Well boys, we've hit 1 million views. This video is going mere hours prior to the alleged Boer uprising in South Africa, so I guess it's kinda symbolic. Other than that, I don't know what to say other than to thank you all for watching this video and recommending my other "ＷＡＶＥ" content, if you're into that! Cheers! th-cam.com/play/PL4W6iYnlciFAlpr57FPQS0hP6Cm_2Bpnu.html
I had an employee about 10 years ago who was Rhodesian. I never forgot him because, and I swear to you this is true, that man was surrounded by angels. Everything he did prospered, and everything he touched turned to gold. I never forgot that man.
@@manolisiatrou5537 if the "dictator" was "incompetent" how did they manage to depose supposedly "competent" people? Surely incompetence is not superior to competence, especially in an armed conflict.
The missing lyrics are "We all dig the stoppies, haircuts and the graze, and if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase" Stoppies being the places the troopies stop off before reaching their AO, graze is food and Lekker is Afrikaans for "good"
Greetings from Australia. I had the pleasure of serving in the aust. reg army back in the '70s and '80s with former Rhodesian servies, listened to the changeover broadcast with them, a sad day. Respects to the RLI.
Was that broadcast in 1980? Its wierd how the British chopped up Rhodesia. The north became Zambia. I think Nyasaland/British West Africa became Namibia.
The Rhodesians were bad ass, they even had their own SAS that would do free-fall night parachute drops from 20,000 feet and only open their chutes at 2,000 feet to avoid detection. Best goddamn counter insurgency soldiers ever.
@@lmao.3661 Except America didn't lose it's country when it lost Vietnam. Rhodesia was an unparalleled tragedy of modern Western led globalist hypocrisy. #blamekissinger
Mugabe died today. I'll be enjoying my time tonight having a drink and listening to this song, among others. Never forget boys that the old guard that destroyed Rhodesia are gone and that their successors are far more incompetent than they were. All empires self-cannibalize in the end
I doubt you could find anyone on the planet more destructive than Mugabe. The 'new' government is trying the best they can to match the level of depravity - who knows they might just discover the winning formula!.
Ode to Prime Minister Ian Smith "I didn't go to a first class school in Rhodesia, yet Rhodesia gave me a first class education. I had no right then to vote in Rhodesia, yet Zimbabwe gave me the right to vote for a devil. I was brought up to hate you Smithy, while young, but as a man I grew up to hate your Enemy. I believed that Rhodesia would never have black rule, but I can now. I will never live under a Zimbabwean fool. I'm not white and never took you to be my PM then, but I'm black and would rather have had you as my PM now! You were right and had to leave your government, yet I was wrong and left my beloved country. I am not a poet, but these are my thoughts. I am proud of what I have become, yet you are the man who made me what I am! On behalf of the many black faces who dare not say, if ever you were hated, you are missed today. The only PM we should have kept!" - Signed: Black Man in Canada, the sad night we witnessed Ian Smith's passing.
Judging by the fact the cowardly mainstream media won’t show Ian Smith’s house, for fear of it appearing too humble, in comparison to Mugabe’s mansion, I’m guessing he died with humble dignity. “ you can’t show how stupid we were!”
Alfnir Bjornson some people try to use this as an excuse that Rhodesia government was white prioritizing. This is wrong. Today in Zimbabwe you can meet very many whites that are just trying to get by. The economic system emphasized Learning by one’s family as well as institutions. It wasn’t perfect to any race in particular. By taking from those that could produce you worsened the situation for everyone.
*I didn't go to a first class school in Rhodesia, yet Rhodesia gave me a first class education.* Verrrry interesting claim. 90% of the education budget went to whites (who were entitled to free education), whereas blacks received no entitlement to a free education, and had limited prospects to receive one. Few received even a primary education - you generally only had a chance at one if: - You lived near a mission (missionaries provided free educations for blacks, completely independently and without government support) - You were fortunate enough to be the child of a nanny or cookboy employed with a white family - You were the child of a soldier, police officer, or someone else in a relatively privileged profession Considering this gentleman purports to have not had the right to vote, but had the means to receive an education and emigrate to Canada, I'm not very inclined to believe him (surely that would have at least gotten a spot on Rhodesia's B Roll). *Judging by the fact the cowardly mainstream media won’t show Ian Smith’s house* Ian Smith died in a retirement home in South Africa. Not saying he didn't deserve something a bit more befitting his past, but it's a bit retarded to rage at the media for not making the trip out to Ian Smith's former house in Gwenoru, regional Zimbabwe. *Look at South Africa now under black rule. After the Afrikaaner left the government, it became another war torn, shit economy country* Ummmm.... - What war is South Africa currently embroiled, in exactly? (as opposed to the South African Border war and other messy interventions that happened during the Apartheid Era) - Funnily enough, South Africa's economy did not really go to shit after Apartheid. Their GDP per capita and living standards have actually largely risen since those days, and are projected to do so - South Africa was a crime-ridden country under Apartheid too - in fact, it largely spiked in the years just before Apartheid ended, and has gradually lowered since then *Today in Zimbabwe you can meet very many whites that are just trying to get by.* This is more to do with the fact that as soon as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, the generous social net and institutions that favoured the white population disappeared overnight. This includes: - No more free education for whites, no more 90% of the education going to schools reserved for whites - Healthcare became universal, rather than skewed predominantly towards white communities - No more reserved jobs and occupations for whites - The scrapping of the Native Urban Areas Accommodation Act (1947) meant whites were no longer reserved urban areas, or protected from having to compete with blacks for housing - The end of the Land Tenure Act (1969) meant whites were no longer reserved the best and most fertile farmland Indeed, the fast-tracked land reform that seized white farms without compensation was a stupid mistake, but don't pretend the days of Rhodesia were inherently fair or superior - it simply concentrated the wealth of a relatively modest country (look up the GDP per capita of countries from 1960-1980, you'd be surprised how poorly Rhodesia performed) into a small segment of its population
Sir Pants initially, but by the time of Ian Smith in the 1960s, quality education was available to everyone, though it was highly technical and more geared towards employment in sophisticated industry and agriculture. This was done in part for UDI (Unilateral declaration of Independence), and they had the ‘standard six,’ standing for six years of education, after which many blacks were qualified to work in many professions, provided they did not opt for further education. Unlike Mugabe, who sulked and brewed at sanctions, Ian Smith overcame them and engaged in reforms and substitutional imports. You really don’t vet your claims do you?
They kicked all the whites out and now they are begging for them to come back to their farms. South Africa is going the same way now. Black majority countries never succeed.
My family are Rhodies through and through, now in Australia, but I’m proud of all of them, the death of Rhodesia was the death of real men. Rhodesians never die.
@@russianivan9651 While that claim about 6,000 kills per man is probably shit, what isn't shit is that pretty small teams of these dudes could kill nearly half that amount alone with minimal losses.
Only those of us who were born and bred Rhodesian know what we had. We may not have it any more but we had something no other country will ever have or achieve.
@@jeffreay161 I am a Rhodesian born and bred, but many of the people who emigrated to the country from the UK etc loved Rhodesia just as much. For instance, my father was born in England but proudly served in the Rhodesian Air Force and my maternal grandparents were South Africans but bravely lived on their farm during the darkest days of the war. Indeed, most white adults in Rhodesia were born elsewhere, as every census showed. In 1969, for example, only 40 per cent of whites were born in the country. In that respect, Rhodesia had a lot in common with Angola and Mozambique where the white populations grew rapidly in the decades after the Second World War.
