My favorite part about this song is how every part of lyricism and melody sounds like a squad of Rhodesian soldiers found an electric guitar on the march and made this at the side of the road
@@omiheaddev7090 Reading more about Rhodesia, it made me realize that it was pretty much the US but the demographics are reversed. It was certainly no South Africa as apartheid was a catastrophe waiting to happen.
@@enclave1165 Well, not really, but it does looks like so. I put this pfp because of my first video, i made that furry finlandball as a joke, back then i didn't even know Lumi existed.
Somewhat ironically, wearing sunglasses was seen as effete by most Rhodesian military personnel. And ordinary citizens, come to think of it. Would've likely got you a lot of 'Oh look at Mr Hollywood here' type of comments.
This cool song honestly seems like something from alternate history, like it shouldn't exist but does. It's so interesting on every level from cultural to linguistic and it sounds awesome too!
As a Black American. I feel like Ian Smith is the good guy. This man didn't do anything wrong, Mugabe lead a Genocide of White Farmers and other Black Tribes
@@antonishedsp2036 Rhodesia was by no means perfect when it came to equality, But it was no where near as bad as the Apartheid Monster of South Africa that it is often grouped with.
@@antonishedsp2036 The blacks in Rhodesia had more rights than those in the United States of America at the time, as they could become officers. They couldn't yet vote, but that was planned to come through eventually, rather than being quickly forced on an unready and uneducated populace.
@@Jupiter__001_ aside from the fact that everything you said is a complete lie, blacks couldn’t own land in Rhodesia, they could in America, blacks couldn’t vote in Rhodesia, they could in America, the civil rights act passed July second 1964, Rhodesia capitulated in April of 1980.
@@TH-camdoesntneedhandles I already mentioned voting. I think black African tribes could own land, but not individuals. And again, blacks could not be military officers in the US, whereas there were black officers in the Rhodesian Army. Also, there was no segregation of public services in Rhodesia afaik.
@@mr.g6962 to form an economic union in similar vein to the EU would hugely benefit Canada NZ and Australia more than the UK, its not the imperial federation, we're not going to unite into one country, you an American anyway, the effect on you wouod be negligable at most
@@iknowsomestuff3209 i mean we all need it. uk left the eu, canada is too reliant on america, and china seems like it has a bit much influence on australia and nz
Turn out giving uneducated people the right to vote can be detrimental. Populism, the rule of majority is just mob rule. Gang rape is technically democracy. That why democracy need a filter for voting right. Not that i'm supporting racism but back then, only landowner could vote, you need people who have a long term stake in the game for it to work, otherwise, everyone will just drive the country down like it a rental and acting in their own interest without regard for the collective. For Rhodesia, pretty much all the landowning farmer are white, so being white act as a filter.
@@madsharkz8640 If not Mugabe it would have been someone else. Zimbabwe relied on the Rhodesian government to maintain order, and a healthy economy. When Rhodesia fell it created a power vaccum that only a ruthless dictator could fill. Like it or not; colonization was the only thing keeping Africa from imploding.
@@roninski3638 Yeah, you’re right. It’s like a game of hot potato, someone will end up with it and it ain’t gonna be good. It was kind of a lose lose situation, either way someone had to deal with it
Meanings: Mukkas: Means friend. It is derived from English slang term ‘mucker’, which means the same thing. Tot siens: Means ‘goodbye’ in Afrikaans. JOC: Joint Operations Centre. Ek se: A popular Afrikaans catchphrase added to the end of any sentence. Very popular among young Rhodesians in the mid 70’s. Ultimately meaningless. Mont Claire: Popular hotel in Rhodesia, later the target of an attack by ZANLA guerrillas. FN: It's an abbreviation for ‘Fabrique Nationale’ , which is a prolific arms manufacturing company from Belgium. In this case, FN means FN FAL, a famous battle rifle which was a standard equipment of Rhodesian Security Forces at the time. RL: Bedford RL is a military utility truck at the time used by the RSF. Kwai it to the North Pole: Blow it to the North Pole, eg. blow it to smithereens. Kwai, used as verb, is a reference to the 50’s movie The Bridge on the River Kwai, where an Allied commando is tasked with destroying a railway bridge. The Parade Square: The parade square at the Llewelyn Barracks, a military base near the Bulawayo city. Graze: Rhodesian slang for food. Lekker: Lekker is South African/Rhodesian slang for ‘ood’ or ‘attractive’. Blues: Nickname for the Rhodesian Air Force. Greys: Most likely refering to Greys Scouts. RWS: Rhodesian Woman’s Services. Credits: genius.com/Mike-westcott-and-leprechaun-its-a-long-way-to-mukumbura-lyrics Corrected Lyrics: It's a long way to Mukumbura It's a long way to jol It's a long way from your hometown But you can have yourselves a ball With your muckers 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 trout is biting there It's a long way to Kariba It's a long way to run It's a long way from Makuti But you can do it on your THUMB With your FN We love our Sergeant Major, when he drives an RL When he takes it on those bush roads, 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 could gooi it to the North Pole, But they'd build one just the same with the parade square We all dig the starpies, haircuts and the graze And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase For the Mortars Action, disarm look again They're so loud For the Blues Changa to echo base Homing call required over Chopper come home, chopper come home For the Instructors One check your rear aperture Two move your working force to the rear For the Greys You fool private the tails at the back For Signals Hello two this is one over Hello, one this is one too are you one two? For the Medics This water cannot be drunk until it has been passed by the M.O For the Cops No madam that’s not what we use V-cars for You want the pest control vehicle For the RWS Ah, Becky, I can't make up my mind Whether to wear the green or blue eyeshadow To weapons training today For INTAF Now you chaps are expected to be keeping this keep As it should be kept The keep does not keep itself For the Engineers That’s not a flocculent You idiot that’s the soap powder It's a long way to Mukumbura It's a long way to jol It's a long way from your home town But you can have yourselves a ball With your muckers 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
@@visegradi You choose your Ethnicity my Friend, as long as you have lived in the country you want to call your homeland for most your life. I live the Sultanate of Oman but I identify as Dunterio not Australian or Omani (I'm Originally Australian)
@@visegradi lol the country is now called Zimbabwe. Formerly known as Rhodesia. They specifically talked about their English heritage. What are you going on about?
@@antonishedsp2036 "The Rhodesians sympathized with Hitler during World War II." I think you mixed up Boers with the Rhodesians (not all Boers of course, there were lots of them who protested against the South African intervention in the war and the Jewish refugees coming to SA, take Verwoerd as an example). This statement of yours makes me believe you are deeply uninformed or just an internet troll.
I was listening to music once in school last year One of the girls asked me if Iam listening to phonk One of the boys said it was probably techno or like that But of course they were wrong, I was listening to Metro soundtracks I mean why should I listen to phonk or techno when Iam reading a (Metro) book??
