A Gordon For Me - British Army Song

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  • @gord4067
    @gord4067 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    My Granpa sang this the last time I ever saw him. Sitting up in bed. Eyesight gone and near the end. He was with the Gordons at the Somme as a company runner and made it back. Bringing the MM with him for his bravery.

    • @patrioticarchive
      @patrioticarchive  ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Rest in peace. Thanks for sharing.

    • @jackiewilkinson3122
      @jackiewilkinson3122 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      How special.

    • @JimMcCrudden-w6g
      @JimMcCrudden-w6g ปีที่แล้ว +19

      What a memory to have - defiant to the end. A soldier and proud if it.@@jackiewilkinson3122

    • @mercian7
      @mercian7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Your Granpa was a good man. And that's enough.

    • @gordeaux2006
      @gordeaux2006 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      My grandad used to sing it to me too!

  • @ycul21
    @ycul21 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    My Grandmother's brother was a Gordon Highlander and I loved seeing photos of him in uniform and hearing the stories. When I was young and heard this song I thought it was the official regimental one!

  • @tormentor4555
    @tormentor4555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Brilliant and the Best Regiment in the British army from an ex Gordon Highlander.

  • @MonarchistMusic
    @MonarchistMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    What a beautiful song! Truly, the Scottish accent is absolutely beautiful

  • @jimweights8908
    @jimweights8908 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Scotland have been our brothers for 300+ years 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @markwalker4219
    @markwalker4219 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    My great grandad was proud to serve in the gordons in ww1. I would sit on his knee and listen to his stories

  • @juliaruellou3148
    @juliaruellou3148 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I used to sing this song for my grandfather; for my grandmother, I would sing "away in a manger"....my god; the early 60s, and how time flies

  • @tomwotton9
    @tomwotton9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    It’s weird seeing Edward and George together, just the two of them, two future kings of England with absolutely no idea of what is to come.
    Love
    Tom

  • @alfredroyal3473
    @alfredroyal3473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Look at the size of them, my Da was 5’ 6” he was a Gordon. Could fight like fuck, although he was very mild mannered. I can’t think of this song without greeting (Scots for crying), nor Waltzing Matilda, ma Maw was Matilda, ATS, manned Ack Ack batteries in Hull and Southampton. They’d be horrified at the state of the country now. They could never have afforded to stay in a 4* hotel in their lives. Now you just tip up in a lilo in Dover. Hey presto, a Novotel. Why did they fight?

    • @royrobertson.edinburgh938
      @royrobertson.edinburgh938 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well said old timer god bless you

    • @arslongavitabrevis5136
      @arslongavitabrevis5136 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I fully sympathize with you, although I am not British but Italian. The worst part of this tragedy is that most Europeans DO NOT understand that this is a continental matter and that their future as an ethnic entity and culture is at stake. We are all in the same boat and is sinking rapidly. Those wonderful Scottish young men died for nothing. The only real winners of WW2 were the bankers.

    • @peterfreeman1585
      @peterfreeman1585 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@arslongavitabrevis5136
      The bankers' grandsons now promote and finance wars around the word. The majority of these wars are futile and at great cost to young soldiers and even innocent civilians. Blood money with no remorse and no retribution.
      "When Will We Ever Learn"

  • @gefingyi
    @gefingyi ปีที่แล้ว +13

    My dad was a Gordon highlander. 1950s fought in Korea and later was involved in Cyprus- corporal Keir F Smith from Dalkeith. Would love to hear from anyone who knew him.
    Maj smith(ret)

  • @gordonwade2914
    @gordonwade2914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I can see why my name is Gordon now

  • @alfredroyal3473
    @alfredroyal3473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    My Da was a Gordon. He was from Lanarkshire, how he ended up in the Gordons is a WW2 mystery. I have his foties. He was as proud as fuck tae be a Gordon. When they took Madagascar from the Vichy French they went to Durban. The sailors were offering 5 quid to wear their kilts ashore. They were all told to fuck off. He took Burma back from the Japs. He died aged 59. He would be horrified at the state of the U.K. and would have Nicoliar tried for treason. Of that I have no doubt.

    • @patrioticarchive
      @patrioticarchive  2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It's marvelous to hear old family tales like this. Thanks for sharing mate 👍

    • @mercian7
      @mercian7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tears to my eye

    • @peterfreeman1585
      @peterfreeman1585 หลายเดือนก่อน

      From Australia
      Wonderful story.
      You are "rightfully" proud of your father and family.

  • @GeraldSFord-cz5kv
    @GeraldSFord-cz5kv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Excellent! Very patriotic song! God bless 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿!

  • @thehowlingmisogynist9871
    @thehowlingmisogynist9871 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Remembering my grandmother's brother: Pvt Kenneth "Kenny" Green, 2nd Gordon's, died of wounds, Festubert,1915 aged 19 - never forgotten!!

  • @johnbest4513
    @johnbest4513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Absolute TUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @napoleonlempereur3021
    @napoleonlempereur3021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    My Heart is French,but this britisch Militar is ❤❤❤👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 🇨🇵

  • @NihilsineDeo1866.
    @NihilsineDeo1866. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Very lovely song, good job :)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @johnbruce2868
    @johnbruce2868 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Brechin, in Angus but close to the Mearns and old Kincardineshire, was always split between pride in the Black Watch and pride in the Gordons. My Aunts in Arbroath use to sing this song when I was but 'a wee loon'... a long time ago now, but I've never forgotten it.