Bridget Gibson I’m Polish and Serbian I don’t have any connection to Rhodesia but I have massive respect for y’all, and if I could have fought I would’ve
Rhodesians Never Die they will just make it about some brave native Marxist fighting against the evil white racist Smith and Rhodesian army, every white person in the film will be portrayed as the devil of Hollywood touches that film concept.
@@melgibson5029 Can you explain this thing against Jews? I hear so many people on both sides of the political spectrum hate on the Jewish. I want to know why.
@@melgibson5029 What the fuck are you talking about? The extreme left and right both hate the Jews, because they are "rich" and some of them are "multicultural", and then they somehow control the governments or some bullshit. People like to blame their problems on someone else.
@@theojudice5609 There's a reason why white rule was a thing, Zimbabwe being devoid of white people now is no coincidence, the belgian congo saw congolese rebels butchering people for being white or working for whites, and South Africa and then Rhodesia realised this. It wasnt so much fueled by racism as it was by self preservation, hell a black comedian from the US recieved a cordial welcome in Rhodesia by white Rhodesians. Its not so black and white like how you described it.
@BlipyBlopy, we project onto others that which we hate most about ourselves, and you're projecting so hard, you could sell tickets to a picture show. 📽🎟🍿🥤
@BlipyBlopy, you just can't stop projecting, can you? I obviously got under your skin since you removed the "bruh" after I poked fun. And then, you've been on those petty personal attacks since. 🤣
@BlipyBlopy, you've done nothing but project your own insecurities onto, and I'm the one grasping at straws?! 🤣 You just stay on that cope, don't you, "bruh?" If you feel this inadequate as a man, you should talk to your therapist, not me. "Bruh" wasn't necessary at all. It's just cringe, but you only removed it after I mocked it. Makes you wonder... 🤔 You said "real men wear speedos," to which I responded by asking to name one war in which men fought in speedos, since you're comparing a speedo to Rhodesian Brushstroke short shorts that men wore into battle. You dodged the question and started projecting your feelings of male inadequacy onto me. Are you just actually a child? Because that would explain a lot, including your complete lack of self-awareness. 🤷♂️
*Inhales deeply* We idolize the Rhodesian bush war not because of racism or politics, but because, at its most fundamental level, it speaks to every man's deepest desire to escape his current boring life, and embark on a great adventure. The Rhodesian trooper in his short shorts, clutching his FAL, is a symbol for a man partaking in a great journey of survival, brotherhood punctuated by moments of thrilling action. The defeat of the rebels and renaming of the country to Zimbabwe symbolizes the realization that we are all insignificant ants, and will never get to experience something so thrilling in our lives, and must return to our servitude. Also brushstroke cammies and FAL's are great
C-shift Report C-shift Report but Rus was exactly a European country lol. I see no point in this division between “Russia” and “European” worlds, especially in these dark times of general decline. I miss Rhodesia as a European, which doesn’t prevent me from being a Russian nationalist.
C-shift Report of course orthodox civilization differs a lot from the Latin one, but that’s not so much a case with the educated part of Russian society, at least since the times of Peter the Great. Moreover, I’m pleased to see that Russia sometimes preserves traditional European values better than the actual European nations.
For those unaware or confused on some of the things they mention... “mukkas” is South African/Afrikaans slang for “friends”, they also of course mention many towns of significance to the Rhodies (many of which were hosts to battles, like Mukumbura, Umtali, the Montclair hotel, etc)... “ek se” is Afrikaans for “I say”, “tot siens” is Afrikaans for “goodbye”, JOC Inyanga refers to the Rhodesian Joint Operations Center in Inyanga, “wide tar” is a type of road category in Rhodesia (and now Occupied Rhodesia, I will not call it Zimbabwe) indicating at least a two-lane road, FN is the ubiquitous FN FAL rifle used by the Rhodies... the “stoppies” were all the stops made along the way by the Rhodies, getting haircuts and graze (food) along the way, and “lekker” is slang for good or great. Correct me if I’m wrong on any of this!
Well, we've crossed 350,000 views. I can't believe this has become so popular. My "Vaporwave" videos usually remain between 1-10k views and then I have this. This is my one hit wonder guys. I want to thank you all for watching and enjoying this! If you want, check out the other "waves" I made on this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PL4W6iYnlciFAlpr57FPQS0hP6Cm_2Bpnu.html A lot of these videos revolve around conflicts, politics and such and are not politically correct (just like this one isn't). Again, thank you all, so freaking much!
Schooling in general tends to miss out so much interesting world history. Thats why you need to take matters into your own hands and educate yourself about things like these
@@JakeGittes84 South African history, The Spanish civil war, Chinese history before WW2, Reunification of Germany and Italy and a more in depth look at the Roman empire and how they managed to rule the world at their time. There is also a TH-cam channel called "History matters" with short videos about many interesting events.
Mugabe: dies Me: Finally we can make Rhodesia Rhodesia again Friend: It's called Zimbambwe dumbass Me: *puts on shorts and jungle cap and grabs FN FAL* I SAY WE RHODESIA TODAY!
Respect .. I served in the British Army with an ex RLI bush war veteran . My Troop commander no less. Top bloke .. knew his shit & respect for him came naturally .. one of those characters you meet in life that stay with you .
200,000 views guys! Let's keep this video growing! Spread the word about this gem of a country and an even bigger gem of a song! Thank you for every view, like and subscribe! *We are the Shumba drinkers:* th-cam.com/video/-g1RrwtldmA/w-d-xo.html *European Rhodesians:* th-cam.com/video/cldWgfqcHKY/w-d-xo.html
My Great Grandfather was a Captain in the Southern Rhodesian Regiment during ww2, but my family left Rhodesia about a decade after to go to Britain. Sad that Rhodesia is now Zimbabwe.
@Skrooge Lantay Someone is "oppressed by the government" because they are "a person of colour", why don't you read something before commenting something which makes no sense? Be respectful, you have no idea who the man was, or who anyone is here.
*UPDATE: WE'VE HIT 90,000 VIEWS HOLY SHIT* Hello everyone! I just want to tell you a huge thank you for getting this video over 50000 views! In order to honor that achievement (and considering I've just returned from a trip to my people's holy land), I made a follow-up video called "European Rhodesians" revolving around the Kosovo conflict - th-cam.com/video/cldWgfqcHKY/w-d-xo.html
I stumbled upon this video a few weeks ago after listening to swallowing dust and thank the lord for that to. What a fantastic channel. I’ll be praying for you all in Montenegro.
Grew up in Gwelo. A lot of the boys from my school ended up in the forces. One in the SAS, one in the Gray Scouts, the rest in the RLI. There is nobody, NOBODY on earth I'd trust more than a Rhodesian. Great people. A great little country. A horrible loss to Africa when it went.