My grandfather was in the British South Africa Police. My other folks served as police reservists. This country produced some of the greatest souls and heroes of our country. To this day, we have the most spectacular wildlife, stunning natural beauty and kind, generous people. Bloody proud of this, my country.
Nah. Most people would say "What's Rhodesia?" and those that knew and talk tough shit on TH-cam/Forum sites would just sit in their room and daydream about being a bad ass soldier and refuse to uproot themselves from their cozy 1st-World life of relatively little stress and doritos.
As a white Zimbabwean, I can say Rhodesia had its brilliant points as well as its flaws. We had a good, prosperous, well-run, well-lead, successful nation. A good, noble and kind people with a good, courageous leader. To this day, I am proud of my nation and countrymen. However the way we treated the blacks was deeply unfair and wrong. Rhodesia is gone now. We should have integrated the Africans into our government along with us whites. Creating an equal country for all. Blacks and Whites United. However, I have a dream that Zimbabwe will rise again. It will, mark my words. A Wildlife Capital and Breadbasket of Africa once again. Successful, prosperous and free. A land Built on Loving Kindness, Compassion, Unity, Tolerance and Friendship for all living Beings and people. A land where our wildlife and national parks continue to thrive, the people are happy and the country one of the richest in Africa again. Zanu PF will fall. We the people will rise. All of Zimbabwe, both human and animal will be happy, healthy, loved and protected. It is coming. It will be done. Amen. 💚💚🇿🇼🇿🇼🐾🐾
@Kristina Indriliunaite Notice! To the right wing extremists from the USA and beyond who likely will reply to my comment, I will politely say your ideals are no longer tolerated here. Your beliefs are fast dying out. We Rhodesians fought against hate and the nazis so you wouldn't find a place here even if Rhodesia still existed and would be kicked out of my country as what happened to US extremist Harold Covington. You will find most white Zimbabweans and South Africans today deeply opposed to your hateful dogma. Yes, I am proud to be white. I do not support woke ideologies. I may be no liberal. But I firmly believe with all my heart that Loving-Kindness, Unity and Tolerance is the only way for humanity to evolve and move forward. All people and beings are equally important, all deserving of kindness, compassion and respect. You may not like it but it's the truth. Please either evolve and change for the better or die off. The choice is yours.
@@genbab6989 yeah cause the man who ordered the murders of 30,000 of his black countrymen in the 80s definitely went to heaven. Even if you hate Rhodesia you must admit that Mugabe brutalized the people of his country
@@rowengarcia3852 As I am too young despite being well into my 50s and never been to Rhodesia. My dad was in the British army during this period and we were fully aware what was happening over there as it was in news a lot. Also a lad at school was born in Salisbury now Harare and he told me what it like during the Bush War.
Out of curiosity, are they’re any small communities of people who identify as Rhodesian to this day, I know there are still whites living in Zimbabwe but I don’t know enough about them to make an assessment.
Robert Mugabe was dictator of Zimbabwe for over 37 years. The smart thing to have done was to pack up everything in 1980, leave, and never look back. It is hard to lose your home to barbarians, but reality is a bitch. Sometimes you just have to accept that it has come to an end.
@@fionasmith6868 I know Fiona, certainly, I'm not trying to trash anyone. What my point is that God always intends a silver lining even if we can't see it. Look at the global stats - "developed" countries don't usually do well with faith and tradition and other good values. Of course there are exceptions but you need to look at everything.
@@seronymus we were a good country we had very high standards the country in the world there is still white Rhodesian in Zimbabwe today the global countries of the west with China Russia are to blame most Britain and South Africa and what they did to us they doing to there own countries and people.
im tired of being non white, im tired of being suicidal and depressed, im tired of being a online racism victim, if god exists then why didnt he made me white
I love Rhodesia even though I come from a country as distant as Poland. Rodesia history and how you were betrayed reminds the story of my own country. I've never even been to Africa, but I wish I could see Rhodesia again.
@@SiPakRubah I think under the Rhodesian UDI they officially separated from England. However, that doesn't mean they wouldn't be influenced by their music which was coming out at the same time they were fighting. Keep in mind the same language and culture can have an influence.
@@fallaciousfirm2524 commies and delusional "anti racists" are zimbabwe fan. Everything isnt black and white im a brown guy from a colonised country and rhodesia is so facinating to me cause it was much better under the whites. But many people deny it just for the sake of fighting against big bad colonialism.
I’m North African Arab. After seeing what the Tanzanians did to the Arabs of Zanzibar, what mugabe did to the tribes who stood against him and what Idi Amin did to the Muslims? Guess I’m a Rhodesian now lads. Getting me FAL as we speak.
Dude the 1960s where so cool USA v Tree People /Vietnam Rhodesian bush war and AWESOME MUSIC Cold War Cuban Missle crisis The sun span around a bit First batman movie released I wish I was born in 1960
The Pill and Age of Aquarius insanity kind of ruined it though like the decade was very cool but it was clear a lot of demons were unleashed upon the world
@@evanf111og Actually the US supported them at the time, the reason they stopped was the war wearieness, most of the people that were fighting from their side were police officers being stretched extremely far. A political agreement had to be reached at some point, whether or not the US had anything to do with it.
Proud to be a Rhodesian. Proud of my countrymen and nation. Born in the country I love, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Raised on good, traditional British Morals, Values, Virtues, Kindness and Chivalry. The best of both worlds. Born to help the wildlife and animals of my blessed country. I will always be deeply grateful to Spirit/God for giving me this life. 💚💚🙏🏻🙏🏻🐾🐾🐘🐘🦁🦁🇿🇼🇿🇼🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@thebadstation8416 RHODESIA WAS ALWAYS a kind good country and Godly but the globest countries of western Europe UK and USA distory Ed know they distorying their own countries.
@TheBadStation You are American, right? I can understand your point. Yes, some of us were radical extremists. But many of us were kind and generous people. I support a Zimbabwe where all people, regardless of whether we are black or white can thrive. A country built on Loving Kindness, Compassion, Unity, Peace and Friendship for all living beings. A country where our wildlife and national parks continue to thrive, the people are happy and our economy flourishes. A new Jewel and breadbasket of Africa and a wildlife capital/haven of the African continent. Even now, zanu pf is dying and a new, benevolent, good government is waiting to take over and transform our country. Don't worry. It will be done.
