"Jerusalem" performed by the Cadet Glee Club of West Point

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  • I included this song in the repertoire of "Stand Ye Steady" to honor our steadfast friends and allies from the UK. If ever a song embodied a call to action, this is it! Accompanying the Cadets is the world's largest church organ exquisitely played by Craig Williams. The ending chords resonate with devine majesty as Craig "pulls out all the stops".
    The performance of "Jerusalem" can be seen and heard on the DVD and CD "Stand Ye Steady - Songs of Courage and Inspiration" available at www.standyesteady.com (in 5.1 Dolby Digital) and honoring all US Armed Forces past and present. Directing and video editing by Doug Coppi of Curtain Call Productions, www.curtaincallproductions.com... .
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  • @matthewmelling6831
    @matthewmelling6831 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    As a proud Englishman I can say I'm truly honoured to hear this song sung by our brother's and sisters across the sea. It means a great deal, thank you

  • @LiquidSpiral
    @LiquidSpiral 3 ปีที่แล้ว +430

    I’m honoured to be an Englishman hearing Americans sing our most precious song

    • @van1976
      @van1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh these Clever "Supreme" Englishmen that can get a "Less Fortunate" Englishmen to have the "Glory" of going "over the Top" to the music of "Jerusalem Hymn"...Frightening...and people still Cheer this on....

    • @leeenglandland2978
      @leeenglandland2978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@van1976 WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT ????????????????????

    • @van1976
      @van1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@leeenglandland2978 "Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood" I LOVE this song, I play it on Guitar and sing it all the time. I did years ago on my YT channel (2013) th-cam.com/video/zBZ7J3cBO5k/w-d-xo.html My point is "They" ("The Cleaver Ones"-if you will) Will take a BEAUTIFUL (Spiritually lifting) EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SONG like "Jerusalem" and USE IT FOR PROPAGANDA purposes for Death and Destruction of "Englishmen"..' For Example The "Battle of the Somme"- -"British casualties on the first day were the worst in the history of the British Army, with 57,470 casualties, 19,240 of whom were killed" (the first of many)...I wasn't there, but I can't help but think the English soldiers were hearing "Jerusalem" somewhere along the way before getting Slaughtered...all for "War Profits". $$$$...Your Welcome... :-)

    • @gordonlandreth9550
      @gordonlandreth9550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@van1976 How can you blame bad tactics and bad leadership on a patriotic song ? Do consider yourself a weirdo .

    • @van1976
      @van1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gordonlandreth9550 I love "Jerusalem" -it is a Great Powerful song--I play and sing it all the time, for years now...BUT Music can (and is) used as a form of Mind Control. It's WW1, English soldier hears "Jerusalem", he gets "triggered" and wants to kill Germans (even innocent ones)--for the "Patriotic" cause and for Jolly Good Ole England and for "Those Feet in ancient times" .....That's why the British Army chose it....they know what they're doing.

  • @KingoRichie1990
    @KingoRichie1990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Amazing version. Respect to the Yanks, from an British ex-infantryman. 👊🏻
    🇬🇧 🇺🇸

    • @skipdowning2328
      @skipdowning2328 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Respect right back to you!

    • @johnlamond4463
      @johnlamond4463 ปีที่แล้ว

      They didn’t mess it up. So well down west point.

  • @TheRealist2022
    @TheRealist2022 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Friends, brothers, sisters of the US armed forces. Greetings.
    I served 25 years in the Royal Navy as a rating and as an officer. While an officer, I was privileged to work alongside magnificent men and women of the US armed forces. My respect grew long. My respect grew true.
    We are, surely, brothers and sisters in arms. It is my honour to refer to you as such.
    No foe shall prevail.

  • @doriandando606
    @doriandando606 6 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    I served seven years in the British Army, and, after a while, sixteen years in the Royal Navy. Jerusalem makes me think of my time in the services, of my mates that I served with, and most of all, the green and beautiful land that I joined up to protect. I have visited the United States many times and have met very many lovely people there, indeed, made very many good friends there. We and the Americans all share the same values. To hear Jerusalem sung by the future Officers and Commanders of the United States forces, enforces, in my view, the notion that we will never, ever, be apart. No one will separate us. Ever.

    • @ggg-eg5pz
      @ggg-eg5pz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you serve in south Armagh?

    • @TheQuantumPotato
      @TheQuantumPotato 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Army to RM?

    • @stephensmith4480
      @stephensmith4480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TheQuantumPotato He didn`t say, Army to RM. He said Army to RN. Which means, he could have served in the RMC, or, he could have served in the SBS.

    • @jasonlancestewart
      @jasonlancestewart ปีที่แล้ว +7

      From your lips to God’s ears, cousin. They will never separate us.