FULL LYRICS: It's a long way to Mukumbura It's a long way to jawl It's a long way from your home-town But you can have yourself a ball With your mukkas... Goodbye Bulawayo, tot siens Cecil Square It's a long, long way to Mukumbura And we're going up there to stir It's a long way to JOC Inyanga It's a long way, ek se It's a long way from Umtali But it's wide tar all the way Well, nearly... Goodbye to the Cecil Hello the Mont Claire It's a long, long way to JOC Inyanga And the crowd is fighting there It's a long way to Kariba It's a long way to run It's a long way from Mukute But you can do it on your THUMB With your FN... We love our Sergeant Major, when he drives it on RL When he takes us on the bush road, it's just like going to- Heaven, I'm in Heaven It's a long way to Llewelyn It's a long way on the train We can kwai it to the North Pole But they'd build one just the same With a parade square We all dig the stoppies, the haircuts and the graze And if we really scheme it's lekker, when we start on our first phase It's a long way to Mukumbura It's a long way to jawl It's a long way from your home-town But you can have yourself a ball With your mukkas... Goodbye Bulawayo, tot siens Cecil Square It's a long, long way to Mukumbura And we're going up there to stir Stir Stir Ensure Stir Ensure Stir Ensure Stir Ensure END >genius.com/Mike-westcott-and-leprechaun-its-a-long-way-to-mukumbura-lyrics
Oliver Sykes Yes but his party is still in power so what has really changed? How many white farmers or other businessman have returned to their property?
Well, we've hit 100,000 views. This is my first video that did this well! In order to celebrate this grand success, I've made two follow-up videos to this one: *We are the Shumba drinkers:* th-cam.com/video/-g1RrwtldmA/w-d-xo.html *European Rhodesians:* th-cam.com/video/cldWgfqcHKY/w-d-xo.html
Hey, at least the Boers helped them... At least until betrayel from within our ranks forced our "police forces" (soldiers) to leave Rhodesia to its fate. The planned communist takeover of both it and SA.
The fall of the Republic of Rhodesia, though much underrated, is one of the most important moments in Africa in the 20th century. The end of white minority rule in 1980 coincided with the rapid decline and loss of prestige that Apartheid would experience over the course of the decade, resulting in the complete end of the British and Dutch colonial legacy in Africa. We can say with great certainty that Rhodesia will not return and no phenomenon similar to such a nation will be seen any time soon, and perhaps never again. The young republic was surprisingly prosperous, and in just 15 years it was able to build one of the most efficient counter-guerrilla forces in the world, as well as an extensive musical folk culture. Unfortunately, after the end of the Bush War, figures like Mugabe usurped and destroyed the economic and military progress developed during the Ian Smith government, which although it was not correct to preserve minority rule, was extremely popular among the population: "While acknowledging the priveleged position whites had under Smith, several commentators have latterly agreed whit his claims that many black zimbabweans preferred him to Mugabe whit hindsight, albeit a very low bar. "Smith's image improved inversely as Mugabe's plummeted" Johnson wrote. "When he walked the streets of Harare, Afticans would almost queue up to grasp his hand and wish him well. "If you were to go Harare today (in 2007) and ask ordinary black zimbabweans who they would rather have their leader--Smith or Mugabe--the answer would be almost unanimous", Boynton asserted; "And it would not be Mugabe.""
I grew up next door to a Zimbabwean family in the UK, they where white. Their daughter, Bronwyn, was the hottest female I've ever seen. Rock on you stone cold fox.
Rhodesia became Zimbabwe after it was handed over to people not ready for prime time (kind of like South Africa). When it was Rhodesia, it was a first world nation where everything worked and everyone ate, now, not so much. Say what you will about those icky ol' colonizers, but they knew how to build and maintain advanced nations.
@@JWWhiteTX Correction, knew how to build and maintain advanced nations for themselves while leaving the rest of the population behind and then being surprised when the rest of the nation doesn't like being 2nd class citizens
Sort of sad to realize God Save the Queen and the Star Spangled Banner will be reduced to a relics like this... songs about dead places where the most alive once lived.
Full Lyrics (Because the one on this video has incomplete ones.) It's a long way to Mukumbura It's a long way to jawl It's a long way from your hometown But you can have yourself a ball With your mukkas Goodbye Bulawayo, tot siens Cecil Square It's a long, long way to Mukumbura And we're going up there to stir It's a long way to JOC Inyanga It's a long way, ek se It's a long way from Umtali But it's wide tar all the way Well, nearly Goodbye to the Cecil Hello the Mont Claire It's a long, long way to JOC Inyanga And the crowd's fighting there It's a long way to Kariba It's a long way to run It's a long way from Mukute But you can do it on your THUMB With your FN We love our Sergeant Major, when he drives it on RL When he takes us on the bush road It's just like going to Heaven, I'm in Heaven It's a long way to Llewelyn It's a long way on the train We can kwai it to the North Pole, But they'd build one just the same The parade square We all dig the stoppies, haircuts and the graze And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase It's a long way to Mukumbura It's a long way to jawl It's a long way from your hometown But you can have yourself a ball With your mukkas Goodbye Bulawayo, tot siens Cecil Square It's a long, long way to Mukumbura And we're going up there to stir Stir Stir Stir Ensure Stir Ensure Stir Ensure Stir
I wonder if you could add a short phrase key on here, such as the meaning of “mukka” “jawl” and “stir” I figure JOC stands for Joint Operations Command or control. For us increasingly isolated, , but interested, yanks.
I am an old german geezer. But everytime in the military in the early 90s i dreamt of fighting with you guys. For a free rhodesia, the land i want to life.
I just asked my Turkish parents if they know this song. Suprisingly, they knew it for a long time. It is stumping to me that people from another continent knew this song and frequently listened to it.
No. segregation did not exist in rhodesia. Im from there. I know. Yes minority rule because that minorty built that country. Thats what colonies are. They were better off under rhodesia, and all my african friends still suffering in zim agree with me. Dont spread shit about a country you know nothing about
When you’re a combat veteran and you get nostalgic for a war you never fought. Those packs look heavy and nobody but those who did it knows the pain. I imagine a drunken night at the local pub with the boys on a weekend pass singing along to this song
I remember Leprachaun playing at Flanagans in 1978. They were an Irish band. If I remember correctly, it was on the evening that Rhodesia last played Northern Transvaal at rugby under its own name. Quite apart from an Irish nationalist band, the place was full of bubble-arsed Rhodies, who resented Britain over UDI, and well hammered Afrikaaners, who have never forgiven the Boer War concentration camps. As perhaps the only Brit present, I didn't dare open my mouth all evening and just hid among the Aussies and Kiwis I was with. Happy days!
Well boys, we've hit 1 million views. This video is going mere hours prior to the alleged Boer uprising in South Africa, so I guess it's kinda symbolic. Other than that, I don't know what to say other than to thank you all for watching this video and recommending my other "ＷＡＶＥ" content, if you're into that! Cheers!
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As a Moroccan i support the uprising
Its happening
White Rhodesia shall never Die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We will save White America and South Africa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Od belgijskih placenika u Kongu , pa do Rodezije i slucajno ove pesme pa do pada Djukanovica bio je dug put jbt
Roof Koreans?
Return to Rhodesia?
There's two types of people I like seeing in short shorts:
1. Attractive women
2. Rhodesians
F.O.F. 3. Troops in the North Africa campaign😉😂
4. Attractive Rhodesian women
5. Attractive female troops in the North Africa campaign
I wouldn't mind seeing a few ira freedom fighters in shorts
@@davet2783 Well I suppose It'll be a bit chilly for them up in Derry
That sorta irish guy Idk first Irish city that came to my mind might as well said Belfast
My history teacher calls Zimbabwe “Occupied Rhodesia”, what a lad
Based Teacher
making me jealous, mine praised mugabe...