These are the correct lyrics, not the crap everyone else been posting. It's a long way to Mukumbura It's a long way to jol It's a long way from your hometown But you can have yourselves a ball With your muckers 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 trout is biting there It's a long way to Kariba It's a long way to run It's a long way from Makuti But you can do it on your THUMB With your FN We love our Sergeant Major, when he drives an RL When he takes it on those bush roads, 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 could gooi it to the North Pole, But they'd build one just the same with the parade square We all dig the starpies, haircuts and the graze And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase For the Mortars Action, disarm look again They're so loud For the Blues Changa to echo base Homing call required over Chopper come home, chopper come home For the Instructors One check your rear aperture Two move your working force to the rear For the Greys You fool private the tails at the back For Signals Hello two this is one over Hello, one this is one too are you one two? For the Medics This water cannot be drunk until it has been passed by the M.O For the Cops No madam that’s not what we use V-cars for You want the pest control vehicle For the RWS Ah, Becky, I can't make up my mind Whether to wear the green or blue eyeshadow To weapons training today For INTAF Now you chaps are expected to be keeping this keep As it should be kept The keep does not keep itself For the Engineers That’s not a flocculent You idiot that’s the soap powder It's a long way to Mukumbura It's a long way to jol It's a long way from your home town But you can have yourselves a ball With your muckers 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 It’s a Long Way to Mukumbura, by Mike Westcott and Leprechaun. This 1977 song was set to the music of “It’s a long way to Tipperary”. It rose to #2 on the Rhodesian hit music charts.
Rhodesia built an incredible civilization with a stable currency, a thriving economy, plenty of industry and agriculture, airports, railroads, paved streets, hospital schools universities, plenty of clean, running water lots of electricity with air conditioning, fully stocked grocery store shelves plenty of petrol at all the filling stations no trash on the sidewalks no graffiti on the buildings and then suddenly everything collapsed and turn to shit. I wonder what happened.
In ZimmShithole today, the big news is the government has to spend money going door-to-door, giving cholera shots because of the outbreak In related story a quarter of the homes throughout the countryside do not have indoor toilets so they drink water where they shit causing more disease Because they threw out the entrepreneur class they’re now in a drought and they’re having to beg the international community for cash Amazing how we went from Rhodesia, which was self sufficient and an exporter of food to an importer of food and 163rd in the world ranking Millions are starving so the government is having to give out packages of maize to try to keep them alive 😂 ZimmGhetto is now $18 billion in the hole The healthcare system is $12 billion in debt and the system is crumbling. Hospitals are in crisis, and the food situation is so bad even Rwanda is having to bring in grain to try to keep people alive. 😂😂 Rwanda !!!! Mugabi‘s Chinese buddies are so corrupt they’re being thrown out of the country officially and did I mention there’s another serial murderer in ZimmGhetto? Mbare- the locals are so stupid they see the toilets are completely blocked, but they continue to use them spilling raw sewage all over the bathroom floors which runs into the living room into the kitchen spreading more disease Big cause of death is still HIV Interest rates at 20% means nobody can afford to finance anything and yes, the American dollar is the unofficial currency in ZimmGhetto The idiots invented stories about the British arresting people keeping them and refusing to release them 🙄🙄 but the truth is this government is so bad right now they’ve got nearly 100 protesters locked away for months. It’s so bad amnesty international has intervened to try to get the government to do the right thing .
Honestly, this song is great. I get that it's a parody of "It's a long way to Tipperary", but I think that this is better than that. The weird, crude rock style of it, and the pretty natural/organic sounding lyrics make me this a joy to listen too. Good job Comrade Toad Toast! :)
@@ToadToastGreetings fellow comrade! In all seriousness, it's very nice to meet you, and you did a really good job with making this song high quality. Very well done!
Teenagers who idolize Rhodesia aren't any better than Teenagers who idolize Communist regimes. Both the Commies and the Rhodesians had a sort of charm about them, which is why teenagers who are desperate to seem cool and be accepted by others gravitate towards them. Unfortunately, fighting for freedom against oppression isn't always as charming and endearing as the entities that they fight.
More than most Rhodies would. Tens of thousands were "taking the gap" every year by the late 1970s. The eight RR battalions went from being all white units to being largely black as a result. Don't be so over dramatic.
@@markaxworthy2508although I think it’s widely agreed that “Zimbabwe” would be better if it was still Rhodesia, you unfortunately get some children such as this who get too caught up in nationalism and it leads to comments like this.
@@2ndcomingofFritz This is something of a theme on the US extreme Right. Ten years ago their fetish was the Waffen-SS. Today it is the all-white RLI. The White kid who massacred Black churchgoers had a Rhodesian flag sewn on his camouflage. There are videos about the "Rhodesian" FAL rifle and about Rhodesian "brushstroke" camouflage. (I never heard anyone refer to "brushstroke" camouflage out there.) They are often inventing a Rhodesia that never existed to fit with their own existing prejudices. Materially Zimbabweans might well have been better off under Rhodesian rule today, but under Rhodesia the 95% of the population who are Black would still have no prospect of social and political betterment, so they would still have widely opposed it.
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My favorite part about this song is how every part of lyricism and melody sounds like a squad of Rhodesian soldiers found an electric guitar on the march and made this at the side of the road
I've heard that the "It's just like going to he-eaven" is because their sergeant was listening in while they were recording
@@HighLordComedian lmao
Its a long way to timppeary (the OG) was a march
@@mrllamaton1873 no shit
@@mrllamaton1873 the og was its a long way to tipperary?? which was about an irishman in london
The subtlety and self depreciation of English humor coupled with the catchiness of the riff makes it better every time you hear it. I'm quite amazed.
500%
Deprecation *
Rhodesian*
@@San_Jose69Rhodesians were from England
@@theirritatingsatsuma5571 and the Netherlands, they were Boers like the south Africans, just with a bit more English influence
this is the closest thing to the rock version of "Its a long way to TIpperary"
It is.
It is.
Perhaps.
@@joachimhupe4018 It is a version of it that is in rock, but it isn't about Tipperary.
yeah
Its difficult to explain to people when I tell them my mother was born in Rhodesia
Once a Rhodesian always a Rhodesian.
imagine rhodesia today,
@@MsZsc Just imagine any successful African country, and it wasn’t rushed while working to change social order.
@@omiheaddev7090 Reading more about Rhodesia, it made me realize that it was pretty much the US but the demographics are reversed. It was certainly no South Africa as apartheid was a catastrophe waiting to happen.
Here's the story of Rhodesia a land both fair and great
Dude I love the Rhodesian countryball with the sunglasses! I would give this video a hundred thumbs up if I could!
Thanks man, i appreciate it.
@@ToadToast Are you supposed to be a Lumi if she was a country ball
@@enclave1165 Well, not really, but it does looks like so. I put this pfp because of my first video, i made that furry finlandball as a joke, back then i didn't even know Lumi existed.
We’ve got you Mukka
Somewhat ironically, wearing sunglasses was seen as effete by most Rhodesian military personnel. And ordinary citizens, come to think of it. Would've likely got you a lot of 'Oh look at Mr Hollywood here' type of comments.
I miss Rhodesia.
I miss RHODESIA also and im not even fron there.
@@shoorakhamis3904so real
Go to Israel then, the parallels are mind blowing
Petition to make "Afrikaner rock" a genre
Go on...
