Sharpe - Over the Hills and far away
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- čas přidán 21. 04. 2008
- My first Sharpe Vid
Lyrics:
Here's forty shillings on the drum
For those who'll volunteer to come
To 'list and fight the foe today.
Over the hills and far away.
O'er the hills and o'er the main.
Through Flanders, Portugal and Spain.
King George commands and we obey.
Over the hills and far away.
When duty calls me I must go
To stand and face another foe.
But part of me will always stray
Over the hills and far away.
O'er the hills and o'er the main.
Through Flanders, Portugal and Spain.
King George commands and we obey.
Over the hills and far away.
If I should fall to rise no more,
As many comrades did before,
Then ask the fifes and drums to play.
Over the hills and far away.
Then fall in lads behind the drum,
With colours blazing like the sun.
Along the road to come-what may.
Over the hills and far away. - Zábava
My best mate had this song played at his funeral. Only 34 years old. Now that's soldiering.
Sure as fuck is. I would have broke down in the happiest, saddest tears ever." Cried and laughed until the tears themselves become the very wine of blessedness"- Tolkien
@@alkdklsdflkfds6970, I frickin love Tolkien.
God Bless you and your mate
no thats sad....34 is way way too young
He deserved this song. It’s all about him, man.
This US/UK bickering pains me when all I've come here for is to enjoy the song. I'm an American serviceman but I simply love the sense of quiet pride and brotherhood in this piece. Love to my British cousins and brothers in arms, from an American who hasn't forgotten his history.
From a Warrant Officer in the Royal Air Force,I thank you,my American Ally.
Sean Beane is an underrated actor.
Sharpe is what being a real soldier is all about.
Shooting 3 rounds a minute in any weather?
You know who was an underrated actor...Pete Postlethwaite, the guy who played Hawkswell
@@victorwagner2423 Now that's soldiering.
Won the respect of his chosen men by fighting next to them and not abandoning them. And always listened to them, when they had ideas or issues. Richard Sharpe, rose from ranks to be one of their best officers and never asked his men to do something that he wasnt willing to do himself.
@@DrSho, yeh
I'm 25, even before I was 15 my dad made me watch Sharpe and I'll never regret a moment of it. Love my dad.
You two are very very fortunate in mutual love, respect and admiration. Good on ya.
I know I would have like your dad without even meeting him.
My old regiment The Duke of Wellingtons regt still sing a variation of this, usually after huge amounts of beer. The Dukes were the old 33rd.
onionanon goof to hear this mate traditions should be followed
Halifax´s finest.
I’m an 83 year old 7th generation American but I love the Rifles. I want “Over the Hills” played at my funeral.:)
Yourva red coat at heart 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇲🇺🇲
"Then came the sound feared from Lisbon to Moscow: A British Volley." - Shapre's Gold
One of my favourite of the books! And the best quote
Did the Russians even fight the British before the Crimean War?
@@MadOrse Don't think so. Cornwall was probably thinking that the French armies dominated Europe between Lisbon and Moscow.
God bless Britain, love from the United States
+Logan Perry No love for the king or queen..
American victories over the British in 1812-14
19 July 1812 1st Sackets
21 Sept 1812 Raid on Gananoque
7 Feb 1813 Raid on Elizabethtown
27 Apr 1813 1st burning of York
31 July 1813 2nd burning of York
28-29 May 1813 2nd Sackets
May 29 1813 Big Sandy Creek
June 1 1813 US repulse of Royal Marine raid north of Sackets
6-11 Sept 1814 Plattsburgh
28 Nov 1812 Frenchman's Creek
25-27 May 1813 Capture of Ft George
14-16 May 1814 Raid on Port Dover
3 July 1814 Capture of Fort Erie
5 July 1814 Chippewa
Aug-Sept 1814 Siege of Fort Erie
5-15 Sept 1812 Siege of Ft Harrison
5-12 Sept 1812 Siege of Ft Wayne
17-18 Dec 1812 Mississinewa
28 Apr-9May 1813 Siege of Ft Meigs
2 Aug 1813 Ft Stephenson
10 Sept 1813 Victory on Lake Erie
5 Oct 1813 Thames
4 March 1814 Longwoods
29 April 1813 Elk's Landing
6 Nov 1814 Malcom's Mills
22 June 1813 Craney Island
10 August 1813 St Michaels
12 Sept 1814 North Point
31 Aug 1814 Caulk's Field
12-15 Sept 1814 Baltimore
1814 Battle of Rock Harbor - HMS Newcastle party thrown back
November 1814 Battle of Dover
November 1814 Battle of Savareen Mills
6 Dec 1814 Farnham church
7-9 Nov 1814 Pensacola
14-16 Sept 1814 1st Ft Bowyer
13 Dec 1814 - Jackson's probe
8 Jan 1815 New Orleans
9-18 Jan 1815 Ft St Phillip
13 Aug 1812 capture of the Alert
19 Aug 1812 capture of the Guerriere
18 Oct 1812 capture of the Frolic
25 Oct 1812 capture of the Macedonian
29 Dec 1812 capture of the Java
24 Feb 1813 sinking of the Peacock
5 Aug 1813 capture of the Dominica