This makes my FN FAL the big FN FAL
Well he’s not wrong 🤷🏻♂️
@@oz_jones This takes the carrying handle and adds green camo to my FN FAL
I had an employee about 10 years ago who was Rhodesian. I never forgot him because, and I swear to you this is true, that man was surrounded by angels. Everything he did prospered, and everything he touched turned to gold. I never forgot that man.
A blessed people who fought for their blessed land.
@@MrCornstalker pedophiles who's corpses are now covered in shit
@@josipmarinic9663 ?
@@josipmarinic9663 a people thrown out of their land by an incompetent dictator who ruined it,mugabe sympathiser.
@@manolisiatrou5537 if the "dictator" was "incompetent" how did they manage to depose supposedly "competent" people?
Surely incompetence is not superior to competence, especially in an armed conflict.
The missing lyrics are "We all dig the stoppies, haircuts and the graze, and if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase" Stoppies being the places the troopies stop off before reaching their AO, graze is food and Lekker is Afrikaans for "good"
The first persin I've stumbled across with the final bit of the song.
*Audible clapping in the distance*
@@thecbrndude6208 same here mate 😂
I thought it said: If we really scheme and SLACK UP when we start in outer space!
@@TheGameBusterPL well that would be a journey indeed
Lekker is tasty in German
Mugabe is dead.
fuck mugabe
That piece of shit should’ve died a long time ago.
@@jakeola10 s
S
(Presses S repeatedly to spit in Mugabe's dumpster grave)
Greetings from Australia. I had the pleasure of serving in the aust. reg army back in the '70s and '80s with former Rhodesian servies, listened to the changeover broadcast with them, a sad day. Respects to the RLI.
Thank you for your service!
Good on ya sir
Rhodesian never die!
Was that broadcast in 1980? Its wierd how the British chopped up Rhodesia. The north became Zambia. I think Nyasaland/British West Africa became Namibia.
The US should have supported Rhodesia. Especially the internal aggrement. Sad. It's just sad.
The Rhodesians were bad ass, they even had their own SAS that would do free-fall night parachute drops from 20,000 feet and only open their chutes at 2,000 feet to avoid detection. Best goddamn counter insurgency soldiers ever.
@Sergei Suvorov they won the military war by a longshot, just lost the political war.
@Sergei Suvorov they lost like america lost in vietnam
@@lmao.3661 both wars were literally happening in the same time by the way
@@lmao.3661 Except America didn't lose it's country when it lost Vietnam. Rhodesia was an unparalleled tragedy of modern Western led globalist hypocrisy. #blamekissinger
@@lmao.3661 communism back stab
The world will never forget about brave men in short shorts and their FALs.
JA
Vector R1s after the first year just South African made and adapted FALs
@@josipmarinic9663 what do you mean by that?
@@jamesw9933 they're already full of shit,might as well pile it on top too
@@josipmarinic9663 too far bro.way too far.
The lyrics for 2:48
"We all dig the stoppies, the haircuts and the graze
And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase"
Lekker man lekker
I mean, I’m not native English and even I could understand that. Idk why nobody only can’t.
@@DurangoCzechoslovakia it’s their accents
It’s english with some dutch words
Legend you are.... even though I know the lyrics, still though legend.
Mugabe died today. I'll be enjoying my time tonight having a drink and listening to this song, among others.
Never forget boys that the old guard that destroyed Rhodesia are gone and that their successors are far more incompetent than they were. All empires self-cannibalize in the end
Harlan Thompson Here, here!
I doubt you could find anyone on the planet more destructive than Mugabe. The 'new' government is trying the best they can to match the level of depravity - who knows they might just discover the winning formula!.
I'll be there to fight salute
Not like Mugabe and his gangbangers were any more competent..
Except for Rhodesia of course
Ode to Prime Minister Ian Smith
"I didn't go to a first class school in Rhodesia, yet Rhodesia gave me a
first class education.
I had no right then to vote in Rhodesia, yet Zimbabwe gave me the right to
vote for a devil.
I was brought up to hate you Smithy, while young, but as a man I grew up
to hate your Enemy.
I believed that Rhodesia would never have black rule, but I can now. I
will never live under a Zimbabwean fool.
I'm not white and never took you to be my PM then, but I'm black and would
rather have had you as my PM now!
You were right and had to leave your government, yet I was wrong and left
my beloved country.
I am not a poet, but these are my thoughts. I am proud of what I have
become, yet you are the man who made me what I am!
On behalf of the many black faces who dare not say, if ever you were
hated, you are missed today.
The only PM we should have kept!"
- Signed: Black Man in Canada, the sad night we witnessed Ian Smith's passing.
Judging by the fact the cowardly mainstream media won’t show Ian Smith’s house, for fear of it appearing too humble, in comparison to Mugabe’s mansion, I’m guessing he died with humble dignity. “ you can’t show how stupid we were!”
Look at South Africa now under black rule. After the Afrikaaner left the government, it became another war torn, shit economy country
Alfnir Bjornson some people try to use this as an excuse that Rhodesia government was white prioritizing. This is wrong. Today in Zimbabwe you can meet very many whites that are just trying to get by. The economic system emphasized Learning by one’s family as well as institutions. It wasn’t perfect to any race in particular. By taking from those that could produce you worsened the situation for everyone.
*I didn't go to a first class school in Rhodesia, yet Rhodesia gave me a
first class education.*
Verrrry interesting claim. 90% of the education budget went to whites (who were entitled to free education), whereas blacks received no entitlement to a free education, and had limited prospects to receive one. Few received even a primary education - you generally only had a chance at one if:
- You lived near a mission (missionaries provided free educations for blacks, completely independently and without government support)
- You were fortunate enough to be the child of a nanny or cookboy employed with a white family
- You were the child of a soldier, police officer, or someone else in a relatively privileged profession
Considering this gentleman purports to have not had the right to vote, but had the means to receive an education and emigrate to Canada, I'm not very inclined to believe him (surely that would have at least gotten a spot on Rhodesia's B Roll).
*Judging by the fact the cowardly mainstream media won’t show Ian Smith’s house*
Ian Smith died in a retirement home in South Africa. Not saying he didn't deserve something a bit more befitting his past, but it's a bit retarded to rage at the media for not making the trip out to Ian Smith's former house in Gwenoru, regional Zimbabwe.
*Look at South Africa now under black rule. After the Afrikaaner left the government, it became another war torn, shit economy country*
Ummmm....
