney55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    The song is about the bravery of the RAR and its wins in the overseas battles it was involved and it would defeat and defend Rhodesia

  • @rolandhynd4908
    @rolandhynd4908 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Haven't heard that since 1976 at the last parade I attended before leaving Rhodesia, brought tears to my eyes. Will have to dig out all the recordings of african music my father made in the 1960's!

  • @xp_studios7804
    @xp_studios7804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Ironically the President of Zimbabwe Rhodesia was named Canan Banana

    • @newy2242
      @newy2242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      His Name was the Reverand Cane and sunrise Bannana He came from Plumtree and i knew him when i was a child

  • @tthkkkkk
    @tthkkkkk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Defending federation and Rhodesia!

  • @creakychair9387
    @creakychair9387 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    TH-cam is definitely gonna hit this one my friend.

  • @nirad8026
    @nirad8026 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Sit fucking Nomine Digna ❤

  • @samy7013
    @samy7013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Easily the best Rhodesian march, bar none!

  • @capa006
    @capa006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A French mercenary born to late.
    Respect and hope for the remaining.

  • @stjanscrabeck7423
    @stjanscrabeck7423 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    These are some pretty cool bananas!

  • @animeneweablet
    @animeneweablet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Ah yes! My favorite military song!

  • @daman1999
    @daman1999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    #FreeRhodesia
    #EndSovietOccupation

  • @johntr.9657
    @johntr.9657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    *BANANAHEID*

  • @freemenownrifles8814
    @freemenownrifles8814 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Once a column.... came a marching.....

  • @monkofdarktimes
    @monkofdarktimes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Sweet banana for everyone here

  • @absbrah38
    @absbrah38 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Nobody:
    Not a single soul:
    Rhodesia: *SWEET BANANA*

  • @animeneweablet
    @animeneweablet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This song is my workout marching song.

  • @tryomama
    @tryomama 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    For any Malaysians who found out that we were kind of mentioned. Here's the repeat button. 2:22

  • @max__pain
    @max__pain 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Canaan Banana

  • @Wilson2005WAW
    @Wilson2005WAW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank God, I found this song in Spotify, by John Edmond.

  • @galactic2728
    @galactic2728 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    English-only version of the lyrics:
    A, B, C, D, E! Headquarters
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    A, B, C, D, E! Headquarters
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    Bravery and courage,
    That's the RAR-O
    War and peace we fought,
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Burma, Egypt and Malaya!
    It was there that we fought and won!
    Defending Federation and Rhodesia!
    It was there that we fought and won!
    War! War! War!
    Fighting and winning!
    War! War! War!
    Fighting and winning!
    Shield spear and knobkerrie,
    Soldiers in war and peace!
    Shield spear and knobkerrie,
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    One! Two! Depot RAR-O!
    I will finish all the wars!
    One! Two! Depot RAR-O!
    I will finish all the wars!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Bravery and courage,
    That's the RAR-O
    War and peace we fought,
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    A, B, C, D! Support the Headquarters!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    A, B, C, D! Support the Headquarters!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Bravery and courage,
    That's the RAR-O
    War and peace we fought,
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!

  • @platbear9103
    @platbear9103 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for reuploading!

  • @modables
    @modables 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Children's music" yeah ok TH-cam

  • @milliewood3817
    @milliewood3817 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wonderful Rhodesia

  • @kenifyeung9364
    @kenifyeung9364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A very Sweet Banana.

  • @goodpc3538
    @goodpc3538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    show this to people who call Rhodesia "racist"

    • @Coltycolt88
      @Coltycolt88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@locobacano9462 and ?

    • @yanmew
      @yanmew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@locobacano9462 you're racist by saying that they should be officers just because they are black

    • @juhomalmi
      @juhomalmi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yanmew Thats not what he was saying though. He meant that for most of the bush war and all of the unit's prior history, the rar was not allowed to have black officers.

    • @Re-2005
      @Re-2005 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/-SqmYYNH6rA/w-d-xo.html here one of the early Black Officers graduates

    • @dastealthoperator4138
      @dastealthoperator4138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I mean its not like Rhodesia was not racist, it certainly was. But the government recognized the need for manpower as white Rhodesians began to emigrate out of the country. RLI, Rhodesia Regiment were segregated and Rhodesia was under an apartheid government anyways.
      I think Rhodesia if it had not fallen, it would have followed the South African example of their own fall of apartheid. How well the country would have done after that who knows.

  • @goransevic6545
    @goransevic6545 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Respekt to RAR

  • @_ZimZam
    @_ZimZam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome

  • @ihateslovakians
    @ihateslovakians 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    b a n a n a

  • @ATIMELINEOFAVIATION
    @ATIMELINEOFAVIATION 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Canaan Banana moment

  • @canbera1201
    @canbera1201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Check out john edmonds version😁

  • @ArsenalBall76
    @ArsenalBall76 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's like the Rhodesian version of Song of the onion

  • @saxophonist874
    @saxophonist874 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is Good....were can I find this song sheet music PDF.... Please any information about it

  • @thegoofyy
    @thegoofyy ปีที่แล้ว

    W song

  • @pparisps5141
    @pparisps5141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yiga clan members be like

  • @ghandithesupremeleader9740
    @ghandithesupremeleader9740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🍌🍌🍌

  • @carnivore_caveman
    @carnivore_caveman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ba na na

  • @ชลกรณ์อินทร์สุวรรณ

    Rhodonesia (1938-1962)

  • @goldenvrpca7962
    @goldenvrpca7962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    White folks, read Harold Covington. It's the only advice I can give in this dark times.

  • @PaoloCavestro-ey9bb
    @PaoloCavestro-ey9bb หลายเดือนก่อน

    Zimbabwe belongs to Black Zimbabweans not to White Anglosaxons.

  • @Thx-cn8gk
    @Thx-cn8gk 28 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

    🪖🍌