The Cock O' the North - British Army Song
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- "The Cock O' the North" sung by the legendary Scottish singer Andy Stewart.
Cock o'the North is a 6/8 military march, bagpipe tune and jig. The title comes from the nickname of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, who in 1794 raised the 92nd Regiment of Foot, which later became the Gordon Highlanders.
The tune has always been a march used by the Gordon Highlanders, although it did not become the official regimental march until 1933, when it replaced Hielan' Laddie. Although strongly associated with the Gordons, it was used by other Highland regiments, too.
At the Siege of Lucknow, during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, 12-year-old Drummer Ross of the 93rd Highlanders signalled the arrival of his regiment to the besieged garrison, by climbing the spire of the Shah Najaf Mosque and playing "Cock o' the North" on his bugle, while under heavy fire from the rebel forces.
In 1897, during an attack by the Gordon Highlanders on the Dargai Heights, which were held by Afridi tribesmen during the Tirah campaign, Piper George Findlater won the Victoria Cross for continuing to play a regimental march while wounded in both feet. The official statement did not give the name of the tune he played; some accounts state that it was "Haughs of Cromdale" which was the Regimental Charge-tune, others claim it was "Cock of the North". Finlater's own account says that he did not hear an order to play "Cock of the North", and played "Cromdale" on his own initiative.
Besides the Gordons, the tune is, or has been, an official march for the following units:
48th Highlanders of Canada
85th Nova Scotia Highlanders
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Royal Canadian Regiment.[1]
41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment
7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment
May I just point out that its not ‘Russia’ he saying but Ross-shire. Ross-shire to the Firth was much of the Gordon’s recruiting area.
Thanks for the correction! Makes alot more sense now.
That’s false on Firth, Firth was the recruiting area of the Black Watch and still is. You are right on Ross-shire
This misunderstanding gave rise to the WW1 "Urban Legend" that Russian troops, " ....with snow on their boots", were being landed in Scotland on their way to be deployed on the Western Front.
Could be the river firth at the edge of the highlands but I am almost definitely wrong and I think ross-shire is very up north in the highlands nearish inverness
@@leyland610 That’d make sense
As I learned in Scotland in the 1960s ..."Auntie Mary had a canary, up the leg o' her drawers, it would'nae come doon for hauf a croon, ,and it won the Victoria Cross"
My nephew was enjoying listening to this today. He is 4.
Happy to hear that mate!
Hes being raised well
Aye thats how you raise a child
He's gonna grow to be true Scottish lad
Thank god for the lyrics, with such a gloriously thick Scottish accent it’s almost impossible to make out what’s sung without reading it
But seriously Sir I do love this song and the scene 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
It’s easier to understand Scottish people when they speak Scottish Gaelic than when they speak english
"Has Wellington nothing to offer me but these Amazons?"
Has Amazon’s nothing to offer me but these wellingtons?
“Has nothing to offer me but these Wellington amazons?”
Has nothing amazon to me offer bit amazon these?
@@obi-wankenobi1233 I can also offer you……….. Gumtree.
to amazon but these nothing wellington offer me to?
“The 92nd will advance. PRESERVE THE COLORS!!!!!!”
Not again..................it's Present The Colours !!!
Damn your ayes
my favourite was when the singer mimicked other country's accents in 0:57
Ya but he missed the Newfoundland accent. 😅
I am Form Wales 🏴 and I love my scot Brother 🏴
This song fills me with Scottish pride and I ain’t even Scottish.
As a scot i love this song and all pipe and drum songs
Very cool! 🏴
also the former march of the 4th battalion, brigade of the guards regiment here in india
This is the music they played when Sean Connery entered through the Pearly Gates.
Currently listening to this while wearing a kilt and walking to school!
So happy I have blue eyes when I listen to this song
Very nice song.
such a fun song! i love it
“HasWellingtonNothingToOfferMeButTheseAmazons?”
A great song, appropriately sung!
"the swing of the kilt, Man, That's the Cock O' The North." I know cock means rooster, but this line is too funny regardless.