5 Sept 1813 capture of the Boxer
28 Apr 1814 capture of the Epervier
28 Jun 1814 sinking of the Reindeer
1 Sept 1814 sinking of the Avon
20 Feb 1815 capture of the Levant
20 Feb 1815 capture of the Cyane
23 Mar 1815 capture of the Penguin
11 Dec 1812 capture of the Rachel
25 Mar 1813 privateer Nereyda captured
28 Mar 1813 whaler Barclay
29-Apr - 15 Sep 1813 armed whaler Montezuma
Georgiana captured
Policy captured
Atlantic captured
armed whaler Greenwich captured
Catherine captured
whaler Rose
whaler Hector
armed privateer Seringapatam
Charlton
New Zealander
whaler Sir Andrew Hammond
Lake vessels captured from the British:
HMS Detroit
HMS Queen Charlotte
HMS Hunter
HMS Lady Prevost
HMS Little Belt
- six smaller vessels also taken after the Battle of Lake Erie
HMS Chubb
HMS Linnet
HMS Confiance
HMS Finch
- 12 additional gun boats taken at Battle of Lake Champlain
HMS Caledonia
HMS Hamilton
HMS Broke
HMS Pictou
HMS Ballahou
packet Swallow
HMS Landrail
HMS Hamilton
recapture of the Wasp
Defeat of the 44 gun frigate HMS Ulysses
HMS Whiting
HMS Lord Nelson
October 8-11 1813 US raids - Twenty Mile Creek
November 26 1813 repeat US raid Twenty Mile Creek
September 20 1814 US raids settlements in the Western District
July 31-August 1 1813 US re-raids York, burns barracks
August 28 1813 British ships detect US raiding party at York, British flee to Burlington
October 27 1813 US raid on Frelighsburg
October 12 1813 US raid in Missisiquoi Bay
October 20 1812 US raid on Odelltown
September 20 1813 US skirmishes at Odelltown
August 10 1814 officer captured in Odelltown during skirmish
October 11-13 1813 US raids in Philippsburg, Mississiquoi bay area
January 22 1814 US raids Philippsburg
March 22 1814 US captures and occupies Philippsburg
October 23 1812 US attacks captures St Regis and 28 guns (artillery)
October 4 1812 British revenge attack for Gananoque is repulsed
June 26 1813 US repulse of British attack at Pagan Creek
July 2 1813 repeat British attack at Pagan creek repulsed
March 18 1813 US capture of RN seamen
June 10 1813 US repulse of British landing on island on the York river
June 22 1813 US repulses landing at Wise Creek
July 31 1812 US privateer captures Royal Bounty off Newfoundland
September 23 1813 British withdraw from Fort Malden- subsequent US recapture
September 29, 1813 recapture of Fort Shelby
December 20 1813 US raid at Arnolds Mill
July 26 1814 US destroys Burch's Mills
May 14-16 1814 US raids at Charlotteville
July 25 1814 US raids Charlotteville
July 7th 1813 US victory at Butler's Farm (Niagara)
July 29 1813 US burns the King George Inn at Burlington
October 19 1814 US burns Cook's Mills, destroys 200 bushels of wheat
October 6 1813 US captures 6 British schooners in troop convoy - False Ducks
August 20-September 6 1814 skirmishes around Fort Erie
October 9 1812 US destroys MP brig Detroit, captures PM brig Caledonia
December 10 1813 - burning of Newark
July 1814, British withdraw from Ft St Joseph, US moves in and burns it, captures schooner
November 7 1813 British failure to stop US flotilla at Fort Wellington
March 4 1814 US repulse of British attack at De French River
October 21 1812 US raid on Gray's Mills
November 10 1813 US wins skirmish at Hoople's Creek
November 10 1812 Burlington Races
August 10-31 1814 Burlington is blockaded
May 10 1813 US party overcomes guards, burns supply building - Lake Ontario
US schooner Lady of the Lakes captures Lady Murray June 16 1813
US boats capture HM gunboat Blacksnake June 19 1813
May 14-15 1814 US raids Long Point
November 6 1814 US raids Malcom's Mills
October 7 1813 US burns Moraviantown
June 27 1814 US burns newly finished schooner at New Castle
December 10 1813 US burns Newark and St David
May 28 1813 The British evacuates all posts on the Niagara river
November 1814 Battle of Dover
November 1814 Battle of Savareen Mills - Americans kill/wound/capture 450 British
August 14 1814 US squadron destroys blockhouse and HM schoon Nancy on the Nottawasaga
April 5 1814 US raid on Oxford
May 14-15 1814 US raids at Patterson's Creek
May 14-15 1814 US raids and burns Dover and Port Ryerse
February 1814 US raid on Port Talbot - burned and never rebuilt
May 19 1814 US raid on Port Talbot
July 20 1814 US raid on Port Talbot
August 16 1814 US raid on Port Talbot
September 20 1814 US raid on Port Talbot
May 26 1813 US seizes British post at Queenston
December 11 1813 US burns parts of Queenston
July 7 1814 US occupies Queenston
July 18 1814 2 US gunboats capture 15 British supply boats and rebel counterattack Rockport
July 5 1812 US bombs Windsor
July 12 1812 US invades burns Sandwich
September 29 1813 US occupies Sandwich, British flee a second time
July 21 1814 US burns NW Co Trading Post, captured merchantman Sault Ste Marie
July 18 1814 US burns St David
July 22 1814 US repulses counterattack at St David