- What war is South Africa currently embroiled, in exactly? (as opposed to the South African Border war and other messy interventions that happened during the Apartheid Era)
- Funnily enough, South Africa's economy did not really go to shit after Apartheid. Their GDP per capita and living standards have actually largely risen since those days, and are projected to do so
- South Africa was a crime-ridden country under Apartheid too - in fact, it largely spiked in the years just before Apartheid ended, and has gradually lowered since then
*Today in Zimbabwe you can meet very many whites that are just trying to get by.*
This is more to do with the fact that as soon as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, the generous social net and institutions that favoured the white population disappeared overnight. This includes:
- No more free education for whites, no more 90% of the education going to schools reserved for whites
- Healthcare became universal, rather than skewed predominantly towards white communities
- No more reserved jobs and occupations for whites
- The scrapping of the Native Urban Areas Accommodation Act (1947) meant whites were no longer reserved urban areas, or protected from having to compete with blacks for housing
- The end of the Land Tenure Act (1969) meant whites were no longer reserved the best and most fertile farmland
Indeed, the fast-tracked land reform that seized white farms without compensation was a stupid mistake, but don't pretend the days of Rhodesia were inherently fair or superior - it simply concentrated the wealth of a relatively modest country (look up the GDP per capita of countries from 1960-1980, you'd be surprised how poorly Rhodesia performed) into a small segment of its population
Sir Pants initially, but by the time of Ian Smith in the 1960s, quality education was available to everyone, though it was highly technical and more geared towards employment in sophisticated industry and agriculture. This was done in part for UDI (Unilateral declaration of Independence), and they had the ‘standard six,’ standing for six years of education, after which many blacks were qualified to work in many professions, provided they did not opt for further education. Unlike Mugabe, who sulked and brewed at sanctions, Ian Smith overcame them and engaged in reforms and substitutional imports. You really don’t vet your claims do you?
Make Zimbabwe Rhodesia again
Razón Histórica
excellent comment. Excellent avatar icon.
They kicked all the whites out and now they are begging for them to come back to their farms. South Africa is going the same way now. Black majority countries never succeed.
Pero sera un camino largo hacia Mukumbura.
Make Latin America, Southwestern US and Filipinas Spain again
@@agentepolaris4914 Sounds good
My family are Rhodies through and through, now in Australia, but I’m proud of all of them, the death of Rhodesia was the death of real men. Rhodesians never die.
Another good song
The death of Rhodesia? No such thing. Think of it as a vacation.
And death of racism
Here in NZ. Mix of South Africans and Rhodesians on my side
@@yusufdemirci5665 when there is more racism in Zimbabwe then Rhodesia.
Best damn counter-terrorism units out there.
they f****d those terrorists
6000 terrorists killed per killed rhodesian service man
Well that’s very debatable
Russian Ivan what’s debatable?
To what end?
@@russianivan9651 While that claim about 6,000 kills per man is probably shit, what isn't shit is that pretty small teams of these dudes could kill nearly half that amount alone with minimal losses.
Only those of us who were born and bred Rhodesian know what we had. We may not have it any more but we had something no other country will ever have or achieve.
Only those born and bred? We were all there to do something
@@jeffreay161 I am a Rhodesian born and bred, but many of the people who emigrated to the country from the UK etc loved Rhodesia just as much. For instance, my father was born in England but proudly served in the Rhodesian Air Force and my maternal grandparents were South Africans but bravely lived on their farm during the darkest days of the war. Indeed, most white adults in Rhodesia were born elsewhere, as every census showed. In 1969, for example, only 40 per cent of whites were born in the country. In that respect, Rhodesia had a lot in common with Angola and Mozambique where the white populations grew rapidly in the decades after the Second World War.
@@sandrojones8068 Yes. The land is now known as Zimbabwe. Thanks commies!
agree ,it was a beautiful and well run country.
Bridget Gibson I’m Polish and Serbian I don’t have any connection to Rhodesia but I have massive respect for y’all, and if I could have fought I would’ve
When is a brave producer going to make a movie about Ian Smith or Rhodesia?
Rhodesians Never Die when someone in Hollywood grows a back bone and covers something non American and controversial
Rhodesians Never Die they will just make it about some brave native Marxist fighting against the evil white racist Smith and Rhodesian army, every white person in the film will be portrayed as the devil of Hollywood touches that film concept.
I am becoming a movie director in the future....
@@melgibson5029
Can you explain this thing against Jews? I hear so many people on both sides of the political spectrum hate on the Jewish. I want to know why.
@@melgibson5029 What the fuck are you talking about? The extreme left and right both hate the Jews, because they are "rich" and some of them are "multicultural", and then they somehow control the governments or some bullshit. People like to blame their problems on someone else.
BuT iTs rASciSt!!!
*npc computing noise intensifies*
Legio IV “iT’s RaCisT bEcAuSe It HaD a WhItE rUlEr”
“iT’s ArPaThEiD”
They aren’t wrong. The white minority was fighting to control a black majority.
@@theojudice5609 There's a reason why white rule was a thing, Zimbabwe being devoid of white people now is no coincidence, the belgian congo saw congolese rebels butchering people for being white or working for whites, and South Africa and then Rhodesia realised this. It wasnt so much fueled by racism as it was by self preservation, hell a black comedian from the US recieved a cordial welcome in Rhodesia by white Rhodesians.
Its not so black and white like how you described it.
@@ticluna5295 *laughs in colonialism*
@@legioix4538 When the colonialist turns out to be better than your fellow black
I ordered a pair of brushstroke swim trunks. I returned them because they weren't short enough.
@BlipyBlopy, show me a group of men who fought a war in speedos, "bruh." (You took the "bruh" out. 🤣)
@BlipyBlopy, we project onto others that which we hate most about ourselves, and you're projecting so hard, you could sell tickets to a picture show. 📽🎟🍿🥤
@BlipyBlopy, there's that projection again. Will you be selling concessions at this showing too?
@BlipyBlopy, you just can't stop projecting, can you? I obviously got under your skin since you removed the "bruh" after I poked fun. And then, you've been on those petty personal attacks since. 🤣
@BlipyBlopy, you've done nothing but project your own insecurities onto, and I'm the one grasping at straws?! 🤣 You just stay on that cope, don't you, "bruh?" If you feel this inadequate as a man, you should talk to your therapist, not me.
"Bruh" wasn't necessary at all. It's just cringe, but you only removed it after I mocked it. Makes you wonder... 🤔
You said "real men wear speedos," to which I responded by asking to name one war in which men fought in speedos, since you're comparing a speedo to Rhodesian Brushstroke short shorts that men wore into battle. You dodged the question and started projecting your feelings of male inadequacy onto me. Are you just actually a child? Because that would explain a lot, including your complete lack of self-awareness. 🤷♂️
Put it on 1.25 speed. Thank me later!
Ah, that’s sounds more like it
amazing lad!
1,5 was nice too
hell even 1.75 sounds good. like a slow early age punk song
@@TheLazyass111 i fcking love the 1.75
*Inhales deeply*
We idolize the Rhodesian bush war not because of racism or politics, but because, at its most fundamental level, it speaks to every man's deepest desire to escape his current boring life, and embark on a great adventure. The Rhodesian trooper in his short shorts, clutching his FAL, is a symbol for a man partaking in a great journey of survival, brotherhood punctuated by moments of thrilling action. The defeat of the rebels and renaming of the country to Zimbabwe symbolizes the realization that we are all insignificant ants, and will never get to experience something so thrilling in our lives, and must return to our servitude.
Also brushstroke cammies and FAL's are great
Chin Chin The Dark Lord that’s pure poetry mate. Also FALs are just the bee’s knees, aren’t they
iappreciatejellyfish Δ oof I don’t live in the US
@@rurushu8094 come now. Join us in the adventure
@@rurushu8094 To think I regretted moving to the US a few years ago. I almost missed the Boogaloo.
Some of us just wanted to kill people
When he sang
“Nobody online has the rest of these lyrics”
I felt that.