    • @egosumhomovespertilionem2022
      @egosumhomovespertilionem2022 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I pray it to be so, even though many on both sides of the Atlantic seem determined to passively ignore our common heritage or actively work to drive a wedge between us. Comments such as Dorian's above give me hope for the future of a world built upon the common values of the Anglosphere and not the might-makes-right law of the jungle of the authoritarian regimes of the planet.

  • @erpollock
    @erpollock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I love this hymn. And the many years of friendship between the US and UK. And our common language and common democratic values. Churchill said of England, "Never separate ourselves from the Americans." When my small nephew asked me, "Is England our friend?" I answered, "England is our best friend."

    • @skipdowning2328
      @skipdowning2328 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Amen. May it ever be so!

    • @johnbell2639
      @johnbell2639 ปีที่แล้ว

      A very uneven and some might even say abusive friendship

    • @russellbyrd2162
      @russellbyrd2162 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnbell2639 Context is everything . . .

    • @colbyzur4642
      @colbyzur4642 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the union between England and the US proves that the oppressed and oppressor can break their cycle and become mutual

    • @lkrnpk
      @lkrnpk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Churchill was half American tho… from mother’s side

  • @HydroSnips
    @HydroSnips 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    This song speaks to the soul of any Englishman. If you’re a country boy like me, it is the closest you can get, through thick layers of reserve, to describe a love of homeland on a deep level, beyond facile totems like flags, pomp and tradition. It is home. Green and pleasant.

    • @mykkie100
      @mykkie100 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Beautifully written !

    • @frankryan2505
      @frankryan2505 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mykkie100 ironic what the poem was about..

    • @brianblithe2271
      @brianblithe2271 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      LET me tell you something you stupid fuck, real men work their way up and not to worthless MASTER, MASTER SEARGEANTS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT SHOULD GET OFFICER STATUS YOU FAKE PUSSY BITCH. ITS ALL GOING TO HELL BECAUSE YOU BELIEVED FAKE IGNORANCE AND FAKE MAN HOOD YOU BITCH. good luck bitch.

    • @peneleapai
      @peneleapai 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do tell ? @@frankryan2505

    • @peneleapai
      @peneleapai 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gorgeous response to a powerful musical gesture.

  • @gwmitchell1980
    @gwmitchell1980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    This was exactly what I needed after 5 days without seeing a soul. The spring is coming to England now, it's becoming green and pleasant once again.
    I do hope our American cousins know just how much we love and respect you. Keep safe and stay home 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸

  • @ME-hs1ie
    @ME-hs1ie ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank You to our allies. From Ulster (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) 🇬🇧

  • @mildandbitter
    @mildandbitter 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    In a mad world we need our friends, from England may I say God Bless America

    • @aaronkelley8909
      @aaronkelley8909 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I’m grateful we have our English friends across the pond ☺️

  • @jillyb710
    @jillyb710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    This brings a tear to my eye. Thank you American cousins. Beautifully sung. 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸

  • @wildsarsaparilla
    @wildsarsaparilla 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I am an American and never had the honor to serve because I was excluded. My father served in WWII and when I was growing up, I would hear him hum this tune out of the corner of my ear while he was doing some household chore. I asked him once, "What's that song?" He said, "It's the National Anthem of England with whom we fought." He was a fine and funny man and I miss him. We played this at his funeral. Love.

    • @keelanwagstaff7940
      @keelanwagstaff7940 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I extend the gratitude of our Whole nation to your Father and all those Americans who came to our aid in our time of greatest challenge. They truly were our greatest friends and remain so to this day.
      From the grandson of a British Army Vet who fought along side many brave Americans in North Africa and France 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

    • @kevinadamson5768
      @kevinadamson5768 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bless you and your family

    • @SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR
      @SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's not the NATIONAL ATHEM of ENGLAND buddy it's "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN" unfortunately this is way better than that other crap...

    • @wildsarsaparilla
      @wildsarsaparilla ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR I think my Dad was being cheeky. Which he was known to do. 🙂

  • @davegregory4291
    @davegregory4291 7 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    It makes me very proud to think America sings our song, May we stay friends for ever;.God Bless America.

    • @truckerfromreno
      @truckerfromreno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The USA National Anthem music is actually the music from old an English hymn.

    • @southtownj382
      @southtownj382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      England is America's mother

    • @niccolomedici4482
      @niccolomedici4482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "that Jesus might have visited what would later be called England during His lifetime"
      The British are lucky. If the myth were about Muhammad, Muslims would have claimed London now. Just like they claim Jerusalem because they believe Muhammad magically visited it.
      On second thought... perhaps they aren't that lucky. Jesus was a Palestinian, according to Arabs, so....

    • @charlesstuart7290
      @charlesstuart7290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@truckerfromreno More like an old English drinking song!