July 27 1812 US schoon Julia drives of PM schoons Moira and Gloucester
July 31 1812 3 US gigs capture British vessel of the PM RC St Lawrence
November 17 1814 US captures 2 gunboats St Lawrence
September 14 1813 US raids Sugar Loaf
October 2 1813 British fail in the attempt to destroy a bridges on the Thames
October 5 1813 US captures British supply boats on the Thames
July 9 1814 US skirmish at Thames river
January 31 1814 US skirmish captures British detachment
October 23-November 16 1814 McArthur's raids in the Thames Valley
July-August 1812 privateer Rosie captures Princess Royal, Kitty, Fame, Devonshire, Squid, Brothers,
Henry, Race-horse, Halifax, William, Two Brothers, and Jeanie off Nova Scotia
June 18 1813 US barges repulse British attempt to take sloops James river
June 22 1813 British feint at Lynnhaven Bay repulsed
December 1813 US repulses British landing party at Lynnhaven bay
December 30 1813 US repulse of British attempt to salvage grounded schooner, Lynnhaven
June 30 1812 US captures schooner Witing
June 20 1813 US flotilla repulses frigate Junon Norfolk
January 18 1814 US repulse of British attempt to burn schooner Rappahannock River
August 6 1814 US repulse of British landing Rappahannock River
July 26 1814 US repulse of British raid Lawnes Creek
June 20 1813 US repulses British attack on Ft Oswego
June 19 2013 US repulse of British raid at Sodus Point
September 1813 New Inlet, NC, US captures crewmen from the privateer Mars
February 1815 US capture of British tender at Ocracoke Bar
July 1814 US capture of raiding party from HM brig Lacedemonian S of Wilmington NC
July 18 1813 US privateers capture 15 bateuax and the gunboat Spitfire (1000 Islands)
July 21 1813 US privateers repulse British landing (1000 Islands)
July 27 1813 British attempt to capture same US privateers (Cape Vincent)
April 25 1814 British attempt to burn the frigate Superior is repulsed
July 2 1813 Small British force lands at Sackets Harbor but withdraws after detection
June 28 1814 - spars destined for the frigate Confiance captured enroute
August 3 1814 British attempt to take Buffalo NY is repulsed
June 14-15 1814 Port Charlotte US repulses raid
May 30 1812 US seizes and destroys Fort Haldimand
+USMarineRifleman0311 You have to let the opposition win sometimes otherwise they won't play any more.
I know man that guy is a fucking prat
+USMarineRifleman0311 They burned your precious White House, though, didn't they? Not to mention that the "matter of marching" didn't exactly succeed.
+USMarineRifleman0311 I have seen you on 25% of the videos I watch. It's crazy.
I used to watch Sharpe with my Gran, I have fond memories of sitting on the rug in front of the fire watching Sean Bean kill the French.
Love the song, brings back some lovely memories of my childhood.
I have the same memory but on a sofa with hot chocolate.
I used to watch it after coming home from Army Cadets, still dressed in my uniform, lolz...with my dinner, hehehe
I remember going completely bananas with six hundred other members of the Royal Signals stood watching the one old Bush telly we had in the NAAFI at Celle in 1995 when Dick Sharpe shouts "Outside. NOW!!!". On this, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, I would like to suggest you all watch the last five minutes of "Blackadder Goes Forth" episode, "Goodbyee". Have some handkerchiefs ready, for you will need them.
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them".
May your God keep you and be with you, always.
where abouts is celle? never been there, I dont think...
Adam Welton yep, I can just imagine everyone shitting themselves at first, then realising it was dick sharpe talking, and not one of the seargeants on barracks, lolz...
I lost my father to pancreatic cancer in 2012, I was 17. We shared a love of the Sharpe books and even more so the series with Sean Bean. When I miss him I still come back to listen to this when I'm struggling. Keep on soldiering through the shit that life throws at you and remember to call out a bastard when you find one!
So wholesome
Sorry for your loss
I love your approach. I share the feeling of huge loss and I had my dad until I was in my thirties. I love certain stories, movies and tv shows for the same reason that you mention. My dad was a medic in Vietnam and was a total cynic about war, just like Sharpe.
Take good care of yourself man. Your own kids will know their grandfather through you and he sounds like a man worth knowing.
Calling out bastards is always, always the way to go.
Stay strong lad, sorry for your loss
@@daveharvey8460Thank you mate.
There are some actors who are so convincing in a part that they make the character their own and anyone else coming along will have a heck of a lot to live up to . Such is Sean Beans portrayal of Sharpe , hes perfect .