  • @chalkyboyjnr
    @chalkyboyjnr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Ma da used to sing this

  • @PaulineFarah-q9d
    @PaulineFarah-q9d 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My dad being a Scot would play this on an old broken piano after he fixed all the keys himself I don’t know he did it but would of made a fortune in repairs if they had of employed him.

  • @camrenwick
    @camrenwick 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Proud to be Scottish

  • @Jcaeser187
    @Jcaeser187 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My family are Gordons and I learnt the lyrics near instantly

    • @lauren9210
      @lauren9210 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same

  • @nathanielbrown6795
    @nathanielbrown6795 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If I am not mistaken it looked like King( or the future) George VI and his brother Edward VIII, it seemed they weren’t too happy about inspecting the troops. 😂 Good video. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @patrioticarchive
      @patrioticarchive  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Edward was king at that time and it's rumoured he didn't enjoy his visits to Scotland.

  • @morgan7023
    @morgan7023 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent

  • @thewangdynasty256
    @thewangdynasty256 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what a story & tune indeed :)

  • @RI7
    @RI7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For somewhat reason i always sing this song when playing war thunder and replaced the "A gordon for me" to "No gunner for you"

  • @fireforcecreative
    @fireforcecreative 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    mine too!

  • @kwesto03
    @kwesto03 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    BYDAND

  • @luigimartini9820
    @luigimartini9820 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Video straordinario!!!

  • @arslongavitabrevis5136
    @arslongavitabrevis5136 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I always had a great admiration for the Scottish people and their soldiers (fairly ironic since I am Italian 😆😆😆) I remember reading in a book dedicated to the Scottish regiments in the British army (1978) that the Gordon Highlanders won more VCs than any other Scottish regiment. Is that so? I tried a search in Google and it was bloody useless. I would appreciate any information about this. Regards.

    • @Stanly-Stud
      @Stanly-Stud 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fake news

  • @GordonCaledonia
    @GordonCaledonia 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Fuckin' braw! Long live the Gordons of the Earth!

  • @水野栄之
    @水野栄之 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    VHSやブルーレイに変わってもみています。劇場公開したときからかな?たしか中学生だった。サントラ盤レコードで買って聴いていた。

  • @Rory_Herbert
    @Rory_Herbert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Just out of interest, was that King Edward VIII inspecting the troops at 1:35 et sequiter?

    • @patrioticarchive
      @patrioticarchive  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes mate

    • @Rory_Herbert
      @Rory_Herbert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@patrioticarchive I thought I recognised him.

    • @patrioticarchive
      @patrioticarchive  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Rory_Herbert I recently watched a documentary about Balmoral Castle and he didn't enjoy his visits to Scotland unfortunately

    • @Rory_Herbert
      @Rory_Herbert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@patrioticarchive Haha. He did seem a little, let’s say ‘abrupt’ during his inspection of the guard. 😀

    • @stevekaczynski3793
      @stevekaczynski3793 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Rory_Herbert He tends to look a bit petulant in film and photographs taken in public.

  • @sue9151
    @sue9151 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So reminds me of my maw singing this so Scottish ❤

  • @boris1873
    @boris1873 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    BYDAND.

  • @DerMarschliedKamerad
    @DerMarschliedKamerad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Very epic

  • @nucleargaz1
    @nucleargaz1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Smart lads! I wonder what year? ‘34 ish?

  • @ciziazyke4380
    @ciziazyke4380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm French and I don't know what does "Gordon" mean. Could someone give me a synonym or an explanation please ?

    • @patrioticarchive
      @patrioticarchive  3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      There was a regiment in the British army called the Gordon Highlanders

    • @ciziazyke4380
      @ciziazyke4380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@patrioticarchive Oh thanks you ! So, I want a Gordon too in the royal guard of my French King ! :)

    • @johnbest4513
      @johnbest4513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      These chaps. th-cam.com/video/wd0M1IBwpyM/w-d-xo.html

    • @johnbest4513
      @johnbest4513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/9qM1IkXFAQ0/w-d-xo.html

    • @51freddie60
      @51freddie60 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The regiment was named after the Clan Gordon from which the majority of its original members joined. Clan is the Scottish equivalent of a 'tribe'. Clan sounding much better.

  • @midnightteapot5633
    @midnightteapot5633 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "My kilt is Mackenzie o the HLI" , the Highland Light Infantry wore trews .

  • @garymacdonald7165
    @garymacdonald7165 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Proof that England cant survive without Scotland!

    • @historiamilitaris5161
      @historiamilitaris5161 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

    • @greg_4201
      @greg_4201 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      other way round

  • @karl104
    @karl104 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What are they wearing, the King and his Brother? It is not Gordon?

  • @Viper97Gaming
    @Viper97Gaming ปีที่แล้ว +3

    🇬🇧

  • @deanrobinson4129
    @deanrobinson4129 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Its sad that Britain lost connection with alot of these regiments amalgamating them and such

  • @KongoMüller420
    @KongoMüller420 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i may be born and thrive hating the united kingdom but this song hits hard

  • @malcolmgullam8348
    @malcolmgullam8348 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fablus

  • @craigmcintosh7241
    @craigmcintosh7241 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very poor choice of film I think to use shots of Edward VIII in the video.

    • @TheSuburbanScumbag
      @TheSuburbanScumbag 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      agreed. He wasn't too keen on Scotland and he was a runt who abdicated to run off with an American fascist

  • @grandyhynes1636
    @grandyhynes1636 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    British??? SCOTTISH!!!!

    • @fyrdman2185
      @fyrdman2185 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Scottish people are British you weapon.

  • @declanmurphy6427
    @declanmurphy6427 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A Gordon for me up my very gay kilt!