"It's A Long Way To Tipperary" - British Army Song

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  • čas přidán 16. 06. 2019
  • A British army song that became popular during ww1
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  • @cesarzteczohito3331
    @cesarzteczohito3331 Před 3 lety +4136

    G - Gas
    A - Attack in
    Y - Ypres

    • @chrisholland7367
      @chrisholland7367 Před 3 lety +184

      The third battle Ypres 1917 estimated number of casualties on both sides after 4 months of fighting half a million troops.

    • @lemon6014
      @lemon6014 Před 3 lety +119

      @@chrisholland7367 thanks history teacher

    • @chrisholland7367
      @chrisholland7367 Před 3 lety +89

      @@lemon6014 your welcome

    • @britshseniorsergeant2099
      @britshseniorsergeant2099 Před 3 lety +30

      @@chrisholland7367 thanks

    • @MJStno
      @MJStno Před 3 lety +7

      lol

  • @mememaster2772
    @mememaster2772 Před 3 lety +8836

    “And everyone was gay”
    *Enlisted 12 year old chuckles*

    • @wahabeez
      @wahabeez Před 3 lety +405

      as a 12 y/o everyone in my class would have done that who dont know about history

    • @lampdust1016
      @lampdust1016 Před 3 lety +22

      @Avignoné Énervé thats crazy

    • @Monkey12414
      @Monkey12414 Před 3 lety +224

      Gay also means happy btw

    • @kiwuuspurr1927
      @kiwuuspurr1927 Před 3 lety +367

      @@Monkey12414 When was 9 or something, and I asked my brother for the meaning of gay, he told me this meaning of course
      And I screamed out loud, "I am very gay!!!" for everyone to hear in the restaurant...

    • @johnlop7763
      @johnlop7763 Před 3 lety +116

      gay at that time means happy

  • @Jordon168
    @Jordon168 Před 8 měsíci +319

    "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is often associated with Ireland, but it's actually a song with strong ties to both Ireland and England. The song was written in 1912 by Jack Judge, an Englishman, and Harry Williams, who claimed to be from County Tipperary in Ireland. The song became popular during World War I and was sung by soldiers from both countries. Its catchy tune and sentimental lyrics made it a favorite among the troops, and it's now considered a classic wartime song associated with Irish and British heritage.
    "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is often considered a British song because it gained widespread popularity and became an anthem for British soldiers during World War I. While one of its co-authors, Harry Williams, claimed Irish heritage and named the song after County Tipperary in Ireland, the song itself was written by Williams, an Englishman, and Jack Judge, another Englishman.
    During the war, the song was embraced by British soldiers who found comfort and solace in its lyrics. It was used to boost morale and maintain a sense of connection to home. As a result, it became strongly associated with the British military and is still considered a part of British musical heritage. While it has Irish elements, its popularity and significance in British wartime culture have led to its classification as a British song.

    • @sesh1255
      @sesh1255 Před 5 měsíci +3

      I wonder what he thought of Ireland becoming independent

    • @chriscope7292
      @chriscope7292 Před 2 měsíci

      he actually wrote in it a town called stalybridge greater manchester - there is a statue of him outside the town hall and also a street called Judge street which has a night club on it called …… yep you guessed it - Judges 😊

    • @landon8214
      @landon8214 Před 2 měsíci

      I've always associate with England and the United Kingdom

    • @bestmodeiii
      @bestmodeiii Před 26 dny

      Blah, blah, blah.

    • @tempejkl
      @tempejkl Před 21 dnem

      'claimed to be from tipperary' most likely had heritage there. A huge amount of English people have Irish heritage, and had there not been British occupation the populations would've been comparable at 36 million (estimate) for Ireland and 55 million (current) for England. England today has 55m people and Ireland has 7. Ireland is the only country to have a smaller population today than in the 19th century.
      Liverpool, Glasgow, London(more recent, not due to british starvation of Ireland) and Boston, Newfoundland, Barbados, Chicago, and more all have significant Irish populations, mainly due to the British starvation, one of many, in the 1840s, but some are more recent, or some are further back.
      I like the english people though. I'd like yous even more if yous took inspiration from the French on the monarchy.

  • @Pinkie007
    @Pinkie007 Před 2 lety +1515

    I’m from Tipperary and I didn’t know that this song existed until I went abroad and someone asked where I was from.
    I told them and they didn’t believe me…
    They proceeded to sing the entire chorus to me and then they said that they thought Tipperary wasn’t a real place.
    Also my current girlfriend who’s French, thought I was making fun of her when I first told her I was Irish. She thought Ireland was a myth like the lost city of Atlantis or something, lol. Went on like this for a good few weeks…

    • @schwoondoggle
      @schwoondoggle Před rokem +130

      Damn guess I was born in the Ireland shaped hole in the sea then. (I'm not Irish but I was born in Dublin anyway lol)

    • @globe0147
      @globe0147 Před rokem +196

      Wtf she didn’t know what Ireland was 💀💀

    • @toptiercontent7123
      @toptiercontent7123 Před rokem +172

      How the fuck does a French person not know Ireland is a country

    • @frenchempire9471
      @frenchempire9471 Před rokem +138

      Oh my God, a European who doesn't know Ireland existed
      Gonna use this is American vs European arguments, hopefully your cool with this

    • @Pinkie007
      @Pinkie007 Před rokem +24

      @@frenchempire9471 Lol sure go ahead I don’t mind.

