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- Traditional folk song by Adam Raeburn and Friends
"Twa recruiting sergeants came frae the Black Watch
Through markets and fairs, some recruits for to catch.
But all they enlisted was forty and twa
Sae, list my bonnie laddie and come awa with me
Chorus:
And it's over the mountain and over the Main,
Through Gibralter, to France and Spain.
Pit a feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt aboon your knee,
Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.
Oh laddie ye dinna ken the danger that yer in.
If yer horses was to gleg, or yer owsen was to rin,
That greedy ole farmer, he wouldna pay yer fee.
Sae list my bonnie laddie and come awa with me
Chorus
And its into the barn and out o' the byre,
That greedy ole farmer thinks ye never will tire.
It's a slavery job of low degree.
Sae list my bonnie laddie and come awa with me
Chorus
Yeah well laddie, do you have a sweetheart at home
Ye'll easily get rid of that ill-spun yarn
Twa rattles on the drum, and that'll set ye'free
Sae list my bonnie laddie and come awa with me"
Chorus
Ft. Ticonderoga was a boyhood destination for myself and my family. I remember my dad teaching me about courage and honor when we were standing at the plaque commemorating the march of the Black Watch on the fort and how they died to a man. For any wondering, my old man was an Army combat arms lifer. Love this track.
Years and years later, but I can’t find anything about the Black Watch (or the current regiment’s predecessors) fighting at Ticonderoga?
After the Highland Clearances, recruiting sergeants went into the Highlands to recruit in order to replace losses in the Crimean War (1854-6). They could barely raise a platoon. They were told, "You have preferred sheep to men. Let sheep defend you."
Hence, "all they listed wa forty and twa (42)". I am aware that the 42 also refers to the 42nd regiment of foot, which is artistic licence i'm sure. Great song though!
@@richardlongstaffe88 The Black Watch were raised to combat the Jacobites, unlikely many highlanders would've wanted to join them.
@@vostokcosomonaut5205 you would be surprised, the jacobite wars split families
@@vostokcosomonaut5205 horrific poverty makes people do all sorts
@@vostokcosomonaut5205
Laughs in clan campbell.
Pretty much the same in the US Army of 1866-1899. With desertion rates reaching to 20% it was a constant battle to fill the ranks of the 40 regiments. Recruiting Sgts. went into the big cities and signed up sober men by the hundreds, much to the delight of the local police who said nothing when they saw their regulars marching away, only to see them desert on the roads to their new assignments on the frontier.
I'm reminded of the War of 1812. An entire offensive simply didn't happen because the conscripts were too patriotic (not Patriotic) to attack their fellow British Subjects because an occupying government told them to.
@@KopperNeoman British soldiers werent conscripted. Unless you're talking about the US forces, dunno bout them.
also if correct 30 year reseccsion world econcmy
*SONS OF THE HOUNDS, COME 'ERE AND GET FLESH!*
I love seeing Mount and Blade references in random places xD
Classic Giles I mean,it's not THAT random.
With your tattie porin's and yer meal and kale,
Yer soor sowan' soorin's and yer ill-brewed ale,
Yer buttermilk, yer whey, and yer breid fired raw.
Sae list my bonnie laddie and come awa.
Thanks
Some songs are just as relevant as they were when they written. It's a good cautionary tale. Recruiting sergeants will promise you everything in the world to get you to sign on the line, but once you're in the army, your life isn't your own anymore and the government can do with you what it will.
lol I don't think anyone has ever been confused about that...
@Angelccyn King lmao imagine being such a fucking bootlicker you still genuinely believe soldiers protect freedom
But for many fresh soldiers this would still be better than what civilian life had to offer them. If you somehow manage to avoid death or mutilation in the heat of the battle, the rest was not that bad.
I went to the US Marines.I didn't care what that recruiter told me I wanted in.
@@greg_4201 clearly they are mate, being drafted and being part of the military are two different things that this twot has pieced together somehow,
40 greedy old farmers disliked this
So much better when you know the words
Here's a list of every "LADEE" I hear.
0:24
0:44
0:48
1:04
1:24
1:44
2:04
2:25
2:45
3:26
3:47
4:07
That's all.