We all, dig the stoppies the haircuts and the graze and we really sceem it lekker
@@venkkooo ...when we start on our first phase
amazing
Thank you so much. Never expected to see a big cat such as yourself on my channel!
R H O D E S I A W A V E
Fancy seeing you here, mixtape
Don't I know you from somewhere?
Rhodesia is more than a country, it’s also a symbol of the world we’ve lost.
Greetings from Russia!
Родезийские вперёд!
Юстиниан Великий hopefully we can reclaim what we lost like belisarius reclaimed Italy
@C-shift Report naw Russia still its its own cultural world seperate from the West
Well say, brother
C-shift Report C-shift Report but Rus was exactly a European country lol. I see no point in this division between “Russia” and “European” worlds, especially in these dark times of general decline. I miss Rhodesia as a European, which doesn’t prevent me from being a Russian nationalist.
C-shift Report of course orthodox civilization differs a lot from the Latin one, but that’s not so much a case with the educated part of Russian society, at least since the times of Peter the Great. Moreover, I’m pleased to see that Russia sometimes preserves traditional European values better than the actual European nations.
It's a long way to Triperar...
Oh, wait...
I think you mean Tiperary
That sounds like " It's a long way to Tipperary ".
@@frederickblackadder4981 😉
GamersOnVideos
*trip*
GamersOnVideos
I meant to tag you.
Frederick was pointing out that the dude said “Triperar”
It’s Tipperary, not TRIPperary.
My grandfather fought in the Bush war. A great man. RIP
what regiment was he in?
@@adankmeme651 the dead one
@@connorp4928 Ik he is dead just asking what regiment he fought in while still alive
@@adankmeme651 battlefield dead company
@@connorp4928 true, that shit was god, wish they could make more
For those unaware or confused on some of the things they mention... “mukkas” is South African/Afrikaans slang for “friends”, they also of course mention many towns of significance to the Rhodies (many of which were hosts to battles, like Mukumbura, Umtali, the Montclair hotel, etc)... “ek se” is Afrikaans for “I say”, “tot siens” is Afrikaans for “goodbye”, JOC Inyanga refers to the Rhodesian Joint Operations Center in Inyanga, “wide tar” is a type of road category in Rhodesia (and now Occupied Rhodesia, I will not call it Zimbabwe) indicating at least a two-lane road, FN is the ubiquitous FN FAL rifle used by the Rhodies... the “stoppies” were all the stops made along the way by the Rhodies, getting haircuts and graze (food) along the way, and “lekker” is slang for good or great. Correct me if I’m wrong on any of this!
i didn’t know that English in Rhodesia was that much Afrikaans influenced
We use it in the UK as well.
Tot siens means till next time, lekker can mean multiple things, it can mean good, nice, tasty, good looking, delicious etc
Well, we've crossed 350,000 views. I can't believe this has become so popular. My "Vaporwave" videos usually remain between 1-10k views and then I have this. This is my one hit wonder guys. I want to thank you all for watching and enjoying this!
If you want, check out the other "waves" I made on this playlist:
th-cam.com/play/PL4W6iYnlciFAlpr57FPQS0hP6Cm_2Bpnu.html
A lot of these videos revolve around conflicts, politics and such and are not politically correct (just like this one isn't). Again, thank you all, so freaking much!
Samo jako!
This one is the best recording of the song readily available since it's been removed from spotify
Oh my, looky here we got an "I'm not politically correct" hard man.
TheAthelasProject we need Rhodesians never die pls
Make Rhodesia White Again and we shall have our Rhodesia we love again.
Teacher: We are going on a trip to africa
Girls: ewwww it's hot there
Boys:
Teacher: We’re going on a trip to Chicago!
Girls: Oh but what about the riots???
Boys:
Boys: Roland get the Thompson.
Long live the NPFL
Teacher: We are going on a trip to africa
Everyone: why the fuck are we going 50k miles away from the country
This song is basically the "Fortunate Son" by CCR for the Rhodesian Bush War.
It's basically awesome I think you mean
Also it's to the style of it's a long way to Tipperary
My uncle a former USMC vietnam veteran fought in the Bush war with the Selous Scouts from 1974 to 1977.
He must have some great stories.
@@rez4958 He was proud of his outfit and would always miss the good old scenery of Lake Kariba. He passed away 10 years ago from Liver cancer
RIP to your uncle. A hero in my book, friend.
Big Up, from Sweden
@@jamesscott7944 dope
Mugabe is dead :)
What's this song? It's a Rhodesian version of "It's a long way to Tipperary".
Yes
Long way to Mukumbura, so yeah Rhodesian version of that song
Answered your own question there, mun.
Rhodesia never dies!!!
It just did. Lol.
@@joaovilaca1436 As long our heart beat in remembrance, Rhodesia will prevail
Lived 19 year's on this earth and didn't even know this conflict existed at all, thank's public schooling.
Schooling in general tends to miss out so much interesting world history. Thats why you need to take matters into your own hands and educate yourself about things like these
@@rockyaer1 I would have to agree
@@rockyaer1 Any recommendations for other interesting pieces of history that the school corriculum happened to leave out?
@@JakeGittes84 South African history, The Spanish civil war, Chinese history before WW2, Reunification of Germany and Italy and a more in depth look at the Roman empire and how they managed to rule the world at their time. There is also a TH-cam channel called "History matters" with short videos about many interesting events.
@@rockyaer1 Good looking out big fella. Thanks.
Mugabe bites the dust, god speed
I bloody love his accent, south africans have the best english speaking accent imo
But there is different types of south-african accents tho
Kango Bango ok?
@@HeyItsJakegaming Woops sorry for the repeated reply
Pretty much on the same level as Bush accent in Australia
@@sauceru99 yea, over here in England everyone just sounds like thugs lmao
Mugabe: dies
Me: Finally we can make Rhodesia Rhodesia again
Friend: It's called Zimbambwe dumbass
Me: *puts on shorts and jungle cap and grabs FN FAL* I SAY WE RHODESIA TODAY!
Rhodesia exist only in fantasy like Narnia or Mordor.
@BossHossGT500 Cry harder. Imagine being a simp for a failed state
@@leonodonoghueburke4276 good argument, unfortunately, I read your search history
Respect .. I served in the British Army with an ex RLI bush war veteran . My Troop commander no less. Top bloke .. knew his shit & respect for him came naturally .. one of those characters you meet in life that stay with you .
Ah the Rhodesian Bush War, aka 'The War with all the Short Shorts'.
*riping Athelas' head in the comment section, because he knows how controversial Rhodesia is*
Rhodesia was, is and will be.
@James Madison Bradley sometimes I wonder what a 2 state solution would of looked like?
@@Johnny-ws1oh terrible, especially in Africa
"Heaven, I'm in heaven."
😂
Shooting commies in a trip throught the bush, how life can be better ?
2020 gonna be wild a true man carries a FAL and wears short shorts. I wish I could’ve fought with the rhodisions!
@@gonnabemoreorlesswild shooting commies is always fun
"Hevvveeen, I'm in heaaavennnn"
200,000 views guys! Let's keep this video growing! Spread the word about this gem of a country and an even bigger gem of a song! Thank you for every view, like and subscribe!