    • @charlesrichardcozzens8281
      @charlesrichardcozzens8281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@niccolomedici4482 I may be wrong but Jesus was a Jew out of the tribe of Judah, He is the King of Kings is also know as the Lion of Judah. He will rule again one day for a 1000 years from Jerusalem and if you do not know Him you need to be shaking in your GI issued boots. The good news is that you can know Him quickly by calling on the name of the Lord. I am kinda passionate about future prophecy...just saying, w/o malice but my love for HIM, He rescued me

  • @Pete-tq6in
    @Pete-tq6in 3 ปีที่แล้ว +358

    As a Briton, I can honestly say I’ve never heard Jerusalem sung better than this. At a time when my country, our culture and our history is under sustained attack, this brought a tear to my eye. Thank you, may our friendship and kinship last a thousand years.

    • @alexanderfooy723
      @alexanderfooy723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This is, of course, a beautiful rendition full of pride. However, I’ve seen more people complaining about a full-court press on culture than actual attacks.

    • @SMlFFY85
      @SMlFFY85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Brexit means brexit, eh?

    • @Pete-tq6in
      @Pete-tq6in 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@SMlFFY85, yes, thankfully we’re no longer in the EU.

    • @Pete-tq6in
      @Pete-tq6in 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@alexanderfooy723, have you been living in a cave?

    • @alexanderfooy723
      @alexanderfooy723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Pete-tq6in No. Sounds fun though, and based on your comments I’m sure that you could tell me about it. And, as an American an obligatory 1776.

  • @mkdy218
    @mkdy218 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    As an Englishman , Jerusalem , has always touched something in my soul . To hear this performed by our dear American cousins takes it to a new level. Thank you so much.... God bless America

    • @chrisnewnham1195
      @chrisnewnham1195 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The hymn carries with it an ancient truth all of its own

    • @Alexia24601
      @Alexia24601 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pre-revolution, our Founding Fathers considered themselves to be Englishmen, and were very proud to be so.

  • @juliehillman8743
    @juliehillman8743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Beautifully sung. As a Englishwoman, I am truly honoured. Thank you ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @beano3868
      @beano3868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I agree Julie

    • @leakoe3797
      @leakoe3797 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sends goosebumps all overwith tears down my face..
      Wow..brilliant

  • @andrewbazeley7274
    @andrewbazeley7274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    As an Englishman the good old yanks sang this heart rendering hymn with gusto 👌🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @md24603405
    @md24603405 10 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    Thank you our American brothers and sisters. This brought tears to my eyes. God bless the USA. From a UK veteran,

    • @ronmcknight9849
      @ronmcknight9849 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      md24603405 i

    • @beano3868
      @beano3868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same as mate,,

    • @beano3868
      @beano3868 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      24546682

    • @beano3868
      @beano3868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ronmcknight9849 hi mate

    • @damienreilly4347
      @damienreilly4347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I second that, from a soon to be royal navy veteran!

  • @ducatiboy6668
    @ducatiboy6668 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    From a very proud Englishman thank you to our special friends our history runs deep it always will 🇬🇧🇺🇲

  • @stephensmith4480
    @stephensmith4480 6 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    As an Englishman it always moves me when I hear this and that was superbly done. To our American Brothers and Sisters, thank you.

    • @terrys6772
      @terrys6772 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      English and proud. Thank you for this!

    • @stephentodd3697
      @stephentodd3697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      England's green an pleasant land

    • @shirleypayne4383
      @shirleypayne4383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jerusalem and I Vow to Thee, My Country are two of my favorite hymns.

    • @shirleypayne4383
      @shirleypayne4383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Stephen Smith
      Jerusalem snd I Vow to Thee, My Country are two of my favorite hymns.. PS. Je suis Americain.

    • @stephensmith4480
      @stephensmith4480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shirleypayne4383 Good choice Shirley. Best Wishes from the UK.💖

  • @CB-dl1vg
    @CB-dl1vg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    God bless from England, Peace be with you 🇬🇧

  • @tescomealdeal9901
    @tescomealdeal9901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    A beautiful rendition of a British classic. May our Alliance last forever!

    • @white-dragon4424
      @white-dragon4424 ปีที่แล้ว

      Correction: English NOT British. It in no way mentions either Wales nor Scotland.

  • @mr.k1503
    @mr.k1503 8 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    As a Brit. I too, echo gratitude -----to be honored by West Point Cadet Glee Club----you did us proud------bless you

    • @williamlarkin613
      @williamlarkin613 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Rick K *honoured.

    • @KeithWilliamMacHendry
      @KeithWilliamMacHendry 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You mean honoured & England is not, & never will be Britain. Alba gu brath & fuck the British state & all it's perfidious trappings. GTF!

    • @francoisdaureville323
      @francoisdaureville323 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KeithWilliamMacHendry ugh a scottish nationalist, you stupid country can piss off, im tired of the this

    • @notnek202
      @notnek202 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KeithWilliamMacHendry wow dude what’s your problem ?