I didn't know I needed this.
thats about 0.04 L/S (ladde per second)
It’s spelt “laddie”
Base word “lad” a male
Suffix “ie” small
Laddie, boy
@@unclecrusty5476 3 laddee a minute
Trashasian
The Secret Service needs you!!
It's songs like this that make me get pangs of consciousness for when I'm playing with real scale units of like 300 men in Napoleon Total War, and I order the blackwatch to charge enemy artillery alone.
I think of all the men who would have lived many a long year happily at home who are killed senselessly in a far away war for the king.
I have become death...
Fuck man, I haven't played TW in a long time. I miss that feel.
You have become dork
TW is awesome though
I almost hear come on come to war with me. Haunting.
My two pence, wonderful rendition, love Scottland, no doubt that there will be strife, but look forward to being welcomed home, nevertheless|
@Anglus Patria I don't quite understand what he means, can you translate it for me?
It is part of the "Liberty Monument" built in 1924 in Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. a bronze sculpture on a tiered granite base. The lower part of the sculpture depicts figures of a Native American, Frenchman, an American and one often mistakingly refered to as an Englishman (the figure is of a Black Watch Soldier) that symbolize the four groups whose military exploits are part of Ticonderoga's past.
600 of the regiment were killed/ wounded in the Battle of Ticonderoga July 8th 1758.
So fort Ticonderoga is named after them? The fort is in the US, built before their independence.
@@jimmyfiddlesticks337They died at Fort Ticonderoga a pre war of Independence war. Recruited after 1745 - Culloden
@@veenamishra8950 Hell of a late response.
@@jimmyfiddlesticks337 I just got this in my feed & weighed in. Had you already googled it?
@@veenamishra8950 I probably did in the last 4 years.
trumps pipes are playing
The Lyrics in the Description aren't accurate to this version of this song, but it is a version of it. I however prefer this this version of the song's lyrics to anything else. Here's are (at least to my ear) This song's iterations of lyrics.
Twa recruitin' sairgants cam frae the black watch,
Tae' markets and fairs some recruits for to catch,
An' a' that they listed was forty an' twa,
Oh list my bonnie laddie an' come, come awa,
Ch. - For it's over the mountains, and over the main,
It's Through Gibraltar tae France and Spain,
Get a feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt aboon your knee
Enlist me bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me
Oh laddie, yee dinna ken the danger that ye're in,
If your horses wis to fleg an' your ousen wis to rin.
This greedy auld fairmer winna pey your fee,
Enlist me bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me (Ch)
It is intae the barn an' oot o' the byre,
This greedy auld fairmer thinks ye'll never tire,
For it's a slavery job and a low degree,
Enlist me bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me. (Ch)
Wi your tatty poorin,s an' your meal an' kail,
Your soor sowen soorins an' your ill-brewed ale,
Yer buttermilk and whey, aye, your breid fired raw,
Enlist me bonnie laddie an' come come awa. (Ch)
Now, if ye've got a sweetheart an' bairn,
Ye'll easily get rid o' that ill-spun yarn,
Twa rattles o' the drum an that'll pey it a',
Enlist me bonnie laddie an' come awa.o
It's Lowland Scots, which is sometimes thought of as a dialect of English, though officially it's an entirely separate language.
A song of that era in the English of Southern England would sound much like it does today.
Here's what it would sound like: th-cam.com/video/tuebwSbdXDQ/w-d-xo.html
I actually speak scots
Although, both English and Scots have the same root language of Old English, probably where the confusion comes from
Does this mean I can say I am bilingual on my CV?
@@SvensHistoryLab that's awesome! The same Scots as Robert Burns?
@delamoxica
"Broadsword of the Black Watch, French & Indian War"
The Artist's name is Don Troiani
have fully combat highland broadsword
might be 77th highlander
you forgot montgermy 77th higlanders 78 fraiser higlander quebec 1759 77th 42nd in ohio country area and new york
Can't believe the number of people who say they can't understand the lyrics. I can understand them plain as day. Probably why I didn't get that job when interviewed by an American HR woman. English by the way!!