Irreplacable in this role!
mo1912
The casting on “Sharpe” was perfect.
Cornwell changed the character Sharpe's hometown to match Bean's accent. An actor can't get much more of a compliment from an author than that.
No one can say bastard quite like him lol
Harper was perfect too
Such an influential show. Sharpe and his men even made it into Warhammer 40,000.
Tanith Lives Forever!
I actually did a DND campaign with some friends where I was literally just Sharpe. None of them had any clue who he was so I had to just explain it all to them and they bloody loved it!
@@anthonyanderson5302 First, Last and Only
What models?
Proud to be half British.
I'm from New Zealand
I m a huge fan of britain, the people, the history, the cities, just whole britain. Many greetings from germany to this beautiful country.
@@stavrosmayakofsky1915 And what do you know about England, what exactly... I assume you don't know much about your homeland...
For the love of god don’t try to come here again
Ah Jesus what's so great about Britain it's rainy, it's miserable, the governments a mess and most importantly me favourite pub has stopped serving my favourite drink. What is the point, I'd move elsewhere if American was any better and everything in Australia didn't want to kill ya
@@ireallydontknow6344 shouldn't birmingham and london be more pressing matters?
@@ashenone4989 you must live in a shite part then i love it
For some reason listening to this song fills me with pride.
Everyone in the UK probably has an ancestor who went off to fight in the Napoleonic Wars (or War of the Austrian Succession, which is what the original of this song was written about). History isn't detached from us.......all of our families took part in it.
+curt I managed to trace my line back far enough to find a redcoat in the USA.
+Technogeist good fellow, he did his best to prevent, one day, a man like Trump to run America
***** The Royal Highland Regiment is from the UK.
***** Ahhhh, okay, now I get you.
I have been captivated by Wellington’s campaigns against Napoleons armies since I was a teenager (I’m 78 ) I first became enthralled by him when I found a book that had his letters to his bosses? back at the war office. They were wonderfully acerbic and to the point. I’m surprised that he kept his job, Try as I may, I can’t find even one ancestor who fought for British in that war. They were all already in the US and fighting against the kings forces if they fought at all.I do have one who was a Loyalist in Virginia during the Revolution.but most were fighting for the US during that time.
The English Scottish Irish and the Welsh might not really like each other but you put them in a army together and you've got the best fighting force in the world.
Aye, the things that a united British nation can do is astounding. Better together!
The "best fighting force in the world" that can defeat the French/Germans only if allied with everyone else in Europe though...
LeHappiste They can't take us. But we can take them.
sooooo goddamn true, put away there diffrences them together dominated in every theatre of battle the empire had, long live the empire, Hazaarrrr!!!!
The combination of Celtic passion and ferocity with Germanic efficiency and planning seems to be a winning one. The British Empire proved that theory
My husband and I just binges watch this series. 2023 and we enjoyed every minute bought matching shirts wearing them around Philly PA. We absolutely are such fans series should a never stopped
This song will always remind me of my dad, sharpe was his favourite thing to watch and I remember as a child moaning about being forced to watch it, now I wish I could go back and watch it with him again. When it played at his funeral a little piece of me died inside :(
Mark Parker dam, time, I am dreading the day. Hope your all good now. 🙏
Master and commander for my family. Couldn’t appreciate it back then. Now its the closest thing I have to a tether to the other side.
God love you, what beautiful memories, this song is very powerful isn't it!
Filled up reading that powerful message, bless you and your Dad.
When people joke about Sean Bean dying in films, I say I've seen 14 where he doesn't.
+Anthony Hart But he gets shot in the shoulder in every one :-D Even Borromir got shot in the shoulder first....
@@FurryAminal He does die in one....but it was a fake execution for a secret mission.
15 if you watch Ronin
The movie Soldiers of Fortune as well
only because he was the hero....
Be proud of were you come from, and were you live. 🏴🏴🏴
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A haunting English lament to join its equally romantic sister, 'Greensleeves'. How fortunate we are in these green and sceptered isles, what rich musical bounty comes from Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English voices - truly inspired!
I'm French, and you have just (well 6 years ago) taught me a word. Your phrase sounds awesome.
I know this is a 7 year old comment, but quite right. Gotta give it up to the Isles, some of the most beautiful music has come from them. The Brits sure are a theatrical bunch.
This makes me proud to be an Irishman, in the context of our Union with Britain to create together the wonder that was the United Kingdom and Her Empire. We fought and owned her equally, and we can rejoice in patriotism at that.
should never have left
"we can rejoice in patriotism at that.."
Indeed you can, My Friend, indeed you can.
If only our Idiotic Ruling Class had not treated the irish SO badly....................
Cos of Harper?
WELP, time to return to Mount and Blade, Napoleonic Wars.
Hurrah for Old Nosey!
Huzzah to Old Nosey!!
Rule Britannia HUZZAH
LONG LIVE THE KING
GOD SAVE THE KING!!🇬🇧
Napoleon was a silly bastard. Even as a frog i admit it!
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II! (94yo!!! WOW!)