  • @barryyoung4858
    @barryyoung4858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Absolutely brilliant, they sung this as if it was their own. Respect.

  • @keithwoolnough1389
    @keithwoolnough1389 10 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Nothing American has ever choked me up as this performance did. to know how much that they really treasure the transatlantic friendship

    • @PUAlum
      @PUAlum 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      We do! Most of us, anyway. "Bless 'em all" "over there"!

  • @Colonialpara
    @Colonialpara 10 ปีที่แล้ว +904

    I am an American who served with British troops in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan and was proud to call them "brother," "comrade in arms" and more importantly, "FRIEND!"
    I was very moved the first time I heard this hymn in the movie Chariots of Fire in 1982. I am an Episcopalian (member of the Anglican Communion) and in '82 did not know this was really a hymn about England, but now know better. That doesn't change the fact that this a beautiful hymn, one filled with emotion and one that also reminds the English people just how special they are and how important their place in the world and its history is.
    I know there are many Brits who hate us, along with the French, Germans, Aussies (including the one who posted vulgar comments here about both our countries) and others. That doesn't change the facts that there is a truly "special relationship" between the British people, their nation and the USA.
    I do dislike when Brits post hateful commentaries here and have said so, but that also will NEVER change the fact that I was proud to serve alongside them men and women of the British forces and if ever I have to go to war again, and cannot do so with my fellow Americans, would NEVER hesitate to serve alongside my British comrades in arms.
    I wish the men and women of Her Majesty's Forces all the best in 2014 and the best for the people of the United Kingdom.

    • @jackd9928
      @jackd9928 10 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      The British hatred for USA is a vast minority today. Definitely agree that the special relationship is one of, if not the strongest in the world.

    • @shutoman7
      @shutoman7 10 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Thanks for your kind sentiments, Colonialpara. I may sometimes (indeed often!) disagree with the policies of the US. But the many American friends I have and their affection for Britain and England is treasured and reciprocated in kind. All the best for you and your nation.

    • @martinputt7860
      @martinputt7860 10 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Colonialpara I have a deep respect for American troops and for most American civilians as well excluding those that think they won world war 2 by themselves which i understand is a very small minority.

    • @smartalek180
      @smartalek180 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Martin Putt
      "...those that think they won world war 2 by themselves which i understand is a very small minority."
      Yes, they are.
      Sadly, because of something called "gerrymandering" (don't ask), some Supreme Court decisions allowing effectively unlimited campaign spending by the wealthy few, massive voter suppression, and a blatantly propagandistic corporate "news" media, this "very small minority" can win enough elections to effectively control our federal government.
      We call these people "Republicans."
      Cheers!

    • @Colonialpara
      @Colonialpara 10 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      smartalek180 Ahh yes, if you are an American, you just showed your left wing bias. Well done. As Churchill once said: "If you are not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you are not a conservative at 40, you have no brain."
      Your inflammatory comments just proved the later half of that statement apply.

  • @johnr7279
    @johnr7279 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I am another American who's served with the British (the 6th Division) in southern Afghanistan and with another group of folks in the southwest. You are our friends, allies, and cousins! I am 1/4 English and proud of it. Friends and allies forever!

  • @krisc2535
    @krisc2535 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Always raises the hairs on my neck. What a pleasure to hear it performed by an American choir!

  • @MARKSFINCHES
    @MARKSFINCHES 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    God bless America !! We will always stand shoulder to shoulder and fall side by side forever with our soldiers blood mixed on the battlefields of freedom !!! Love from England 🇬🇧🇺🇲

  • @RS-rt5jy
    @RS-rt5jy ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We love our English brothers and sisters across the pond and will always be by your side in your time of need

    • @SCHRANZ3040
      @SCHRANZ3040 ปีที่แล้ว

      Descendants from the mother land that’s why 🇬🇧🇺🇸

  • @rubyreddy00
    @rubyreddy00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Will never forget singing Jerusalem in Hyde Park on the Last Night of the Proms with thousands of other people, tears streaming down my face.

  • @geoffwalsh170
    @geoffwalsh170 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    As a Brit and absolute Monarchist, I was moved to tears by finding this simply wonderful posting sung beautifully by America's finest youth. The UK will always stand steady with the USA - Europe has never liked it nor will they ever do so. US grit is British grit - you will not be jostled or pushed by any jumped up State - nor will we for we are indeed born of the same blood. George Wythe, a signatory to the Declaration of Independence , is a proven ancestor of my mother-in-law a citizen of Australia (she has his nose !) and her Australian grit mirrors ours too. God Bless Amerca. especially at this time of natural disaster in the Texas region. Geoff Walsh

    • @williamwaynflete6336
      @williamwaynflete6336 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Arrant nonsense.

    • @RichardTaylor1630
      @RichardTaylor1630 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wythe is still remembered on honored here as the influential teacher of Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall and other men influential in the formation of the American republic.