Soon, after SA falls, hopefully
@@yonker1219 So are Australians. But it makes all the difference.
Petition to give Africa to Afrikaners.
Best idea I've heard today
This cool song honestly seems like something from alternate history, like it shouldn't exist but does. It's so interesting on every level from cultural to linguistic and it sounds awesome too!
Yes this is so true!!!
@@jacobbuxton932 Indeed!
The entire Rhodesian war feels exactly like that the more you study it, honestly.
@@TheGreatDanishYeah the Bush War is interesting, one of the wars of unsung heroes
@@super-kamarigaming7907 they lost tho
Grab your FALs lads, we have a job to do
And R4s
A few Colt SP-1s wouldn't hurt
Oh, also Lee Enfields, can't forget those
Is a G3 ok?
@@mikek5322 yes
@@KolchakReincarnated16-11 Then I'm in!
0% Lamborghini
0% Money
0% Naked Women
30% FN FAL
30% Rhodesia
40% Mukumbura
100% Short pants 🩳
@@ritonbalayeur4002 rhoddie short shorts 🤤
@@dude34150 ayoo
@@PabloRodriguez-oc7ss i own like 4 pair
Relatable
Zimbabwe...don't you mean.... *OCCUPIED RHODESIA??????*
As a Black American. I feel like Ian Smith is the good guy. This man didn't do anything wrong, Mugabe lead a Genocide of White Farmers and other Black Tribes
@@antonishedsp2036 Rhodesia was by no means perfect when it came to equality, But it was no where near as bad as the Apartheid Monster of South Africa that it is often grouped with.
@@antonishedsp2036 The blacks in Rhodesia had more rights than those in the United States of America at the time, as they could become officers. They couldn't yet vote, but that was planned to come through eventually, rather than being quickly forced on an unready and uneducated populace.
@@Jupiter__001_ aside from the fact that everything you said is a complete lie, blacks couldn’t own land in Rhodesia, they could in America, blacks couldn’t vote in Rhodesia, they could in America, the civil rights act passed July second 1964, Rhodesia capitulated in April of 1980.
@@TH-camdoesntneedhandles I already mentioned voting. I think black African tribes could own land, but not individuals. And again, blacks could not be military officers in the US, whereas there were black officers in the Rhodesian Army. Also, there was no segregation of public services in Rhodesia afaik.
Total respect from this old Aussie ex veteran, good bloody bush soldiers
Canzuk.... For the future...
@@rat_king- im American but im part Canadian I say no
@@mr.g6962 iNdEpEnDaNcE or Empire your choice
@@mr.g6962 to form an economic union in similar vein to the EU would hugely benefit Canada NZ and Australia more than the UK, its not the imperial federation, we're not going to unite into one country, you an American anyway, the effect on you wouod be negligable at most
@@iknowsomestuff3209 i mean we all need it. uk left the eu, canada is too reliant on america, and china seems like it has a bit much influence on australia and nz
Rhodesia had its fair share of problems, it was still miles ahead of the hellhole that is Zimbabwe. 37 years of Robert Mugabe.
The only problem with Rhodesia is that it wasn't majority White
Turn out giving uneducated people the right to vote can be detrimental. Populism, the rule of majority is just mob rule. Gang rape is technically democracy. That why democracy need a filter for voting right. Not that i'm supporting racism but back then, only landowner could vote, you need people who have a long term stake in the game for it to work, otherwise, everyone will just drive the country down like it a rental and acting in their own interest without regard for the collective. For Rhodesia, pretty much all the landowning farmer are white, so being white act as a filter.
@@brigantiasmemerepository6439No wonder why it failed
White Bri'ish people thinking they can do anything in a land that it isnt theirs
Fuck Rhodesia
What did they use in Zimbabwe for light before the candle?
Electricity.
Long live Rhodesia.
Lol ye
Yeah Mugabe kinda dropped the ball on that one
@@madsharkz8640 If not Mugabe it would have been someone else. Zimbabwe relied on the Rhodesian government to maintain order, and a healthy economy. When Rhodesia fell it created a power vaccum that only a ruthless dictator could fill. Like it or not; colonization was the only thing keeping Africa from imploding.
@@roninski3638 Yeah, you’re right. It’s like a game of hot potato, someone will end up with it and it ain’t gonna be good. It was kind of a lose lose situation, either way someone had to deal with it
Say that shit to the native zimbabweans
This actually sounds like a professionally made song about a soldier and it’s nearly a perfect parody of its a long way to Tipperary lol love it
It's a real Rhodesian song that was #2 in Rhodesia during the war
Meanings:
Mukkas: Means friend. It is derived from English slang term ‘mucker’, which means the same thing.
Tot siens: Means ‘goodbye’ in Afrikaans.
JOC: Joint Operations Centre.
Ek se: A popular Afrikaans catchphrase added to the end of any sentence. Very popular among young Rhodesians in the mid 70’s. Ultimately meaningless.
Mont Claire: Popular hotel in Rhodesia, later the target of an attack by ZANLA guerrillas.
FN: It's an abbreviation for ‘Fabrique Nationale’ , which is a prolific arms manufacturing company from Belgium. In this case, FN means FN FAL, a famous battle rifle which was a standard equipment of Rhodesian Security Forces at the time.
RL: Bedford RL is a military utility truck at the time used by the RSF.
Kwai it to the North Pole: Blow it to the North Pole, eg. blow it to smithereens. Kwai, used as verb, is a reference to the 50’s movie The Bridge on the River Kwai, where an Allied commando is tasked with destroying a railway bridge.
The Parade Square: The parade square at the Llewelyn Barracks, a military base near the Bulawayo city.
Graze: Rhodesian slang for food.
Lekker: Lekker is South African/Rhodesian slang for ‘ood’ or ‘attractive’.
Blues: Nickname for the Rhodesian Air Force.
Greys: Most likely refering to Greys Scouts.
RWS: Rhodesian Woman’s Services.
Credits: genius.com/Mike-westcott-and-leprechaun-its-a-long-way-to-mukumbura-lyrics
Corrected Lyrics:
It's a long way to Mukumbura
It's a long way to jol
It's a long way from your hometown
But you can have yourselves a ball
With your muckers
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 trout is biting there
It's a long way to Kariba
It's a long way to run
It's a long way from Makuti
But you can do it on your THUMB
With your FN
We love our Sergeant Major, when he drives an RL
When he takes it on those bush roads, 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 could gooi it to the North Pole, But they'd build one just the same with the parade square
We all dig the starpies, haircuts and the graze
And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase
For the Mortars
Action, disarm look again
They're so loud
For the Blues
Changa to echo base
Homing call required over
Chopper come home, chopper come home
For the Instructors
One check your rear aperture
Two move your working force to the rear
For the Greys
You fool private the tails at the back
For Signals
Hello two this is one over
Hello, one this is one too are you one two?