This was played at my brother's funeral, God bless you mate
Over hills and far away, 🙏
what sharpe represented for me was some of the positive aspects of the warrior archetype which we all have. He served the king with great honor, fierce determination in the face of death. He also showed immense compassion at times and wasn't a warmonger or imperialist.
And got all the hot girls
He ain’t the murdering type of officer
Nothing wrong with imperialists. Wouldn’t have anything to fight for in Sharpe without em.
I'm French, and SHARPE was never broadcast in France. Just discovered it last month courtesy of CZcams and MAJOR LENNOX ANSWERED WITH HIS LIFE hooked me.
For me, Sean Bean had always been the treacherous yet redeemed Boromir.
I've never watched GOT. NOW when I think Sean Bean, what pops up is SHARPE.
Making you forget a world famous role for a nineties series, now that's soldiering!
Cheers
Love to Britain, from Denmark
Do you read “sharpes prey?“
Love from Scotland to Denmark
Eriksson is in all our thoughts.
Love Denmark we here in The entire U.K have so much income with
Denmark thanks to your Viking
four fathers from buy gone days of yore.
I had many Danish football heroes growing up in Scotland in the 80's & 90's.
I feel a kind of Kinship with all Scandinavian country's myself we are so very much alike.
Keep Safe All of Denmark.
@@alanfox691 It's funny to see this message since my father is Glaswegian with a very thick Glaswegian accent, a big football fan and moved to Denmark after leaving the British Army to marry a Danish woman. I appreciate your message mate.
You can see my name is James which is very rare in Denmark, my Scottish father named me that. I also have a quite Scottish accent whenever I speak English.
I do notice this undermines my original comment but I'm still a Danish citizen and it's my first language :')
And love to denmark from Britain
I feel proud to be an American! It would not be possible without the great achievements of the Great British Empire! God bless the cultures of Europe & North America and may God by His will defend these countries from terrorists who wish to destroy our Culture & Heritage.
+Josh Bray
Are you fucking kidding me? We had to defeat these imperialists for our Independence.
US Marine Rifleman yes but their wouldnt be a united states without the united kingdom
+US Marine Rifleman Oh look! He's appeared! The fake US marine! Everyone take watch at this person who is pretending he is in the USMC
Kilted Savage He's been outed by others as a fake Marine in other videos.
Someones forgetting the U.S. were just as imperialist as Britain at one point in history.
Only recently started watching sharpe. One of my favourite shows now.
It's been awhile, but I seem to remember Horatio Hornblower being pretty good too.
Murray Peterson
same general time period, the Napoleanic wars... in fact, Sharpe was originally portrayed as a sailor, before becoming the Richard Sharpe of the 95th Regiment of Foot "Chosen men" that we love today.
MrLupercal
would love to see a mini-series based on entire collection of Patrick O''Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series...great reading. The Master and Commander film, while excellent, is just a snapshot of the story. Heck, a similar effort for Cornwell's "Saxon" series might play well with the interest in historical fiction as witnessed in the success of Outlander.
read the books after
Have only read one, out of sequence, excellent. I can attest that Cornwell's Saxon Series is amazing!
This song has so many memories. From my own military service to times with my dad.....🇬🇧⚔🖤🤙
As an American with Scots Irish ancestry, I am here to listen and watch a video of a series of books and movies I have enjoyed since I was a child. I learned this tune from my great grandmother who sang it to me.
When the fight is on, you fight for the one that is on the left of you and the right. British, Welsh, Scots, Irish, and Ameicans we are cousins. Strong roots give to strong history.
James,I agree with you.Let's just sit back and enjoy the song without worrying about any supposed international rivalry.
Canadians, New Zealanders and Australians too!
DimetriKhan mainly Canadians New Zealanders and the Aussies, US has so many immigrants for all over its hard to say we have blood ties
Ulster Scots*
we are all the same. history took a different path but we are all the same people
I was in 2rgj in belfast palace barracks in 1995. We had just arrived, r coy and the camp was top heavy with 2 para. I remember walking into the naafi with Sharpe playing on tv. Some paras started getting mouthy about our regiment and Sharpe. Whst followed was a 300 + squaddie brawl which ended with some poor para loosing his spleen. Needless to say the paras didnt get mouthy again. Great days, tough men and great regiment. Swift and bold
2 RGJ, previously 3 RGJ, previously The Rifle Brigade, previously the 95th Rifles are the direct descendants of Sharpes famous regiment. (Even though Sharpe was a fictional character ) the way that the 95th performed in the Peninsula War, and later at Waterloo will long remain a source of immense pride to green jackets who followed. Black and green the finest colours ever seen!
I don't understand that accent
Having lived in Belfast all of my 68 years I can truthfully say that the paras were the scum of the earth. Their actions in Ballymurphy and Derry led to PIRA getting lots more recruits, which, in turn, led to the deaths of many British soldiers. Look up what they did to Majella O'Hare, a 12 year-old girl murdered on her way to church.
@@GarethColquhoun brave paras murdering children, I like how you couldn't deny they didn't either.