    • @jeffmorse645
      @jeffmorse645 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the kind words Geoff and the feeling is mutual.

    • @SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR
      @SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm ANTI MONARCHIST they are a bunch of parasitic leeches and the monarchy should be abolished now that the Queen has passed away because the others are absolutely f**king useless...

  • @howdin1966
    @howdin1966 8 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    God Bless America From An Englishman

    • @gunnarjohnsrud3710
      @gunnarjohnsrud3710 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kom! Monica Åslund

    • @notnek202
      @notnek202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      500subswithnovideos A you are a very bitter hateful person.

    • @nathanjustus6659
      @nathanjustus6659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      God Bless America and Britain!

  • @sabyegrp
    @sabyegrp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In spring of 1969 as an American NCO I had a one week R & R in Hong Kong from Vietnam. Several of us went to the NCO club half way up on the Peak. We took the tram. Inside the NCO club were many regular British NCO Marines. We had an evening that to this day I still remember fondly, with song and good friendship.
    May God Bless England, and the United States.

  • @jamesporter109
    @jamesporter109 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I am an humble servant but I love Jerusalem, and I love my Country equally, long live Britain!

  • @elicharlton6397
    @elicharlton6397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hi from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, UK 🇬🇧. So glad we have The United States of America on our side. God bless America and our Queen and Country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸

  • @ridgewoodraver
    @ridgewoodraver 10 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    A fantastic effort people, from a British Army Officer commissioned from the ranks and with 24 years service. I served along with my American brothers with pride. God bless you all and may he keep you safe.

  • @frantic1971
    @frantic1971 7 ปีที่แล้ว +382

    America and Britain together---can never be defeated! God bless our British cousins!

    • @aldridgeg
      @aldridgeg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      God Save the Queen!
      God Save These United States!

    • @aliciaculverwell3398
      @aliciaculverwell3398 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Garet Aldridge u

    • @yorkie6687
      @yorkie6687 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you sir, right back attcha! Semper Fedelis! NFSE!

    • @kinglito93
      @kinglito93 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *Mixed cousins

    • @josephonwhidbey
      @josephonwhidbey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      May it be so forever.

  • @TheBigCha
    @TheBigCha 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Good grief! Thanks to the Brits for being our friends, and to the Glee Club for this beautiful, extremely musical rendition. I was in the 6th US Army Band, oh, back during the Cretaceous period, and have become a real crybaby for stuff like this. Can't get through it without tearing up!

    • @ilikezappa3268
      @ilikezappa3268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I miss the Cretaceous period. I can remember it too. JFK was president when I was born, bless him.

  • @mrroache5169
    @mrroache5169 7 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    absolutely beautiful. thanks from England

  • @gismofly2847
    @gismofly2847 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Thank you. One of the great virtues of Americans is their generosity. This is remembered by their friends.

    • @williamwaynflete6336
      @williamwaynflete6336 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      "One of the great virtues of Americans is their generosity": And don't they just *love* to remind us of it at every opportunity...

    • @billhaddad2953
      @billhaddad2953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indeed, one of our great virtues as Americans is our generosity, but we learned that from our British brothers. And yes, we will remind you of that at every opportunity. Thank you always for our steadfast bond.

    • @briancaldwell7305
      @briancaldwell7305 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@billhaddad2953 thanks my friend. We have to stand together in these time of great danger.

  • @alasdairvincent6248
    @alasdairvincent6248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    One of my favourite hymns. Very well performed. These young people sang it so well.

  • @peaceharmony4115
    @peaceharmony4115 6 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    This is an absolutely beautiful rendition of what should be, in my opinion, England's national anthem.

    • @bellevue46
      @bellevue46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So right. God Save The Queen is such an awful dirge.

    • @thomasandrewquinn5489
      @thomasandrewquinn5489 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Irelands call

    • @BOSCOBELLO
      @BOSCOBELLO 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      no way ..there is always Elgar

    • @stevien196
      @stevien196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everyone thinks it should be the National Anthem except the BBC who would never allow it to be.

    • @derekhartley1680
      @derekhartley1680 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree...excellent hymn..sung well.

  • @janemycock5771
    @janemycock5771 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    A beautiful rendition. I always find it a tremendous mark of respect when people of one country sing the national song of another. It is not part of your own patriotic tradition but you know that it is part of another and so you honor that.

  • @johnwalsh3635
    @johnwalsh3635 6 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    The USA and the UK, the world's strongest friendship and greatest alliance.

    • @kchmyy
      @kchmyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      and israel

    • @Bellg
      @Bellg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kchmyy Yea, you should love it when your greatest ally sells your military tech to china or tries to sell nukes to apartheid south africa, or sinks your ship, or drags you into conflicts because it's fifth column propaganda group has insane amounts of influence on US domestic and foreign politics.
      An amazing friendship indeed....