*We are the Shumba drinkers:* th-cam.com/video/-g1RrwtldmA/w-d-xo.html
*European Rhodesians:* th-cam.com/video/cldWgfqcHKY/w-d-xo.html
Press f to keep them north of that river till that river is running dry
@@basicallyhell4150 F
song cannot be bigger of a gem than the country :-) cheers.
Delete this video and il give you 1,000,000 Zimbabwean dollars
White Rhodesia will be Re-Established Again Hail Victory my White Brothers and Sisters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I may have a controversial opinion but, I honestly think the song slowed down like this sounds better.
Thanks for uploading this.
I 100% agree
Fast: helicopter
Slow: foot/mobile vehicle patrol.
Rhodesia will never die
it did
You must be fun at parties
Where's Poland
Points at map
Where's Romania
Points at map
Where's Russia
Points at map
Where's Rhodesia
Points at Heart
@@Shrapnel-tj3il points at short shorts and FAL*
Mugabe died last night, Make Zimbabwe Rhodesia Again
(Sept. 6, 2019)
Let's give those floppies a good hiding
We had joy, we had fun....
Safari cruise :We are going to africa !
Girls: Omg animals and sunny beaches !!
Boys: Floppies REEEEEE * LOADS FAL *
You can call us rebels and you can call us rogues. We were founded by an Englishman by the name of Cecil Rhodes.
Guys, grab your guns. We are going to Rhodesia:Electric Boogaloo.
My Great Grandfather was a Captain in the Southern Rhodesian Regiment during ww2, but my family left Rhodesia about a decade after to go to Britain. Sad that Rhodesia is now Zimbabwe.
@Skrooge Lantay Someone is "oppressed by the government" because they are "a person of colour", why don't you read something before commenting something which makes no sense? Be respectful, you have no idea who the man was, or who anyone is here.
@@jussim.konttinen4981 ?
@@jussim.konttinen4981 interesting but not sure why you wanted to show me
*UPDATE: WE'VE HIT 90,000 VIEWS HOLY SHIT*
Hello everyone! I just want to tell you a huge thank you for getting this video over 50000 views! In order to honor that achievement (and considering I've just returned from a trip to my people's holy land), I made a follow-up video called "European Rhodesians" revolving around the Kosovo conflict - th-cam.com/video/cldWgfqcHKY/w-d-xo.html
60k views now, congrats Athelas! Your old fan here :)
Thanks man!
I love his accent
I stumbled upon this video a few weeks ago after listening to swallowing dust and thank the lord for that to. What a fantastic channel. I’ll be praying for you all in Montenegro.
S L O T T I N G F L O P P I E S
The Missing Lyrics are "We all dig the stoppies, haircuts and the graze
And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase"!
Grew up in Gwelo. A lot of the boys from my school ended up in the forces. One in the SAS, one in the Gray Scouts, the rest in the RLI. There is nobody, NOBODY on earth I'd trust more than a Rhodesian. Great people. A great little country. A horrible loss to Africa when it went.
FULL LYRICS:
It's a long way to Mukumbura
It's a long way to jawl
It's a long way from your home-town
But you can have yourself a ball
With your mukkas...
Goodbye Bulawayo, tot siens Cecil Square
It's a long, long way to Mukumbura
And we're going up there to stir
It's a long way to JOC Inyanga
It's a long way, ek se
It's a long way from Umtali
But it's wide tar all the way
Well, nearly...
Goodbye to the Cecil
Hello the Mont Claire
It's a long, long way to JOC Inyanga
And the crowd is fighting there
It's a long way to Kariba
It's a long way to run
It's a long way from Mukute
But you can do it on your THUMB
With your FN...
We love our Sergeant Major, when he drives it on RL
When he takes us on the bush road, it's just like going to-
Heaven, I'm in Heaven
It's a long way to Llewelyn
It's a long way on the train
We can kwai it to the North Pole
But they'd build one just the same
With a parade square
We all dig the stoppies, the haircuts and the graze
And if we really scheme it's lekker, when we start on our first phase
It's a long way to Mukumbura
It's a long way to jawl
It's a long way from your home-town
But you can have yourself a ball
With your mukkas...
Goodbye Bulawayo, tot siens Cecil Square
It's a long, long way to Mukumbura
And we're going up there to stir
Stir
Stir
Ensure
Stir
Ensure
Stir
Ensure
Stir
Ensure
END
>genius.com/Mike-westcott-and-leprechaun-its-a-long-way-to-mukumbura-lyrics
Some of those Lyrics are wrong
Mugabe is dead lads!
Oliver Sykes Yes but his party is still in power so what has really changed? How many white farmers or other businessman have returned to their property?
Well, we've hit 100,000 views. This is my first video that did this well! In order to celebrate this grand success, I've made two follow-up videos to this one:
*We are the Shumba drinkers:* th-cam.com/video/-g1RrwtldmA/w-d-xo.html
*European Rhodesians:* th-cam.com/video/cldWgfqcHKY/w-d-xo.html
I think i was the last view to that number as i just found this today
Good luck, guys! You are making very need things for wite peoples. Yes, I'm russian)))
Excuse me, I missed "h". I tape from phone
Ah a Russian comrad your kinda right with the white part
Was that a Rhodesian war song?
Its a long way to tipperary: Who are you?
Its a long way to Mukumbura: I'm you but Rhodesian
This made my shorts become even shorter after hearing this.
nice name, btw is the barrel on my fal clean
LONG LIVE RHODESIA!!! RHODESIANS NEVER DIE!
This is the fortunate son of the rhodesian people
It’s a damn shame what happened to Rhodesia and it’s people.
There’s only one weapon more deadly than a Rhodesian FAL... Rhodesian short shorts!
UK leaves the EU: **Nothing**
Rhodesia leaves the UK: **Gets sanctioned and has to fight soviets by themselves**
Seems fair!
Hey, at least the Boers helped them... At least until betrayel from within our ranks forced our "police forces" (soldiers) to leave Rhodesia to its fate. The planned communist takeover of both it and SA.
They didn't fight the soviets you degenerate
@@xXXArchangellXXx Thanks :)
My Dad was a machine gunner for the Rhodesians he was part of the house mounted infantry. I do not know from which company.
After watching this video all my pants became shorts.
The fall of the Republic of Rhodesia, though much underrated, is one of the most important moments in Africa in the 20th century.
The end of white minority rule in 1980 coincided with the rapid decline and loss of prestige that Apartheid would experience over the course of the decade, resulting in the complete end of the British and Dutch colonial legacy in Africa.
We can say with great certainty that Rhodesia will not return and no phenomenon similar to such a nation will be seen any time soon, and perhaps never again.
The young republic was surprisingly prosperous, and in just 15 years it was able to build one of the most efficient counter-guerrilla forces in the world, as well as an extensive musical folk culture.
Unfortunately, after the end of the Bush War, figures like Mugabe usurped and destroyed the economic and military progress developed during the Ian Smith government, which although it was not correct to preserve minority rule, was extremely popular among the population:
"While acknowledging the priveleged position whites had under Smith, several commentators have latterly agreed whit his claims that many black zimbabweans preferred him to Mugabe whit hindsight, albeit a very low bar. "Smith's image improved inversely as Mugabe's plummeted" Johnson wrote. "When he walked the streets of Harare, Afticans would almost queue up to grasp his hand and wish him well. "If you were to go Harare today (in 2007) and ask ordinary black zimbabweans who they would rather have their leader--Smith or Mugabe--the answer would be almost unanimous", Boynton asserted; "And it would not be Mugabe.""
first time: This is sort of disturbing
third time: It kinda good ngl
tenth: TOT CECIL SQUARE!