For the Medics
This water cannot be drunk until it has been passed by the M.O
For the Cops
No madam that’s not what we use V-cars for
You want the pest control vehicle
For the RWS
Ah, Becky, I can't make up my mind
Whether to wear the green or blue eyeshadow
To weapons training today
For INTAF
Now you chaps are expected to be keeping this keep
As it should be kept
The keep does not keep itself
For the Engineers
That’s not a flocculent
You idiot that’s the soap powder
It's a long way to Mukumbura
It's a long way to jol
It's a long way from your home town
But you can have yourselves a ball
With your muckers
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
At 3:20, “for the techs” is incorrect. It should be “for INTAF”. INTAF were in charge of the keeps.
@@NateOhHai Thanks for the correction
Ek sê means “I say” in Afrikaans and ja was used at the ends of sentences
@Harald Turkstra I know. I said ek sê was used at the end of sentences not ja.
It is not Jawl, it is Jol. It means party.
As a white Zimbabwean ( formerly Rhodesian ) of British descent, I give this two thumbs up. Epic Song! 💚💚🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼
Thanks mate for this.💯👏🏼💯👏🏼👍🏻
Don’t worry.
We’ll be back and Rhodesia will prosper
As a Dunterio living in my Homeland, Coyorsland, I wish the best to the Afrikaners as we all share a Common Heritage
Former rhodesian? Huh? u realise the country u were born in doesnt impact ur ethnicity?
@@visegradi You choose your Ethnicity my Friend, as long as you have lived in the country you want to call your homeland for most your life. I live the Sultanate of Oman but I identify as Dunterio not Australian or Omani (I'm Originally Australian)
@@visegradi lol the country is now called Zimbabwe.
Formerly known as Rhodesia.
They specifically talked about their English heritage.
What are you going on about?
Mukumbura was a Rhodesian Army base on the Moçambique border.
Rhodesia will always stay in our hearts, brothers
Where is Germany? In Europe
Where is China? In Asia
Where is Rhodesia? Right here❤️
@@antonishedsp2036 That was SA, Rhodesia was a lot different than that. The first word in Rhodesian is Rhodes, the last word in Rhodesian is Ian.
@@antonishedsp2036 well hey they fixed it and look how good they are doing now
@@antonishedsp2036 "The Rhodesians sympathized with Hitler during World War II."
I think you mixed up Boers with the Rhodesians (not all Boers of course, there were lots of them who protested against the South African intervention in the war and the Jewish refugees coming to SA, take Verwoerd as an example). This statement of yours makes me believe you are deeply uninformed or just an internet troll.
We're all Rhodesian now.
I'm pretty sure the line is "and the trout is biting there" not "the crowd's fighting there". Nynanga is known for its trout fishing.
You're definitely correct, after listening on my TV's 5.1 sound system I can concur.
Girls in gym: what is guys listening to? Probably heavy metal or hard rock
Boys: no its abouth Depression
Mens: ITS A LONG WAY TO MUKUMBURA!
I was listening to music once in school last year
One of the girls asked me if Iam listening to phonk
One of the boys said it was probably techno or like that
But of course they were wrong, I was listening to Metro soundtracks
I mean why should I listen to phonk or techno when Iam reading a (Metro) book??
No lie, i do listen to this in the gym....+20 strength
My grandfather was in the British South Africa Police. My other folks served as police reservists. This country produced some of the greatest souls and heroes of our country. To this day, we have the most spectacular wildlife, stunning natural beauty and kind, generous people. Bloody proud of this, my country.
The people are the best part of SA🇿🇦
Pretty sure if someone posted an ad for "Join the rhodesian liberation army today!." a LOT of people would gladly join.
Like the Area 51 raid, but in Zimbabwe
@@Trig_tig Occupied rhodesia*, and as an argentinian with an unhealty obsession with fal's and 70's gear i would very gladly liberate it.
@@somefurryguy1811 me too, i'm italian btw, so we have probably some ancenstors in common
Nah. Most people would say "What's Rhodesia?" and those that knew and talk tough shit on TH-cam/Forum sites would just sit in their room and daydream about being a bad ass soldier and refuse to uproot themselves from their cozy 1st-World life of relatively little stress and doritos.
@@sweetnex3816 Unfit = Meat shields, ez.
I always thought it was "and the trout is biting there," both as a metaphor and because there's three trout dams in Inyanaga.
Had a few drinks with the RLI boys in Australia on ANZAC Day couple years back, hard Muzak’s eh? Respect!
As a white Zimbabwean, I can say Rhodesia had its brilliant points as well as its flaws. We had a good, prosperous, well-run, well-lead, successful nation. A good, noble and kind people with a good, courageous leader. To this day, I am proud of my nation and countrymen. However the way we treated the blacks was deeply unfair and wrong. Rhodesia is gone now. We should have integrated the Africans into our government along with us whites. Creating an equal country for all. Blacks and Whites United. However, I have a dream that Zimbabwe will rise again. It will, mark my words. A Wildlife Capital and Breadbasket of Africa once again. Successful, prosperous and free. A land Built on Loving Kindness, Compassion, Unity, Tolerance and Friendship for all living Beings and people. A land where our wildlife and national parks continue to thrive, the people are happy and the country one of the richest in Africa again. Zanu PF will fall. We the people will rise. All of Zimbabwe, both human and animal will be happy, healthy, loved and protected. It is coming. It will be done. Amen. 💚💚🇿🇼🇿🇼🐾🐾
It's nice to see your perspective, and i definitely agree.
Or you could do what israel is doing today
@@johndalton3781 or the US.
@Kristina Indriliunaite Notice! To the right wing extremists from the USA and beyond who likely will reply to my comment, I will politely say your ideals are no longer tolerated here. Your beliefs are fast dying out. We Rhodesians fought against hate and the nazis so you wouldn't find a place here even if Rhodesia still existed and would be kicked out of my country as what happened to US extremist Harold Covington. You will find most white Zimbabweans and South Africans today deeply opposed to your hateful dogma. Yes, I am proud to be white. I do not support woke ideologies. I may be no liberal. But I firmly believe with all my heart that Loving-Kindness, Unity and Tolerance is the only way for humanity to evolve and move forward. All people and beings are equally important, all deserving of kindness, compassion and respect. You may not like it but it's the truth. Please either evolve and change for the better or die off. The choice is yours.
@Toad Toast Thank you very much mate! Really appreciated. My Pleasure 🙏🙏
"What kind of music do you like"
"o any ki-"
ITS A LONG WAY
Love it! Man, it brings back the days of my youth.
are you rhodesian?
Probably the best one among the many versions you could find on TH-cam!
Punk so underground it's from a country that doesn't even exist
@@sswinterwulf Clearly nobody ever told them that.