    • @masterwindu1234
      @masterwindu1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✌

  • @MylesHSG
    @MylesHSG 7 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    A truly special relationship, greetings to our American cousins

  • @jensmom604
    @jensmom604 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Such a beautiful song.

  • @brendawilmore2780
    @brendawilmore2780 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Nice to hear people of the great USA singing the national anthem of England, God bless both our countries

    • @marycarver1542
      @marycarver1542 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thats not our national Anthem ....

    • @barryfoster453
      @barryfoster453 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@marycarver1542
      On St George's Day, 23 April 2010, the Commonwealth Games Council for England launched a poll to allow the public to decide which anthem would be played at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. Voters could choose between "God Save the Queen", "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory" with the winning song being adopted as the official anthem for Team England. "Jerusalem" was declared the winner on 30 May 2010, securing 52% of the vote.
      It may not be adopted by the government, but the people in this case voted.

    • @SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR
      @SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Its a HYMN but should be ENGLAND'S NATIONAL ANTHEM than that crap and boring god save the Queen/King
      🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦁🦁🦁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @pauldesborough6845
    @pauldesborough6845 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    God bless you for honouring us in this fashion. As an British ex-Army Officer with 31 years of service under my belt, I have had the very good fortune to fight alongside our American brethren on more than one occasion. Thank you and God bless you.

  • @gerhardusvanrooyen6663
    @gerhardusvanrooyen6663 10 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Wonderful! There are no other words to describe this choir.

    • @KerryWrightOZ
      @KerryWrightOZ 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beautiful solemn interpretation, but I still prefer the jubilant, celebratory Proms version.

  • @jeffmackie547
    @jeffmackie547 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    my sons were with American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and said they were outstanding.
    Thank you West point and God bless America. Friends forever. Jeff Mackie

  • @michaelsmyers1973
    @michaelsmyers1973 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    To the Corps of Cadets
    Strength, Honor and Blessings!

  • @andrewstackpool4911
    @andrewstackpool4911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Young American cadets of all colours and backgrounds combined to sing one of England's and even America's finest anthems as the theme is the same. God bless them all.

  • @tph2558
    @tph2558 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    This has broken my hart This music comes from my childhood and now politicians have sold our country down the swanny and all for what streets no longer safe to walk down police with guns walking down the street My father had his leg blown off and half his back shot off fighting during the second world war and for what but thank you for bringing a bit of my childhood back many thanks from the UK

    • @Rayblondie
      @Rayblondie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      God bless you Tommy. Yes they are trying to foist on us their own corrupt version of British values but we fight on within ourselves for what is right. I will never give in to it. The song is a spur to me to carry on the fight for the real British values, not our politicians corrupt version. Thank you USA.

  • @ianfrost4586
    @ianfrost4586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Many thanks from the UK

  • @ikm64
    @ikm64 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Jerusalem Hymn
    And did those feet in ancient time
    Walk upon England's mountain green?
    And was the holy Lamb of God
    On England's pleasant pastures seen?
    And did the countenance divine
    Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
    And was Jerusalem builded here
    Among those dark satanic mills?
    Bring me my bow of burning gold!
    Bring me my arrows of desire!
    Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
    Bring me my Chariot of fire!
    I will not cease from mental fight,
    Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
    Till we have built Jerusalem
    In England's green and pleasant land.

  • @RandomEmzyElf
    @RandomEmzyElf 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Always makes me sing along, thanks America (From a Welsh girl) :)

    • @johnbanks407
      @johnbanks407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      M y dad was in the royal Welsh fusiliers respect

  • @OperaBuff1935
    @OperaBuff1935 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love it. I first sang this great anthem with the Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, D. C. in the early '90s and several times since in choral and church choir settings. Praise be to England! Praise be to God!

  • @josephdurling2565
    @josephdurling2565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    To be born an Englishman is a great responsibility, it is to set an example to others and to hold back the tide against all odds.
    But most of all, to be born English is a gift from God.

  • @christophermunton9623
    @christophermunton9623 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    God bless, with love from the U.K.

  • @mrmeathead2107
    @mrmeathead2107 8 ปีที่แล้ว +506

    May England and America be friends forever.

    • @edwardnigma3775
      @edwardnigma3775 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Shaun Tagoe If we have any sense, we should detach ourselves from that sinking ship before it takes half the world with it.

    • @ZR3FR1K
      @ZR3FR1K 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Edward Nigma
      Which country is the 'sinking ship'? Neither country seems to be 'struggling' to make ends meet.

    • @edwardnigma3775
      @edwardnigma3775 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Scott Steiner The US is becoming increasingly isolated on many of it's foreign policy stance, it is viewed worldwide as the greatest threat to peace. It's economy, as well as the entire financialised western economy is entirely unsustainable.
      It won't be long until all that's left for the US is a big pile of weapons.