I can not but I read some in the description and it reminds me of the brave Scottish Highland regiments- past and modern units sacrificing their all for their country, some with nothing to lose (i.e. the Highland clearance victims who joined up or people who just want to have some of their Highland culture after the dress acts due to the Jacobite rebellions) and some with everything to lose (bold officers, people serving in the Coldstream guards, all kind's of heroic volunteers fighting for their king and country and all kinds of present-day people). But it may be confusing because it is not standard English outside of some non-low land and barely low-land parts of Scotland. It sounds like gibberish to me but still respect. Scotland forever!! Alba gu bràth! Rule Britannia (no offense if pro independence)!
Not far from how I speak either, and I live in the north of England.
I'm an American and I like your country more than my own right now
Those uniforms look really good.
Until the 20th century, the British Army did not resort to conscription, not even during the Napoleonic Wars. Recruiting sergeants or sometimes officers would often go to fairs in the countryside in their efforts to recruit, often targeting discontented or laid-off farm labourers. The "beating up for recruits" caricature, which looks like it dates from around the American War of Independence, gives the impression that potential recruits were farm labourers who were a bit on the simple side.
What of the Royal Navy?
@@wolfganghendery8298 press gangs
@@kincaidwolf5184 The lyrics do not suggest to me that the sergeants are trying to recruit city or town dwellers, more likely farm labourers.
@@robwinn6139 The Royal Navy had priority over the army and press gangs were authorised for it to find recruits, if necessary by force, although they did try for the most part to grab hold of experienced sailors to avoid the necessity for extensive training.
Other navies also resorted to press gangs - a Spanish sailor captured at Trafalgar was wearing a clown costume - it turned out he had dressed that way to attend a country fair in Spain and was seized and forcibly recruited into the Spanish navy, and they did not even bother issuing him replacement clothing.
Which leads to the hilariously ironic idea that while US government forces did in fact conscript fighting men, the Loyalist rebels they were fighting for their freedom (in their words) were a volunteer force motivated in no small part by patriotism.
that painting of 42 highlander pr 77th highlander ft ticonderoga or battle of bushy run one of the best 6 aug 1763. co boquet were on are way
Me, when my 100 ton warmachine gets nuked:
Great version.
It's all good music i have listened to both,....... Old folk songs have been used over the years used as templates for new ones by the song writing fraternity.. we in Ireland know this only too well..even some of your modern singers songs have crossed the water...Gordon Ligthfoots classic 'The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' was used to put life to by Bobby Sands who used the tune and structure to pen the song..... 'Back home in Derry'..... sung later byChristy Moore it's up on 'TH-cam!'
Forward the Forty-Twa!
Best version
Scotland forever
The gallant forty twa
Drummer 3:25 - 3:58 is Rowan Atkinson.
Not so obvious in the coloured version but in the black and white engraved version of that picture he has very obvious smallpox scars, common in the 18th century.
Magnifique
ngl this is better than the english version
What do you expect? It's Scottish!
I was once told that the Scots only allowed themselves to be brought under English rule because it allowed us much greater access to foes to test our mettle against.
James the First if I'm not mistaken?
“We were bought and sold for English gold”
@widhbnw efDwdwDW James was a sorry excuse for a “scottish king”. More like a power hungry fool
they bankrupt themselves attempting to start a colony and the english offered them to join a union which pulled them out of the worst poverty scotlands ever known
It was actually because the Scots bankrupted themselves by trying to set up a colony (google the Darien scheme). The Union (aka the UK) was actually a Scottish idea.
Seems like a combo of "Over the Hills" and "The Recruiting Sergeant" by Great Big Sea
This IS twa recruit Sargent! It just that this is sung the way it was in it's time... I love being Scottish, it means I get songs like this.
Same song just in scots.
@@samuelbousfield4342 twa recruitin written 1700s...over the hills 1706....canadian song blue puttees 1st world war. type in......twa recruitin sergeants terre celtiche blog....
Rule Britannia. God bless my Northern Brothers in Scotland.
Awesome version of this song! :) Just needs a drumbeat to really make it
Haven't been able to find thus band or singer's other songs.