From 2:48-3:04 the lyrics is:
We all dig the stoppies, haircuts and the graze
And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase
Red Orchestra/ Rising Storm style game but in Rhodesia? hell ya
That game if it ever got mainstream would piss off so many pc haha
@wyomarine unfortunately im unfit for military service but atleast i tried
@@cameronbeatty6631 rip
wyomarine Shut up boomer
Soviet-Afghan war would be better for a RO3
2:48 - 3:05
We all dig the stoppies, the haircuts, and the graze
And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase
Anybody who knows anything about gunning for a living heard "first phase" in there
Good old times.
I grew up next door to a Zimbabwean family in the UK, they where white. Their daughter, Bronwyn, was the hottest female I've ever seen. Rock on you stone cold fox.
Benjamin Pickersgill «stone cold fox» now that is an expression I’ll adopt.
rhodesian* not zimbabwe
I've never even heard of the country Rhodesia but now I'm very intrigued
Rhodesia became Zimbabwe after it was handed over to people not ready for prime time (kind of like South Africa). When it was Rhodesia, it was a first world nation where everything worked and everyone ate, now, not so much. Say what you will about those icky ol' colonizers, but they knew how to build and maintain advanced nations.
@@JWWhiteTX Correction, knew how to build and maintain advanced nations for themselves while leaving the rest of the population behind and then being surprised when the rest of the nation doesn't like being 2nd class citizens
Father: It's a long way to tipperary
Son: It's a long way to mukumbura
As an African American I want Rhodesia back!
ＩＴ＇Ｓ Ａ ＬＯＮＧ ＷＡＹ ＴＯ ＭＵＫＵＭＢＵＲＡ
to the sweetest girl I know!
ＩＴ＇Ｓ Ａ ＬＯＮＧ ＷＡＹ ＴＯ ＭＵＫＵＭＢＵＲＡ
But my hearts right there
ＩＴ＇Ｓ Ａ ＬＯＮＧ ＷＡＹ ＴＯ ＭＵＫＵＭＢＵＲＡ
to the Fabrique Nationale ! (FN)
ＩＴ＇Ｓ Ａ ＬＯＮＧ ＷＡＹ ＴＯ ＭＵＫＵＭＢＵＲＡ
But my Fusil Automatique Léger (FAL) right there !
Sort of sad to realize God Save the Queen and the Star Spangled Banner will be reduced to a relics like this... songs about dead places where the most alive once lived.
I don't think England and US will suddenly be reduced to relics like Rhodesia. Unless you're talking about nuclear war?
@@sanwayachilles you dont get it
@@anothernpc4943 What?
@@sanwayachilles You really don't get it
Full Lyrics (Because the one on this video has incomplete ones.)
It's a long way to Mukumbura
It's a long way to jawl
It's a long way from your hometown
But you can have yourself a ball
With your mukkas
Goodbye Bulawayo, tot siens Cecil Square
It's a long, long way to Mukumbura And we're going up there to stir
It's a long way to JOC Inyanga
It's a long way, ek se
It's a long way from Umtali
But it's wide tar all the way
Well, nearly
Goodbye to the Cecil
Hello the Mont Claire
It's a long, long way to JOC Inyanga
And the crowd's fighting there
It's a long way to Kariba
It's a long way to run
It's a long way from Mukute
But you can do it on your THUMB
With your FN
We love our Sergeant Major, when he drives it on RL
When he takes us on the bush road It's just like going to
Heaven, I'm in Heaven
It's a long way to Llewelyn
It's a long way on the train
We can kwai it to the North Pole, But they'd build one just the same
The parade square
We all dig the stoppies, haircuts and the graze
And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase
It's a long way to Mukumbura
It's a long way to jawl
It's a long way from your hometown
But you can have yourself a ball
With your mukkas
Goodbye Bulawayo, tot siens Cecil Square
It's a long, long way to Mukumbura And we're going up there to stir
Stir
Stir
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The older version is : It's a long way to Tipperary.
The new version is : It's a long way to Mukumbura.
Ice Wallow Come Chico there power chords in that make it slightly different.
German version is Weit ist der Weg zurück ins Heimatland. By the way, i respect Smith
Chicomatsu Slicous newer version: its a long way to Tehran.
It's a long way to Marawi
Mate it brings back happy memories. If I could do this again, even knowing what the outcome was, I would do it! Best days of my life
I wonder if you could add a short phrase key on here, such as the meaning of “mukka” “jawl” and “stir” I figure JOC stands for Joint Operations Command or control. For us increasingly isolated, , but interested, yanks.
Muckers = friends. Jawl = party. Stir = cause mayhem; such as a boisterous night out or a firefight.
Nice song,good soldiers. Respect from Russian special police forces!
It could also be "stompies" - cigarette stubs, if I remember correctly.
I also think it is "in our RL" - the Bedford RL truck.
Also stompies were slippers
The unknown lyrics are:
"We all dig the stoppies, haircuts and the graze
And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase"
I am an old german geezer. But everytime in the military in the early 90s i dreamt of fighting with you guys. For a free rhodesia, the land i want to life.
I just asked my Turkish parents if they know this song. Suprisingly, they knew it for a long time. It is stumping to me that people from another continent knew this song and frequently listened to it.
I listen to this to get hyped to train. A true classic. Good boys those Selous Scouts.
Rhodesians Never Die
apartide south afrika
Idk, south africa was proud of the apartheid, rhodesia had to say they didnt have it when segregation was a thing anyways
no appartheid was the best time in South Africa. Races have to be seperate and in hierarchy.
@@Latrine1999 there was no apartheid in rhodesia.
@@scipioafricanus2195 Not officially, but segregation existed and it was a minority rule
No. segregation did not exist in rhodesia. Im from there. I know. Yes minority rule because that minorty built that country. Thats what colonies are. They were better off under rhodesia, and all my african friends still suffering in zim agree with me. Dont spread shit about a country you know nothing about
“ we all dig the stoppies the haircuts and the graze
and if we really scheme it’s Lekker
when we start on our first phase “
I’ve been listening to this on loop. It’s like my angel is getting me ready for “Vietnam Round 3 : Appalachia”
This song is an absolute bop
Why'd 0:58 skip a part of the song?
01:20: But it's wide tar all the way
01:22: Well, nearly.
:-D
What does wide tar all the way means?
@@rod-front I think he's referring to the roads which are made of tar.
When you’re a combat veteran and you get nostalgic for a war you never fought. Those packs look heavy and nobody but those who did it knows the pain. I imagine a drunken night at the local pub with the boys on a weekend pass singing along to this song
I remember Leprachaun playing at Flanagans in 1978. They were an Irish band.
If I remember correctly, it was on the evening that Rhodesia last played Northern Transvaal at rugby under its own name.
Quite apart from an Irish nationalist band, the place was full of bubble-arsed Rhodies, who resented Britain over UDI, and well hammered Afrikaaners, who have never forgiven the Boer War concentration camps.
As perhaps the only Brit present, I didn't dare open my mouth all evening and just hid among the Aussies and Kiwis I was with.
Happy days!