    • @Hatersgonnahate726
      @Hatersgonnahate726 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Edward Nigma stop being an absolutist pessimist, besides, we happen to be punching above our weight right now in everything, and maintaining a good position depends on as little opposition and good relations as possible with the other powers.

    • @joshk5157
      @joshk5157 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Edward Nigma weird.. that comment should've been but for America.. it should've been for north Korea... surprised how some people lack sanity...

  • @songsmith31a
    @songsmith31a 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This is an enormous compliment! Wonderful to see and hear this version. I admit to a
    personal interest because my eldest sister went "Stateside" (marriage) after WW2 and
    her US family descendants are now spread between Louisiana and California.
    God Bless America.

  • @brianberry1931
    @brianberry1931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    A wonderful, uplifting tribute. As a U.K. veteran it made me feel proud and humbled. Thank you.

  • @lone_wolfanon236
    @lone_wolfanon236 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    All hail England and American allies the strongest bond you will ever see may they help each other in the most dangerous and difficult times

    • @kscamm
      @kscamm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @john jack Many Americans are not aware that England is but part of the U.K.

  • @SuperUnbeliever
    @SuperUnbeliever 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Thankyou from sunny Britain.

    • @SuperUnbeliever
      @SuperUnbeliever 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Soon to be "sunni" Britain.

    • @SuperUnbeliever
      @SuperUnbeliever 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Shiite you think, or just the natives blended out of existence?

    • @zoroastrianisticzoro297
      @zoroastrianisticzoro297 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They're all guests who shall be repatriated upon their own nations developing.

    • @SuperUnbeliever
      @SuperUnbeliever 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "their own nations developing."
      That's not going to happen.

    • @zoroastrianisticzoro297
      @zoroastrianisticzoro297 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      claude bawls
      They better had by 2050, if not, civil war guaranteed

  • @TheDustysix
    @TheDustysix 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    As a Veteran, I can say this video will provoke our enemies "sensitivities" . All the more reason for me to enjoy it and celebrate it's reaffirmation of what I know and cherish. Our young Warriors of today are Marvelous! Semper Fi and God Bless You! Your road will be hard.

  • @welderman444
    @welderman444 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Thank You from England. That was beautiful. God bless America.

  • @creationsunlimited7533
    @creationsunlimited7533 8 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    Fantastic, I, for one, feel honoured to have West Point sing our favourite hymn. Thank you West Point.

    • @anji123passion5
      @anji123passion5 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      that's the way they meant it to be received, thankfully you understand

    • @anji123passion5
      @anji123passion5 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      that's the way they meant it to be received, thankfully you understand

    • @anji123passion5
      @anji123passion5 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      that's the way they meant it to be received, thankfully you understand

    • @creationsunlimited7533
      @creationsunlimited7533 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      great, love it. Happy New Year to you all

    • @anji123passion5
      @anji123passion5 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hum why is my comment tripled?

  • @tommyh6665
    @tommyh6665 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    OMG I'm crying, this is so beautiful, you Americans will always be our greatest partners

  • @anthonynovelli2164
    @anthonynovelli2164 10 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    We owe our nation's heritage and beginning to our original Motherland, England. it is right and just to recognize the bond with which we will eternally share and we should always keep the ties that bind us strong.

  • @willaprayerbeggingg-dtohea4642
    @willaprayerbeggingg-dtohea4642 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    To our British cousins,may we stand arm in arm forever. Thank you for developing freedom.

  • @denisefearon3872
    @denisefearon3872 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Love coming back to hear this. Simply brilliant. Thanks West Point
    Cadets. And to our American allies.

  • @WEKARP3
    @WEKARP3 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A superb rendering of a great hymn! I had no idea that cadets could sing like this!

  • @kiethmorrison5538
    @kiethmorrison5538 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    What a marvellous tribute to our friendship.... Like all family we have our differences but in the end we will always be there for each other. I never forget that we fought side by side against the worst of the worst and fought and won

  • @patwalker72
    @patwalker72 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Very well done Cousins, brought alump to my throat. God Bless America.

  • @claraaraujo500
    @claraaraujo500 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am from East Timor, I really proud for singers
    God bless you all😍😍👏

  • @edwardelliott3637
    @edwardelliott3637 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Very well done Cadets! You rock! God I love this song, so mighty, so strong, so sweeping! God bless the UK!

  • @GHnineteensixtysix
    @GHnineteensixtysix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Beautifully sung and lovely pronunciation as well. God bless🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸

  • @snowbird7614
    @snowbird7614 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Im honored to have Great Britain as our allies. I lived in your country and loved it

  • @MrLongbow1415
    @MrLongbow1415 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you. English and proud and ALWAYS a friend of America. Together we are strong. xxx

  • @edwinscholey990
    @edwinscholey990 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is very well done, but when you've sat in the Royal Albert hall on the last night of the proms.....and this music first stirs, then builds...man, it makes the hackles rise on one's neck every time. To be amongst the audience and add one's own voice to this beautiful piece is a euphoric experience !