@@johnnymac8680 It only took the MOD 35 year sto apologise
www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/mar/28/ministry-defence-apology-majella-ohare
My dad introduced me to this series when I was a teen, opened up my thirst for knowledge about the Peninsular War and Napoleonic warfare. Still haven’t quite made the jump into the miniatures for that era yet.
Same
I remember watching this show with my little brother. He has been gone now almost 5 years. It is one of my best memories. You did a very good job with this video. Brought a tear to my eye, well done!!
Are you okay?
@@haalandbraut3295 Umm, why do you ask?
@@WhiteTemplar01 Checking up on you.
@@WhiteTemplar01 Glad an amazing show like Sharpe brings you pleasant memories of you with your brother. All the best to you and your family.
What happened to him?
As a Dane I'll say this. The Helmand province under French command was swimming in bribes. When UK moved in and we subsequently came under British Task Force Helmand all hell broke lose. Why? Because unlike the frogs, Britain had no intention of giving money away to the enemy. They're some of the most professional soldiers I've ever served alongside with.
Interesting.
Suppose that the UK forces just chose to pay the Taliban in hot lead and ordinance instead...
Out Rageous!
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You sir could be an affiliate Britain , corruption kills every country unfortunately Britain has loads of thieves , like baroness bra
Always gets stuck in your head after each Sharpe episode.
RIP Queen Elizabeth II 🌹
I am of part Swedish and part Tunisian ancestry, so yeah, nothing British about me at all. But I started watching this series, Master and Commander and Hornblower many years ago when I was little, and I love it so much. Of all history, the British/English history is the most interesting, its number one for me. I really love the British/English history especially during the Napoleonic times, but also during the Renaissance and the 17th and 18th century. The Red Coats, the gentlemen officers, the nobles, the British Royal Navy, everything about it is so damn cool, I love it, and I love history. I would love to visit London in the future. Thank you for this wonderful series!
my dad was a royal green jacket like sharp... he had a wonderful funeal with royal green jackets ... the flag on the coffin .... bugel...
+Sven Isbrecht British Riflemen - the best of the best. Bless 'em all.
Bless him for his service to the flag, no nobler calling exists
Swift and bold sorry for your lost xxx
My condolences
One of the best series that have ever existed!
John Tam has such a beautiful voice!!
Lucky enough to be related to him 😊
I could listen to this for hours.
I'm going to watch Sharpe again.
Im watching there entire seris again haha
i just did after a long time and now i'm gonna read the books again
May some one can advose where to look for full series of sharp movies can find any desent versions
@@juliusrumbutis5623 Nope. The series was terrible full of terrible acting, not least from old Sharpie
@@sodd1000 what you think you think i was not asking what you think i was asking where i can find its series to watch man
This series inspired me to joining the British Army 16 years ago. Best time I ever had. Even joined the oldest and most senior regiment of the Army, the HouseHold Cavalry 🙏 best times
Over the Hills and over the Wayne!
Did you have any friends or relatives at Horse Guards ? 😄
I actually got teared up when the last show ended; I just loved the series and still working my way through the books
I loved watching Sean Bean in Sharpe as he worked his way up through the ranks to make it to Major,he put the other officers in their place who bought their way into the army,a true soldier.Loved this programme and this theme tune too.
two more episodes were released in the 2010s, he ends up a Colonel!
Just what I was gonna say
Always brings a tear to my eye. Makes me think of my Grandpa.
one of the best renditions of this fine old marching song!
God Almighty,the nostalgia hits me right between the eyes...I love this show so much...
England, such a beautiful country with a lot of history. Personally I am a Swede, I am a proud northen human but this is just amazing. Much love from Scandinavia. We'll always be with you England. (;
And much love to Scandinavian from England
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Anyone still love this series???
Watchted 11th episode today. Yes, this is a great tv show.. Low budget, high effort. Msterpiece
Yes. One of the best ever
I signed up to britbox just to watch again. Nostalgia. I watched this as kid in the 2000s with my dad. Something about the storyline of the ragtag bunch and the brothership they had. Rough and ready but they were all crackshots. It will never get old.
Always!
i just found it last month and binged it. great series.
This is a traditional English folk song. The lyrics for this version were written by John Tams, who played Daniel Hagman in the series, and this is his recording of the song. He wrote other verses that don't appear in this version, but were used in different episodes of the show.
Hagman was my favourite character in the show, and I loved the scenes where he sang.
God bless the United Kingdom, from the US 🇬🇧🇺🇸
God save The U.S.A & Canada for that matter just not Quebec.
Let Quebec remember Wolf & Abraham's field for we are British & we fight until the grave for our freedom Liberty & laws.
Yes
And god bless America from the uk
And god bless America from the uk
Thank you my brother 🇺🇲🇬🇧
Watched Sharpe when I was 16, pretty important period of my life as it is for most people. Absolutely loved it, the song takes me right back to that time.
Listen. Sean Bean is still alive. Bernard Cornwell is also still alive. Therefore: MAKE MORE SHARPE YE BASTARDS!
I listened, I liked, I agree!