**SCOTLAND FOREVER**
Black watch soldiers would think “britain forever”
@@rmac8378 Britain forever. Scotland would be a financial wreck if they left. 🇬🇧
Don't forget to listen to the updated version by The Levellers.
We'll Lowland Scots is an Inglisch language, it comes from Northumbria which used to be a part of Scotland including Lothian where Edinburgh is situated, but Scots English is actually more like the original speaking of Inglisch as the modern version got mixed with all the Norse and Norman languages, they just dont teach people about the Scots language, y'know we apparently, dont have an actual language, we borrowed the language from the English, but yer right, its nothing to do with English!
Luke Harvey South East Scotland was once part of the Kingdom of Northumbria.
col henry bouquet were on are way to for pitt 1763
ayy, So drunken scotsman version of over the hills? I see
he tried to escape but i guess Dolfy found him :) Fegelein will sure make new antics
Aye, me north briton friend.
Pretty much, not complaining though :p
It sounds like a mix between over the hills and recruiting sergeant by great big sea.
@@georgelupas3499 5
They are singing come a Watanabe
Hale Britannia come on Brits lets stand up For our Britishness once more for scotland to be a true scot you need to be a Brit come on lets fight for Britain our island !
It's a pity that most Scot's do NOT class themselves as British, British seems to be either non existent or second choice when asked the question, so stop talking drivel
i class my self as British and Scottish
Liam Wilson You speak for yourself though not for all Scots. Just look at the census results. When not given the option to say "more Scottish than British" only a minority of Scots say they are "British" or "Scottish and British". 62% said they were Scottish. Only 18% said they were Scottish and British. Only 8% said they were British. The last two categories of course will include many incomers to Scotland.
allan connochie Not in the orkneys 88.6% considered themselves British first.
allan connochie tell that to the Scottish independence vote people must some relation with England to be part of it still
I'm English and understand perfectly
Kieran White I'm American and was in ROTC and I do as well (recruiting sergeants in school)
+Kieran White I am a hanoverian and I dont understand pefectly XD
+Dastardly Fundamentalist Ha Ha Ha best joke ever
I think half the time people who say they can't understand other dialects just aren't even remotely trying.
I'm a snail and I understood perfectly.
This is a romantic sounding song but basically sergeants went to bars, got shit faced and made bets to see who could get the most gullible idiots to join the regiment. In fact when recruiting is low, they still do that.
*****
Nicely put... but the past tends to get overly romanticized.
+2cheeky4um8 I think that's implied, and in fact the point of the song. Note the phrase "recruits for tae CATCH". It's almost like a prequel to 'Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye' (I know that's a later song and a different war).
If it makes you feel any better, like 2/3 of all deaths were from disease, not the meatgrinder of a line-firing battle.
What? That didn't help?
That reminds me of the Carolean Death March, most likely lost a few ancestors there, about two thirds of nearly 6000 troops froze to death, of the surviving 2000 nearly half were crippled for life. Ah the good old days, when wars were so ''honourable'' and romantic.
A Fucking Leaf Some of those 'gullible idiots' laid down their lives for this country you fucking twat. They had courage which most folk lack these days.
When it came to being pressed into Royal Navy very dangerous but you fed unlike your friends working on the land, and if you were lucky and lived and took a prize and lived to get a pension ,many of your compatriots would envy your choice in the end..
It was a harsh choice but could end up to your advantage.
In fact in the end we're limits on how may experienced sailor could be pressed and how long for trade suffered due to unmanned merchant ships and loss of fishing grounds due to lack of seaman for the experienced were in high demand by both RN and Meechant Marine in Britain's expanding world trade.
There is whole subject of Hostilities only Pressed Seamen etc.
Indeed, impressment was used very extensively by the British navy and the forced use of captured American sailors was a major trigger for the renewed hostilities between the two nations in 1812.
42nd highlander or the 77th highlanders
*L A D E E*
Funny if it takes any from this it should get credit, pretty sure that Bob Hallet is credited as the composer/writter. And GBS version is about WWI as the Regiment earned the prefex Royal in that War...
kaSenzangakhona
Twa recruiting sergeants came frae the Black Watch
Tae markets and fairs, some recruits for tae catch.