  • @robertstruder4434
    @robertstruder4434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A lovely tribute to Britain by our beautiful cadets. So pleasing.

  • @faithfulforever6331
    @faithfulforever6331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    America's best and brightest for our cousins across the Atlantic...

  • @craigeast3682
    @craigeast3682 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful, performed as well I've ever heard.

  • @Paul.Morgan
    @Paul.Morgan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A truly powerful and beautiful song! I wish England would rediscover this spirit.

  • @robertcrouthamel9140
    @robertcrouthamel9140 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    America and Great Britain, allies now and forever.

  • @mjt5202003
    @mjt5202003 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    been watching an article on Blake on BBC South so needed a youtube fix of Jerusalem and up pops this gem
    brought a lump to the throat of this gnarled old cove
    well done West Point - allies forever

  • @truckerfromreno
    @truckerfromreno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you brothers. Respect from Great Britain.

  • @elderrobertv.fullersr.1739
    @elderrobertv.fullersr.1739 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Beautifully done choir and organ magnificent job. God bless you all.

  • @michaelwisse9284
    @michaelwisse9284 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Praise Elizabeth and all who believe in Jesus Christ the Lord

  • @johngreen7085
    @johngreen7085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    God bless you all in America, the love we have for you is not political it is the love of one family, our love from Devon in England x

  • @beehenay519
    @beehenay519 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I will confess that I came to this video merely looking for a good version of this tune.
    What I found was not only an excellent rendition of an excellent hymn, but also an outpouring of love between two nations in the comments.
    I am astounded.
    God save The Queen

  • @rogershirley2857
    @rogershirley2857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful version of this masterpiece. Never heard better. This choir is top notch.

  • @donaldpgrant3743
    @donaldpgrant3743 7 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Calls to mind that the British people, holding out and under attack 1939-1941, probably saved civilization itself. The gratitude that we owe them for our freedom and (relative) peace, Is beyond measure. The world would be a different and worse place today if the incredible British people had not held out for those two difficult and painful years.

    • @edwinscholey990
      @edwinscholey990 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      My grandfather, a Major in Her Majesty's Army stationed in in Africa , fortunate enough to help in giving Rommel a thrashing, no doubt would smile and nod his assent. Thank You.

    • @patrickfoley4990
      @patrickfoley4990 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      And the Russians too.

    • @hulsfamcalcan
      @hulsfamcalcan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Patrick Foley at that time the Soviets were allied with Hitler, and were planning to partition Europe between them.

    • @MARKSFINCHES
      @MARKSFINCHES 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Didnt Hitler and Stalin carve up Poland between themselves ????

  • @paulkirkland3263
    @paulkirkland3263 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Greetings from the UK to our cousins across the Pond. In the last 24 hours, in the Middle East, American and British aircrews have flown into combat, side by side once again. This rendition of 'Jerusalem' by the cadets of West Point is utterly beautiful.

  • @jamesporter109
    @jamesporter109 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I'm crying this second because I love England so much! England, will always be England! God Bless our beautiful England, Love you all.

    • @bacemonkey
      @bacemonkey 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shame our political system douse not feel the same as us.

  • @masterofparsnips5327
    @masterofparsnips5327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Proud to be English and will always stand by my American brothers and sisters

  • @vanrooyen100
    @vanrooyen100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Absolutely moving! and beautifully sung. Though not an American but absolute loyalist I say "Thank God for the Americans! where would the free world be with out them"

  • @blazednlovinit
    @blazednlovinit 8 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Thank you guys, you've melted my cold English heart :')

    • @nasredinhodja
      @nasredinhodja 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      No need to be English to melt down listening to this anthem. Even as a french guy, my heart is bleeding.

    • @sunnyjim6450
      @sunnyjim6450 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Awwww :-) I kiss you on both checks! I love this hymn (even though the lyrics are bollocks) but damn I must say I too am emotionally moved and impressed with this performance. Even more so considering that rarely do you see such performed by the English!

    • @simonbowles5237
      @simonbowles5237 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Sunny Jim proper song show respect

    • @xwiirastusx
      @xwiirastusx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The organist ought to be shot for incompetence, though.

    • @hyramesshiramess1035
      @hyramesshiramess1035 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SHUT UP, you God-damned ASS!

  • @Janey6511
    @Janey6511 10 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    "I traveled among unknown men,
    In lands beyond the sea:
    Nor England! Did I know till then
    What love I bore to thee."
    - William Wordsworth

    • @mitrildhi
      @mitrildhi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Janey6511 I

    • @Rayblondie
      @Rayblondie 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brilliant quote. One doesn't know how good they have it until they see some other countries.