NO doubt. Besides Bean as Sharpe has to get killed so he can keep up with his near perfect record of getting all his characters killed.
try the Saxon chronicles
He dies of age anyway so I do hope that feeds your Sean Bean bloodlust.
Nancy Benefiel Amazing.
how can people NOT like this British song ...Long the Empire
Long LIve Baby George
love the song, but the royals can sod off, stop your worship of a bloody baby, to them your just a pleb, they're the biggest scroungers in Britain,and they're better than you and I just because they came out of the right legs at the right time, the crown is stolen and the land they have is stolen from us! wake up for F sake! stop the worship of your German betters! Abolish monarchy!
heres a better idea, why don't you piss off? (;
Jq1066q do WE agree that the song is great?
Great sharpe tribute video,nicely put together.i am also proud to be a English man.wigan Manchester.hats off to all English men who served our country.
my English friend showed me this show with the line that sean bean doesn't die! and also I love this show and this song it's beautiful all you arguing about empires just listen to the words these aren't the words of emperors and kings these are the words of the lowly soldiers who are just obeying and I just love the line "then fall in lads behind the drum with colors blazing like the sun along the road to come what may over the hills and far away" and my fellow Americans stop whining about our revolution and the bad things of their empire our hands are not that clean in our own land
+Wilhelmina Gray nice comment sharpe is a tv show but it stirs up emotions between the uk and france fromthe past ?? /
@@fast1919 yeah the frogs
2 million views, makes me proud to be British!
What's that got to do with it??
Love Forever well he said it makes him proud to be British. I didn't mean it in a rude way I was actually curious if this was a British military song or not.
The tune is an old Scottish folk song which has had various words put to it over the years. These words were written in the 1990s by a folk musician and actor John Tams who appeared in the Sharpe TV series. I think as few military units have 'adopted it' in recent times.
It is a British military song that has been through a number of iterations. The earliest is I think from the war of the Spanish Succession where the lyrics mention the Duke of Marlborough and Queen Anne commands and we obey, rather than King George.
Hi... could you please elaborate on your question, thanks
I don't believe there could have been a better song to personify the Sharpe stories. Loved the entire series. It showed the whole process of growing up and maturing as a great soldier and a man. That goes for the entire core cast.
I just cannot get enough of this show .
Long before he tried to steal a National Treasure and wrest away the ring of power from Frodo, this was my introduction to Sean Bean. I fell in love with the character of Sharpe and so did the men he lead. I hope some of you have the time to watch these episodes.
It's also the only thing Sean Bean has ever done in which he doesn't die (although I think Sharpe died in the end. I dont know, I'm only on the second book! :P)
One does not simply kill Sharpe,one does simply get killed by Sharpe.
Lucas De Jong Yeah, for forty shillings on the drum.
MusketWalrus Not quite true. There may be other films as well (somewhere) but he did survive to the end of 'Troy' as Odysseus.
"Queen Anne Commands..." It's older than you think....
This song has stayed with me since I was a kid makes me think of all the boys that were shipped out fighting for England and there brothers brave lads and even now are boys are true heroes god bless.
with honor and respect from an American to our favorite and most true friends...The United Kingdom. God Bless you.
I love Sharpe, It makes up for all the times where Sean Bean dies in most of his other roles!
Centuries will watch this drama!! Love you all Harper and sharpe !!
That was terrific, the song always brought a tear to my eye, thank you!
I have very fond memories of watching Sharpe with my Dad and Grandad. Sadly the latter isn't with us anymore. He left me all the novels by Cornwall and had this played at his funeral (also in the army) and come back to this video every now and then and smile thinking of him 😊
ich mag diesen Song. Er passt ganz toll zum der spannenden Serie Sharpe.
I have loved the TV show, this is just a perfect song!!!
Lol. I still have the VCR tapes 😁 (haven't had the heart to get rid of them after replacing them with the DVDs.)
I remember seeing Sharpe on tv all those years ago but have only recently finished watching every single episode!
My father and I used to sit and watch Sharpe all day! It reminded us on how we used to do this! We also meet Sean bean! At a battle! Sadly, my father passed away 30/06/2017 😇 this was his funeral song, best send off. ❤
Bless your father...
You met Sean Bean at a battle ? Napoleonic reenactment ?
Sean Bean’s opening recital is spot on..... as is the rest of the performance... the video and song captures the ethos of soldiering exquisitely.
I came to know Sharpe trough this wonderful song. I'm totally hooked to it now. Thanks for sharing! :D
Hi to all who love this series as I do. Indeed I guess I am a wounded warrior, as sadly had to have my right foot and part of my leg amputated following a freak accident involving hydraulics on the digger ...
Anyhow , I somehow thought of this series and started to watch it again. Yes it's acting but , as a man watching it , you can but admire the bravery and courage of the men who once fought in the armies of England and France. As you watch it again, and again, you'll see the lilt of Irish humour coming through with Harper... And indeed it's most like the Irish I once knew , who sadly have passed into the next realm
AH, SURE IT COULD BE WORSE SIR.... WE COULD BE WITHOUT THE TAE.