But a' that they 'listed was forty and twa:
Enlist my bonnie laddie an' come awa.
Chorus:
And it's over the mountain and over the Main,
Through Gibralter, to France and Spain.
Pit a feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt aboon your knee,
Enlist my bonnie laddie and come awa with me.
Oh laddie ye dinna ken the danger that yer in.
If yer horses was to fleg, and yer owsen was to rin,
This greedy ole farmer, he wouldna pay yer fee.
Sae list my bonnie laddie and come awa wi' me
Chorus:
With your tattie porin's and yer meal and kale,
Yer soor sowan' soorin's and yer ill-brewed ale,
Yer buttermilk, yer whey, and yer breid fired raw.
Sae list my bonnie laddie and come awa.
Chorus:
And its into the barn and out o' the byre,
This ole farmer, he thinks ye never tire.
It's slavery a' yer life, a life o' low degree.
Sae list my bonnie laddie and come awa with me
Chorus:
O laddie if ye've got a sweetheart an' a bairn,
Ye'll easily get rid o' that ill-spun yarn.
Twa rattles o' the drum, aye and that'll pay it a'.
Sae list my bonnie laddie and come awa.
Chorus:
Meaning of unusual words:
twa=two
awa=away
aboon=above
bonnie=handsome
fleg=take fright
owsen=oxen
rin=run
Tattie pourin's=water in which pototoes have been boiled.
kale=a kind of crinkly cabbage
Soor sooin' sourin's sowans = a dish made by steeping and fermenting the husks or siftings of oats in water, then boiling.
whey=liquid left when milk forms into lumps.
aye=yes
Where do I have to sign?
can anyone tell me a bit more about the painting at 2:18?
French and Indian war I’d guess
🏴🇬🇧
Anyone know the actual artist ?
At 3.25 is he handing out free used condoms lol
Lexy Mayo moron...
I love scottish musik and look for a scottish man
好听
Forty Twa? Nay, tis a guard regiment o' te British Army
42ND, Highlanders (infantry) regiment . Formed to Police the highlands after the 1715 rebellion. The tartan is a govnt version.
This gave me the option to translate this comment to English
i know the lyrics and i understand him, im scottish myself and speak just like how the songs written, i just found the accent a bit weird and thought i would point out the mistakes, amazing song im just not too keen on this version
I'm Scottish too but I must say that this one has a catchier tune: th-cam.com/video/tuebwSbdXDQ/w-d-xo.html
PLEASE - Can someone tell me where the monument with Scotsmen and the flintlock rifles featured at the end here is?
did you ever figure this out?
@@georgethakur I posted an answer to this, but it was removed for some reason. ikd. If anyone is interested I'll post it again.
0:20 33rd foot recruitung sergeant!
Can't find anything on Adam Raeburn and Friends. Do they go by a band name?
I met Adam in the 90's when he was working as a stone mason and he told me about his folk music. I bought his CD but never actually saw him play live in the venues he played locally. I doubt though his music was known outside the Borders. Success wasn't something I think he aspired to, but he really didn't receive the recognition he deserved and he seems to have become less and less seen in folk circles as the years went on. Regrettably I read some time ago that Adam passed away. A sad loss because he was part of a Border Ballad tradition that is almost gone. I'll try and upload the full CD in the next few weeks and there was another which he did.
@@PopularesVox I'd very much appreciate it if you did. The above Imo is the best renditioning of this folk song Ive listened to
When was this song written? Similar to Recruiting Seargeant by Bob Hallett of Great Big Sea about the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, I think he wrote it(at least it was recorded around '97).
This is the adapted version for the Blackwatch
@@hansgetzeflammenwerfer8090 twa recruitin, sergeants is the original. not a version
"A' that they 'listed were forty and twa"--isna that a guid catch?
Perhaps what is meant here is that those newly enlisted went to the 42nd Rgt?
All depends on the time period. For the 1800s or so not really. Need more to replace the losses to disease, desertion, and the usual death in combat (or discharge due to severe injury). Now however? That would be a fair decent catch indeed.