Not anymore
Well unfortunately it’s just occupied at the moment
Alr well since you don't know some basics im sorry to say but Africa is not a country it's a continent :/
@@masonchristensen1392 Rhodesia's not a country either, thank God.
Great song! Thanks for organising this. "And we really scheme it's lekker"!
I have currently zero knowledge on what exactly the country of Rhodesia was, but they sure got some bangers.
Zimbabwe when it was named Rhodesia was under control of the British
Zimbabwe but better
Only successful African country
@@darrendavies5704*for white people
Like South Africa but smaller
1.Fn Fal
2.Shorts
3.Fn mag
4.Jungle hat
*tactical rhodesian infantry man
5. Sunglasses (optional)
Rhodesians never die!
Mugabe be like:
"Damn, guess Rhodesians never die, because they're certainly not up here!"
@@genbab6989 yeah cause the man who ordered the murders of 30,000 of his black countrymen in the 80s definitely went to heaven. Even if you hate Rhodesia you must admit that Mugabe brutalized the people of his country
Hail russia
@@matthew1882 and the whole making it weimar Germany in 2 milliseconds
@@genbab6989 dont you mean down?
This almost sounds like the intro to a MASH or Hogan's Heroes style show. And I Really wish there was one.
Rhodesian M*A*S*H would be awesome
I love Hogans heroes
Rhodesia never dies but mugabe did
@@Hermaeusmora5042he said that
Absolutely gorgeous vision with very high quality!
Long live Rhodesia, Rhodesians never die!
Robert Mugabe in heaven thinking Rhodesians never die because there are not any up there
@Cpt.Frost “It is the Communists Who Think Like Christians” - Pope Francis
Idk sounds like the communists are getting into heaven.
@Cpt.Frost White supremacism is one hell of drug isn´t it ?
@@The_Corridor67 dont think he went to heaven either waht with all that corruption
The one and only soliders in short shorts. Sporting an arms embargoed SLR from Sth Africa.
The 70s fond memories
were you in the Rhodesian army?
@@rowengarcia3852 As I am too young despite being well into my 50s and never been to Rhodesia. My dad was in the British army during this period and we were fully aware what was happening over there as it was in news a lot. Also a lad at school was born in Salisbury now Harare and he told me what it like during the Bush War.
Rhodesian booty shorts got me doing the unthinkable
Cringe
What ?
It got you thinking of Rhodesian independence aren't they?
@@patrickbasedman9074 your username is more cringe
@@vercot7000 no
How did you find a high quality recording of this song???
I found it on this video: th-cam.com/video/YJIC3VHm63k/w-d-xo.html
Higher quality music than what they got today...
Yes music has gust gone down lately that is why I only listen to these types of music
Music was good up until mid 90´s after that mostly shit, and covers
It's not "jawl", it's "jol". Afrikaans slang for a party.
Am I the only one who likes the "That’s not a flocculent idiot, It’s a soap powder" part?
PS: Nice upload and art, m8!
PS²: Mugabe is dead.
yeah some of those quotes are pretty funny, thanks for the compliments.
@@ToadToast 3:13: Blue eyeshadow would probably generate suspicions of domestic abuse.
@@nazarderkach9320 Well, i don't think all of them are funny, that one is probably the worst one.
Me too
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH BOAAH
No clue what the fuck a "Rhodesia" is but i hear they wear booty-shorts and use FN-FALs and as a Florida-man that shits based
If you say Rhodesia is actually Zimbabwe to someone from Rhodesia, they will never talk to you again.
@@gloriousblobber9647 guess the truth hurts lol
@@ephraimboateng5239 It’s still called Rhodesia
I cant express how much i love this.
Ask my neigbourss, or their neigbours.
We all love this song. 🥲
@@Secondaire_Certifie :')
Where you have down "For the Techs" it's actually "For INTAF", INTAF being Internal Affairs
I mean this is based off of a Rhodesian recording i think so...
@@masonchristensen1392 yup. And it's about INTAF because they operated out of "keeps"
Proud of our neighbouring brother Rhodesia. Greetings from Suid afrika.
Baie lekker vlag aan jou profile pic, salute (jammer vir my afrikaanse, this is currently the best I can do)
Love this video and the art. Although at 1:06 I hear "trout is biting there".
Never gonna un-hear that. It sounds too perfect.
That's because that's exactly what it says, Nyanga is known for its trout fishing.
oh fuck its really there
It is that exactly. Nyanga is well know for the trout fishing that's why it's mentioned
@@georgehunter7788 Troutbeck hotel 😅
We makin it outta Salisbury with this one🔥🔥🔥
based af
Caught in 4k
@@kainelucky1227 what's good chief
holy shit its jeph
Yo what's your pfp symbolism? I recognize ortho cross, alpha and omega, but what's the context? Where is this from
" *translate to english (by google)* "
Virgin Zimbabwe and Mugabe vs Chad Rhodesia and Ian Smith
Real
I honestly would say both where shit. You got the racist, Rhodesia and you got the communist emo boy, Zimbabwe
real talk Mugabe was based 😂😂😂 RIP big guy
@@anonman3707he made everyone into trillionaires
@@anonman3707edgy 13 year old sees lil dark age edit on youtube shorts, gets politically radicalised
Gets better everytime I hear it.
I think that, the 1st time I heard it I thought it was meh, and after that it just got better and now I fucking love it
wtf this aint actually bad
Subtitle mistake at 0:18 ,it should be “but you can have yourselves a ball”, not “but you can have yourself a ball”
Out of curiosity, are they’re any small communities of people who identify as Rhodesian to this day, I know there are still whites living in Zimbabwe but I don’t know enough about them to make an assessment.
After the bush war a lot of white rhodesians left the country, some of them still identify as rhodesian and what not
I've met a few Rhodesian online, from TH-cam comments or Twitter. They are grizzled wise men just getting by and surviving
Robert Mugabe was dictator of Zimbabwe for over 37 years. The smart thing to have done was to pack up everything in 1980, leave, and never look back. It is hard to lose your home to barbarians, but reality is a bitch. Sometimes you just have to accept that it has come to an end.
3:27 Is he saying "it's not deflocculant, it's the soap powder"? What were the Engineers using deflocculant for?
Vehicle repair I bet, sodium silicate products and other such things are used as sealant for metal cracks.
Rhodesia never dies! ✊
Except in 1979 lmao
@@joemiller947*1980
This country was showing promising signs. It really is sad that it was destroyed
God must have foreseen a "modern" Rhodesia would have legalized gay marriage or such and allowed the revolution to happen
@@seronymus No and the Rhodesian male was and is not gay we were against that.
@@fionasmith6868 I know Fiona, certainly, I'm not trying to trash anyone. What my point is that God always intends a silver lining even if we can't see it. Look at the global stats - "developed" countries don't usually do well with faith and tradition and other good values. Of course there are exceptions but you need to look at everything.