The singing is great as many of the ballads sung in this are indeed from that era. I won't bore you anymore , so away we go ...OER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY.... GOD BLESS IRELAND , SIR.
indeed I am an Irishman myself . 😅😅😅🎉🎉
Thanks for reading . Joe
Having served in the grenadier guards this is great song for the mess after a few beers and shots of port
I like how men do man things best. They make life look like it's all a big adventure. I would love to have been in Sharpe's army. Go Bean!
Sharpe made Hornblower look like a bloody sea scout!!
Haha yes he did!
Have you read any of the books?
Sal sean I've read every Sharpe book
Joshua Krystek
No, the Hornblower novels.
I listened to them on cd, they were good, but the Sharpe books showed more of the actual war and battles than the Hornblower books did
So, another British show I have not seen. I do believe I will have a Sharpe marathon this weekend. Thank you from the other side of the pond.
Then fall in lads behind the drum, colours blazing like sun, along the road to come what may, over the hills and far away.
Very important words given the historic vote to leave the EU. Everyone fall in behind our flag and our country and we'll face our future come what may, together.
yes.
RedDeadBret Such misty eyed nationalistic crap.
sam h What part of what I said was nationalistic?
Because I think the majority of people would symbolize it as patriotic.
a lot of Remainians hate nationalism and patriotism and would rather be governed by the faceless elitist bureaucratic undemocratic political class.
Suilven Mountain Those are just a bunch of buzzwords which don't mean anything in the real world. And aye I do hate nationalism, it's vile and destructive.
It almost seems like this is the only time Sean plays a character that does not die ... and what a character!
Still sharpe
Great song! Very evocative of the British Empire at its height. Thank you for posting this.
HA! WHAT EMPIRE? HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR *coughs* srry ;_;
-From the Country that Broke away to create Assassin's creed III.
TheMwarrior50 You're proud of that mess?
Evidently. Piece of sh!t.
TheMwarrior50 What a game? Figures.
Jamraptor
Just like you!
Sharpe; not only are they good movies with everything in them, but there's one series where Sean Bean isn't getting killed (thought it is not without a lack of trying!)
Canonically he died apparently
I love Great Britain, I’ll hope that one dag I can go to visit this beautiful country, and the Sharpe TV-series is pretty good. Great characters and episodes
RIP to every person who has died for these great isles or the british empire you'll never be forgotten
Honourable death, in face for ones country, ones brothers, and ones soul. Their is no better death,
NotAG4yName
Haha Lannister for the win
NotAG4yName - Tyrion Lannister, the God of Tits and Wine!
Yes they will, and are.
The CZcamsr and history scholar Carloyn Emerick is worried about our future right now. White Europeans are being erased from history..... czcams.com/video/hCML_xPDDAc/video.html
Going to have to pull out my Sharpes DVD collection and watch all over again .
The TV series of my teenage years. Used to watch it with my dad. Loved it.
Best series ever.
Love this song! The bit when he sings our colours against the sun! Waterloo we are the Fucking best!!!!
As a descendant of the 95th Rifles I can tell you that how we are in Sharpe does give you a glimpse into why the Rifles are so unique in the modern British Army
hallio95 You misunderstand I am a Rifleman and my battalion is descended from the 95th
RGJ ?
greatest historical television series of all time
I honestly have no idea how myself as a young black dude ended up getting invested in this series back when it dropped, I can't remember most of what I watched to this day, save for how cool Sharpe seemed, a character named "Obediah"(?) and this wonderful haunting theme song.
Obediah is Hebrew. Most names at that time were biblical.
I'm American and I must say I wish I was a Brit
From what I can gather, after Brexit, it's not so great to be there right now either.
I'm also American, and I married a cute Brit! :) Now living in London, and it's brilliant. Come on over!
Joe! we share the same heritage eh?
But you are...
Trust me, it's not gonna be good. Government is a bloody mess. Rains half the time. And there's a chance where people get drunk and start protests. Like in 2013 in Bristol.
Class old series. I need to get into this.
Used to sit ont floor n watch Sharpe wi mi mam n dad from age 11, pops had to have silence for the whole of it which I gladly took part in cos I was equally obsessed :) miss mi mam n pops, whenever I see Sharpe or hear it, it always makes me think of em!
Over the Hills and Far Away? Now that's Soldiering!
I used to see
this series on history channel unfortunately history channel also changed now it has become a entertainment channel loved this show from the bottom of my heart
I got cable in 2000 just so I could get the History Channel. I cancelled cable a few months ago and cited my disgust with the current History Channel as my reason!!
waivedwench yes you are so right can you please tell me how can I download this whole series
I’ll watch Sharp’s 95th vs Hitler and the Aliens
Me and my mates used to watch this in the 90s when i was in my early 20s . Was quite a journey sharp went on from india to waterloo.
Great series
August 6, 2023 still returning to this masterpiece
Same here pal
Queen Elizabeth commanded and I obeyed.
I am no hero but am proud to have done my duty and served my country.
Congrats on being the Queens loyal peasant lol