Can anyone help me track down the CD? I know the tittle of it Adam Raeburn and friends from the description and it's Streets of Everywhere but there is no place to buy it :(
Mondes I
Did you ever find it?
three cheers for the Scottish soldier !
Black watch soldiers are british soldiers
@@rmac8378 One might say that's included in "British"
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!!!
he didn't.
Looks like, this is scots, right?
+Даурен Ишатов Именно, чувак. "Блэк Воч" это 3. Шотляндский Пехотинский Полк.
Punkatch да я то знаю, просто понять не могу, то ли это именно скотс, то ли диалект северной Англии.Это не простой пехотный полк, а королевский пехотный полк же.
Даурен Ишатов
По-моему, это по-шотляндски. Конечно, владея английским, понять песню, но это отдельный язык. Напр. "bonnie laddie" "хороший братец" (хороший как "красивый") это только в шотляндском.
+Punkatch Обратите внимание, что я английский и с помощью Google Translate, так что это будет грубо. Разве вы не можете ясно видеть солдаты, показанные в этом видео, что это русская песня? Вы можете ясно видеть их зеленую форму, прямые кивера с высокими плюмов, а также явное отсутствие килт, и русским акцентом, и они говорят России. Кроме того, "Бонни паренек" означает (хотя это трудно объяснить, и Google Translate не может быть до задачи) что-то другое. "Паренек" означает мальчик, а не брат, хотя это, возможно, были неправильно переводил.
Jeremy Whitman Kinghorn
Well, sir, I must ask you to write me again, but in english, because the google translator is something dada-like, or something absurd, as Monty Python, and what google considers as "russina translation" is a mixture of words without any sense. So, please, write me, what you wanted to let me know. I advise you (as a hungarian-russian translator) not to trust the so-called "translating programmes" - they are not functional.
Catchy tune, but what language is it in? The engish translation below is useful.
I dont know if you still need an answer but its lowland Scots dialect of english
What's the painting at 2.25 called and does anyone who who the painter was?
I speak American.
youll be speaking mexican soon
Northern Ireland forever BLAIR MAYNE
Not really, this is in a Scottish dialect version of English.
its a braw scottish folks song but i have no idea what acent the singer has and hes put words in there that shouldnt be there and missed some words too
Where'd you gather the pictures from?
+Jerathius Rawley google ;)
Great piece of work. Too bad the lyrics posted don't match up.
"Through Gibraltar, to France and Spain"? Where were they recruiting, Africa?
I know you're being sarcastic, but I think its more like a list of places you'll go, Gibraltar through to Spain and France and everything between
Yeah I was just joking, it's probably just a little bit of artistic licence. Still a great song though.
Though, thinking about it again, it could be meaning they were transported to Gibraltar by the Royal Navy, where it's only a short hop to Spain then overland all the way to France. But still, it was just a joke lol.
Good joke, I actually laughed! And yes, probably dropped off in Gibraltar and then the marching begins.
It's probably a reference to the peninsular war during the Napoleonic wars
lol how ironic
Lol everyone bragging that they can understand the lyrics like it makes a difference
+Bahama Lynn Sawdin Probably Americans and Snob Londoniens trying to show they have culture, let's not forget the random arguing about Scotland's Independence.... In 100 year patriotism will probably only exist in retarded country. Like the ones who still use the imperial system a 100%
+Andre the Christian Gentleman
, I assume you are referring to the United States of America and not the continent. If you are, I am sad to Inform you that the website domain ends with a .com and not a .us
If you were educated you would know that .com stands for common. If you agree with me that Common is something shared by every one in a community and that The World Wide Web is a International network then This Website is in fact International. Meaning that, je peux parler en Français или в русской.
That you like it or not.
so why dont you Wear the name of Gentleman that you have so Nicely given yourself, and help me understand English instead of insulting me.
+Andre the Christian Gentleman yes .com also stands for commission put you have a lot more too learn you have a lot Sir!