@@seronymus we were a good country we had very high standards the country in the world there is still white Rhodesian in Zimbabwe today the global countries of the west with China Russia are to blame most Britain and South Africa and what they did to us they doing to there own countries and people.
im tired of being non white, im tired of being suicidal and depressed, im tired of being a online racism victim, if god exists then why didnt he made me white
Petition to Bring back Rhodesia as a Country
my brother in christ what is your profile picture
@@gort8687 it's a Waffen SS Division Wojak, what else would it be?
Edit: or at least, it used to be
@@Dr.Goldstein bro 🤨
@@gort8687 This this is why we cant have nice things aye
@@Dr.Goldstein Ah nice, at least you aren’t pretending you aren’t a white supremacist
Not only is this my girlfriend's favorite song, it played during a stream of BF5, last mission of the first mini-campaign.
i believe that was "It's a Long Way to Tipperary"
@@Ginnpis yeah I did more research.
Because girls like being white supremacists
what
I love Rhodesia even though I come from a country as distant as Poland. Rodesia history and how you were betrayed reminds the story of my own country. I've never even been to Africa, but I wish I could see Rhodesia again.
@@RD-qz1fm have you ever been to Poland?
@@RD-qz1fm Whats wrong with that?
@@RD-qz1fm you cannot be black and european.
@@RD-qz1fmHopefully this October election will improve Poland
@@youtubesangryopinionramble1465 yeah it improved it so much that Poles are now protesting the new PM and government
Criminally Underviewed. Masterpiece.🔥🔥🔥
The guitar sounds like something from British punk.
Probably because they were British territory?
@@SiPakRubah I think under the Rhodesian UDI they officially separated from England. However, that doesn't mean they wouldn't be influenced by their music which was coming out at the same time they were fighting. Keep in mind the same language and culture can have an influence.
@@schizoidboy Like I said, they "were".
@@SiPakRubah Sorry, miss the verb there, if I got my grammar right.
Well the Bush War was winding up in the mid to late 70’s just as punk was becoming a thing.
this song is one of my favorites man i have it on my playlist
13,104.5 km, the distance between Tipperary and Mukumbura
That's quite a long way
Gotta roll those "Rs" - very cool!
Make Zimbabwe Rhodesia again.
you mean Rohbabwe
Want a free FAL? Wanna go on adventures?
Impboy 2637
On discord. Sorry for the three messages it censors it if I put it together. Serious btw
0% zimbabwe
0% british
0% north
50% south
50% rhodesian
Average Zimbabwe Fan vs Average Rhodesia Enjoyer
I doubt there are any Zimbabwe fans out there except for citizens of Zimbabwe....
@@fallaciousfirm2524 commies and delusional "anti racists" are zimbabwe fan. Everything isnt black and white im a brown guy from a colonised country and rhodesia is so facinating to me cause it was much better under the whites. But many people deny it just for the sake of fighting against big bad colonialism.
I’m North African Arab. After seeing what the Tanzanians did to the Arabs of Zanzibar, what mugabe did to the tribes who stood against him and what Idi Amin did to the Muslims?
Guess I’m a Rhodesian now lads. Getting me FAL as we speak.
Idi Amin was musilm
@@MasontheRedman he was an ape and belived in witchcraft.
Please keep out. Thank you.
@@بُطُرسحَسَّانAnd what about the fact that arabs enslaved the peoples in zanzibar and such?
Yeah buddy, Irish Descendants: Come out you Black and Tans.
Let's liberate Rhodesia, boys!
I’m not a big fan of short shorts but I’m in . ⚡️⚡️
@@andysemitic4456 don't worry, we'd be alot more modern
It's a long way to mukimbura I Remember it when I was 20 years old in the Rhodesian engineers as a sapper laying AP mines
TH-cam has outdone themselves with this recommendation, I'm so lost, confused, and happy.
Dont really like Rhodesia revisionists or Mugabe fanboys that much for that matter, but I sure as hell like this song
Same here, i'm a Muzorewa kinda guy
"Revisionists" lmao
revisionists lol
The commies are by far the worst revisionists here, as usual.
Oh boy the revisionists
Everyone else when there is a revolution: *cries profusely*
Angloids: *makes a jolly song for it*
The Land of God shall live on forever in our hearts
Amen, brother
cope
@@firebird4491
>Cope
Stay cope goober
@Niemand Keiner It's rather self explanatory.
@@firebird4491 average race traitor sherman pfp
i cant stop listening to this
Based
Dude the 1960s where so cool USA v Tree People /Vietnam
Rhodesian bush war and AWESOME MUSIC
Cold War
Cuban Missle crisis
The sun span around a bit
First batman movie released
I wish I was born in 1960
The Pill and Age of Aquarius insanity kind of ruined it though like the decade was very cool but it was clear a lot of demons were unleashed upon the world
Yea I same I loved when a bunch of 19 year olds where killed in a jungle during a pointless war!
Damn I loved it when the world was on the brink of total nuclear annihilation!
Very sad that they lost the war in reality...
But they will always be winners in our hearts!
"The winning cause pleased the gods, the lost cause pleased Cato"
they won. they just ran out of recorces, if the us never put sanctions of them they would still exist
@@evanf111og Refer to my comment above - ugh.
@@evanf111og Actually the US supported them at the time, the reason they stopped was the war wearieness, most of the people that were fighting from their side were police officers being stretched extremely far. A political agreement had to be reached at some point, whether or not the US had anything to do with it.
@@gloriousblobber9647 what about all the trade embargos
nice art btw
thanks, i like this ball too
Proud to be a Rhodesian. Proud of my countrymen and nation. Born in the country I love, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Raised on good, traditional British Morals, Values, Virtues, Kindness and Chivalry. The best of both worlds. Born to help the wildlife and animals of my blessed country. I will always be deeply grateful to Spirit/God for giving me this life. 💚💚🙏🏻🙏🏻🐾🐾🐘🐘🦁🦁🇿🇼🇿🇼🇬🇧🇬🇧
kindness? if yall were kind yall would never hav had to leave
@@thebadstation8416 RHODESIA WAS ALWAYS a kind good country and Godly but the globest countries of western Europe UK and USA distory Ed know they distorying their own countries.
@@fionasmith6868 You can't spell for crap. Must be the Rhodesian education.
@@thebadstation8416 can spell nothing wrong with Rhodesia education made mistake writing as l was getting off the train.
@TheBadStation You are American, right? I can understand your point. Yes, some of us were radical extremists. But many of us were kind and generous people. I support a Zimbabwe where all people, regardless of whether we are black or white can thrive. A country built on Loving Kindness, Compassion, Unity, Peace and Friendship for all living beings. A country where our wildlife and national parks continue to thrive, the people are happy and our economy flourishes. A new Jewel and breadbasket of Africa and a wildlife capital/haven of the African continent. Even now, zanu pf is dying and a new, benevolent, good government is waiting to take over and transform our country. Don't worry. It will be done.