The Cock o' the North refers to the Chief of the Clan Gordon. FYI
@@michaeldarmstead5890 I had no idea, thank you for relaying that.
like that scene in Braveheart 😂
It's good to be a Gordon.
Cock of the North is the Regimental March of the Gordon Highlanders.
I have to be honest & say they looked smart at Edinburgh Castle in '88
I was there firing the Guns & then we did a Cape tour before going back to Germany.
The Gordon's drill from what I saw was spot on.
THE OG Rooster Booster!! :)
- Winston Churchill
I am the cock o’ the north. God sabe the Queen.
Obvs sabe should read save! GSTQ My Da was a cocky wee Gordon in Burma, God love him.
The Cock o' the North refers to the Chief of Clan Gordon. FYI
@@michaeldarmstead5890 My Da was a cocky wee Gordon in WW2.
Rule Britannia from Glasgow 😎🇬🇧
Still tracking your comments
There were lyrics?
Historical it was just a Bagpipe tune/ March but Andy Stewart gave it lyrics
@@patrioticarchive
In one scene of Sergei Bondarchuk's Waterloo the 92nd are portrayed singing to the tune of Cock o' the North.
Have you got any idea what those lyrics are from? I never was able to make out what they were saying.
@@tsev3362 The songs called Macpherson's rant mate
I mind the "alternative" lyrics from when I was a laddie - czcams.com/video/8Lbt3ysslWA/video.html
My wife tells me that there were several parodies-of various levels of vulgarity and obscenity-of this song "doing the rounds" in Scottish school playgrounds in the 1950's.
"Aunty Mary stuck a canary up the leg of her drawers
She pulled a string, to make it sing
And down came Santa Claus"
A reference to a tampon, perhaps, and-
Aunty Mary had a canary up the leg of her drawers
When she farted, it departed
To a round of applause"
Yeah, I came across the second one haha. The two Ronnies used the melody in a sketch too czcams.com/video/HJ8WDLqSkJA/video.html skip to 3:15.
It's a long way from from auntie Mary and her canary. 🤔
Does his kilt swing that way because of the Cock O’ the North?
Any other Scot’s in the chat?
The cock o' the north March ko videos banai dinnus na sir plz🎼🎵🎶
Think it was being sung by Andy Stewart
The what of the north? 😳
Chicken, in other words Cock
The Cock of the North. A name that refers to the Chief of the Clan Gordon, in northern Aberdeenshire.
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why was this song named cock o’the north?
Cock o'the North is a military march, bagpipe tune and jig. The title comes from the nickname of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, who in 1794 raised the 92nd Regiment of Foot, which later became the Gordon Highlanders.
It also is the to refer to the Chief of the Clan Gordon.
scotland forever
Who sings this one?
Since when did this become a British Army song?
Always has been, Scots are Brits.
@@Schrödinger10485 it isn't yankoid, swap it with irish and i'd agree but the role scotland played in the formation of the UK and it's empire is to big.
@@Schrödinger10485 The Scots are British, it’s factual.
British is a term used by the english to extend their culture over the irish, welsh and scots
@@tony-montana2.0 Yep. It's a manufactured identity. Of course you can say "well British refers to British Isles" but people think of Thames Valley and London when you say British. It's like the WASPs in old America
He mocks us Irish, but we're just as ahrd to beat
British?
Ths Scots are brits?
@@DavidSternburgYt in what universe
@@tovarishlumberjack2356 wym?
Yes, British.
@@tovarishlumberjack2356 what island do you think Scotland is located on?
You just offended all of Scotland by labeling this as british nice version tho
I mean they are. British people are Scots, Welsh, English and Northern Irish.
The fuck do you think 'British' means
I'm Scottish British. Not offended.
British is a term used by the english to extend their culture over the irish, welsh and scots
Thank you, lots of people seem to be making a fuss over the song being titled British, but the Gordon Highlanders were a British regiment, so I don’t see the issue.