For my flag, its actually my old personale crest which needs to be updated with a better one but as nothing to do with danmark
Luke Koziol not really, we just need to remeber
+SirPetterTheFirst yet TH-cam is owned by an American company so .com stands for commercial I'm the case of TH-cam
theres a good Irish song about the Black watch
Actually, the Black Watch was originally recruited from Whiggish clans, not Jacobite ones. Whigs were at that time not particularly fond of the Stuarts. I wouldn't get overly emotive about it anyway. There have always been people who fight for the status quo, same as there have always been rebels. In some conflicts, the Whigs were in fact rebels themselves.
LAHFaust: You don't know what you're talking about " rightful King" , "brothers in Ireland ?" back to school sunshine as you havn't a clue! Start by getting a least some of your history right!
That is nearly impossible to understand without the lyrics
At first I read the text on the opening image "The Black Watch Pornographic Archive".
You can imagine my disappointment...
basically 18th century Pidgin English. ;D
This is sung in the Scots language (Germanic and sister language to English).
No as good as Gaberlunzie .
I read somewhere that this song was about the royal Newfoundland regiment
It's actually about recruiting sergeants telling everyone to join up in the army and why it's so great there. Plus the beginning says "Came Frae the blackwatch". Back when this song was made Blackwatch signified the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment of Foot.
+Sarkis Boyadjian I believe the nickname Blackwatch came from a battle where the 42nd Highlanders stood their ground and fired their muskets til their faces turned black from powder while the rest of the British are was still forming after a surprise attack from the French ( the French were ultimately defeated and coined the term after seeing Scottish soldiers with Black faces watching them as they ran)
+Zach Smith No, the nickname actually came from the Jacobite rebellion. Six "watch" companies were chosen to go out and bring in the highlanders and disarm them. In Gaelic they were called the "Am Freiceadan Dubh" which translates to "The dark" or ""Black watch"
source -Wikipedia
The 'black' in Black Watch is from the colour of the tartan. Consider it an early form of camouflage, although the red jacket was a bit of a giveaway. 'Watch' dates back to the Independent Highland Companies; the local landed gentry raised units on behalf of the Crown which effectively acted as the local police force. It pre-dates the 45 Rebellion.
There is a version of this song which is told from the perspective of the "Blue Puttees" but this version of the song is probably much older, dating from about 1812-1815.
How dreadful - why don't you sing the usual tune - in tune would help as well.
This is a folk song not popular music, intended to be sung around the firesides in taverns not radio studies. The guy has a good voice and performed extensively at venues within the Scottish Borders. He is no longer with us, so your question is moot, misplaced and unnecessarily opinionated.
@@CarminaBarritus Folk song is popular music; the clue is in the "Folk" part of the name. If you had lived through the folk revival of the 50s and 60s, when virtually every town in the UK had one or more folk clubs, you would agree.
Since I have been playing and listening to all sorts of folk music for over 60 years, I am entitled to have an opinion, and how am I supposed to know he is no longer with us?
And I don't like this tune, or his rendition of it. If you post it on line for people to hear it, you can expect comments. You could always disable them.
At least the song isn't described as a tribute to the Black Watch; it is a Scottish piss-take about a failed English recruitment campaign, telling lies to Scotsmen to try to get them to enlist in the British Army.
@@edeledeledel5490 It seems your opinion is framed by your dislike of the song, rather than its rendition by the singer. Is not every recruitment into an army, especially one that fights abroad, a dupe. But the British army did though provide income for many Scots, Irish, Welsh and Englishmen alike. The alternatives of poverty was the real social crime.
Amen. The Black Watch played here in New York a few years ago. I have some older 'educated' Irish friends who went to see them play. They gave me the brochures and I showed my mother who's parents are from Helensburgh. She took one look at them, handed them back, and said,
"Here, take this back with you. They're butchers."
The Black Watch as butchers? Yer maws talking pish
Pretty sure this is a satiric anti-Blackwatch song
The song itself isn't anti-Black watch, more pointing to the large promises mage by recruiters to get men to join the army.
No, it's totally an anti-war song. It's incredibly satirical.
is this french?
English
Scots
IRISH NATIONALISM OUT OF SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND IS BRITISH