RHODESIA NEVER DIES
3:34 Just a time stamp for the music after the “for the lines” for future me.
Been 1 year now
@@Better_Clean_Than_Green a year later and i still use the time stamp
I didn't know Alan Partridge sang such a banger.
Son of a coloured Zimbabwean (rhodesian) and German. I always enjoy my holidays back in the motherland
I refuse to say the Z word
well mugabe certainly is a long way from mukumbura
This needs to be a required video for every TH-cam watcher to well watch
(Edit) damn this shit got numbers.
I’d much rather watch Arkan not giving a damn ;)
@@milansemberac9995 HVALA TI ARKANE
These are the correct lyrics, not the crap everyone else been posting.
It's a long way to Mukumbura
It's a long way to jol
It's a long way from your hometown
But you can have yourselves a ball
With your muckers
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 trout is biting there
It's a long way to Kariba
It's a long way to run
It's a long way from Makuti
But you can do it on your THUMB
With your FN
We love our Sergeant Major, when he drives an RL
When he takes it on those bush roads, 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 could gooi it to the North Pole, But they'd build one just the same with the parade square
We all dig the starpies, haircuts and the graze
And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase
For the Mortars
Action, disarm look again
They're so loud
For the Blues
Changa to echo base
Homing call required over
Chopper come home, chopper come home
For the Instructors
One check your rear aperture
Two move your working force to the rear
For the Greys
You fool private the tails at the back
For Signals
Hello two this is one over
Hello, one this is one too are you one two?
For the Medics
This water cannot be drunk until it has been passed by the M.O
For the Cops
No madam that’s not what we use V-cars for
You want the pest control vehicle
For the RWS
Ah, Becky, I can't make up my mind
Whether to wear the green or blue eyeshadow
To weapons training today
For INTAF
Now you chaps are expected to be keeping this keep
As it should be kept
The keep does not keep itself
For the Engineers
That’s not a flocculent
You idiot that’s the soap powder
It's a long way to Mukumbura
It's a long way to jol
It's a long way from your home town
But you can have yourselves a ball
With your muckers
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
It’s a Long Way to Mukumbura, by Mike Westcott and Leprechaun. This 1977 song was set to the music of “It’s a long way to Tipperary”. It rose to #2 on the Rhodesian hit music charts.
thanks, i legit was too lazy during all this time to change the lyrics on the description.
loved the song, still love all the veterans fought for Rhodesia, a country that will never die. love and support from hungary
Rhodesia built an incredible civilization with a stable currency, a thriving economy, plenty of industry and agriculture, airports, railroads, paved streets, hospital schools universities, plenty of clean, running water lots of electricity with air conditioning, fully stocked grocery store shelves plenty of petrol at all the filling stations no trash on the sidewalks no graffiti on the buildings and then suddenly everything collapsed and turn to shit.
I wonder what happened.
In ZimmShithole today, the big news is the government has to spend money going door-to-door, giving cholera shots because of the outbreak
In related story a quarter of the homes throughout the countryside do not have indoor toilets so they drink water where they shit causing more disease
Because they threw out the entrepreneur class they’re now in a drought and they’re having to beg the international community for cash
Amazing how we went from Rhodesia, which was self sufficient and an exporter of food to an importer of food and 163rd in the world ranking
Millions are starving so the government is having to give out packages of maize to try to keep them alive 😂
ZimmGhetto is now $18 billion in the hole
The healthcare system is $12 billion in debt and the system is crumbling. Hospitals are in crisis, and the food situation is so bad even Rwanda is having to bring in grain to try to keep people alive. 😂😂 Rwanda !!!!
Mugabi‘s Chinese buddies are so corrupt they’re being thrown out of the country officially and did I mention there’s another serial murderer in ZimmGhetto?
Mbare- the locals are so stupid they see the toilets are completely blocked, but they continue to use them spilling raw sewage all over the bathroom floors which runs into the living room into the kitchen spreading more disease
Big cause of death is still HIV
Interest rates at 20% means nobody can afford to finance anything and yes, the American dollar is the unofficial currency in ZimmGhetto
The idiots invented stories about the British arresting people keeping them and refusing to release them 🙄🙄 but the truth is this government is so bad right now they’ve got nearly 100 protesters locked away for months. It’s so bad amnesty international has intervened to try to get the government to do the right thing .
Getting ready to start getting everything ready for graduate school. My thesis is going to be on the Bush War, and so here I return.
RIP Ian Smith, may god rest his soul.
He's in hell
RIP
RIP
May the bastard rot in hell with Mugabe.
F
Girl: its me or rhodesia?
Me after 1 minute:
i want my pc to automatically play this when i get a FAL in any game
God I hate how much I love Rhodesian music.
Honestly, this song is great. I get that it's a parody of "It's a long way to Tipperary", but I think that this is better than that. The weird, crude rock style of it, and the pretty natural/organic sounding lyrics make me this a joy to listen too. Good job Comrade Toad Toast!
:)
thank you, tasty comrade.
@@ToadToastGreetings fellow comrade! In all seriousness, it's very nice to meet you, and you did a really good job with making this song high quality. Very well done!
Oh don't mind me. Just gonna put this into the "Fuck a bunch of communist bullshit" playlist.
Teenagers who idolize Rhodesia aren't any better than Teenagers who idolize Communist regimes. Both the Commies and the Rhodesians had a sort of charm about them, which is why teenagers who are desperate to seem cool and be accepted by others gravitate towards them. Unfortunately, fighting for freedom against oppression isn't always as charming and endearing as the entities that they fight.
I would happily die for Rhodesia
Rhodesians never die
More than most Rhodies would. Tens of thousands were "taking the gap" every year by the late 1970s. The eight RR battalions went from being all white units to being largely black as a result. Don't be so over dramatic.
@@markaxworthy2508although I think it’s widely agreed that “Zimbabwe” would be better if it was still Rhodesia, you unfortunately get some children such as this who get too caught up in nationalism and it leads to comments like this.
@@2ndcomingofFritz This is something of a theme on the US extreme Right. Ten years ago their fetish was the Waffen-SS. Today it is the all-white RLI. The White kid who massacred Black churchgoers had a Rhodesian flag sewn on his camouflage. There are videos about the "Rhodesian" FAL rifle and about Rhodesian "brushstroke" camouflage. (I never heard anyone refer to "brushstroke" camouflage out there.) They are often inventing a Rhodesia that never existed to fit with their own existing prejudices. Materially Zimbabweans might well have been better off under Rhodesian rule today, but under Rhodesia the 95% of the population who are Black would still have no prospect of social and political betterment, so they would still have widely opposed it.
@@markaxworthy2508There are still hundreds if not thousands of people who revere the ss unfortunately
@@2ndcomingofFritz Sad but true.