  • @arbor7783
    @arbor7783 Před 4 lety +12372

    Bro, this song is catchier than the spanish flu.

    • @arbor7783
      @arbor7783 Před 4 lety +79

      @@1stofficerwilliammurdoch515 👏🏻

    • @Pablo-bn2nz
      @Pablo-bn2nz Před 4 lety +82

      Nice

    • @partygoersonlevelfun4485
      @partygoersonlevelfun4485 Před 4 lety +152

      *catches spanish flu*

    • @vapingcat8923
      @vapingcat8923 Před 4 lety +12

      omfg XD

    • @saltyman6633
      @saltyman6633 Před 4 lety +3

      @taniths 1st and only sgt iron on duty Well that's true, I guess everything's solved with murder, I guess. If we all just kill ourselves we will solve global warming!

  • @AlxzAlec
    @AlxzAlec Před 4 lety +3810

    america: we all feel gay when johnny comes marching home
    Uk: all the streets were paved with gold so, everyone was gay,

  • @theonetruepancakeman
    @theonetruepancakeman Před 2 lety +218

    British: It's a long, long way to Tipperary but my heart is right here!
    Italians: May one flag reclaim us all!
    Germans: *I only know that if I die, the good mother will cry for me*

  • @williamsherman1942
    @williamsherman1942 Před rokem +161

    Coming here again to leave my respect to these brave men in the picture and to enjoy this great song, respect from America.

    • @presidentfrankhorrigan26
      @presidentfrankhorrigan26 Před rokem +4

      What is my ancestor doing in a CZcams comment section!?

    • @user-zc4sx9ig6p
      @user-zc4sx9ig6p Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@presidentfrankhorrigan26 hey I killed you, how you alive??

    • @tempejkl
      @tempejkl Před 21 dnem

      Brave men, sadly, useless cause and a waste of good life. All for the interests of the rich

  • @lavaknight3682
    @lavaknight3682 Před 3 lety +7900

    “Up to mighty London came an Irish lad one day”
    “WE’RE IN THE HEART OF THE ENEMY KATHLEEN”

  • @definitelynotthefbi4412
    @definitelynotthefbi4412 Před 4 lety +6512

    Such a jolly song to sing while you’re crouching in a rat-infested, flooded, muddy trench as Germans barge at you with bayonets while machine guns are rattling away and artillery shells piercing the ground all around and men standing up suddenly falling with a hole in their face.

    • @barrykissoon7200
      @barrykissoon7200 Před 4 lety +166

      Definitely Not The FBI Don't forget the mustard gas,tanks and no man's land

    • @definitelynotthefbi4412
      @definitelynotthefbi4412 Před 4 lety +106

      ToxiicWarfare 1. There’s different types of shells. 2. Please then, explain why the battlefields were covered in huge holes from artillery if you know so much.

    • @kevinpierce3458
      @kevinpierce3458 Před 4 lety +72

      That’s why the boys sang it to lift there hearts

    • @geroutathat
      @geroutathat Před 4 lety +27

      Well they were Irish, so why not try see the funny side.

    • @-lightningwill-6014
      @-lightningwill-6014 Před 4 lety +52

      Do you not hear the legends of British resilience, thats just a day at the beach mate

  • @unkle_sam233
    @unkle_sam233 Před rokem +73

    This was one of the first WW2 songs I learnt from watching Das Boot (1981), the atmosphere was always jolly in the movie when this song played but the movie ending...damn.

    • @serenade4926
      @serenade4926 Před rokem +8

      WW1 Actually

    • @Sssp4582
      @Sssp4582 Před 26 dny

      ​@@serenade4926nerd ass

    • @tempejkl
      @tempejkl Před 21 dnem

      It's WWI but it could probably work for WWII (as long as you ignore the Irish bit, not many Irish fought in WWI, excluding NI, but Tipperary is in the republic

    • @Rogue-6
      @Rogue-6 Před 18 dny

      *ww1

  • @jamesknight6890
    @jamesknight6890 Před rokem +66

    I’m British and I love my Irish brothers and all they have contributed to britain, I truly believe Britain and Ireland and the greatest nations in the world 🇬🇧🇮🇪

    • @haroldotrotter9148
      @haroldotrotter9148 Před 6 měsíci +2

      yeah we sorry about the famine. imo its the worst thing we have ever committed.

    • @DingleDangle66
      @DingleDangle66 Před 5 měsíci +5

      @@haroldotrotter9148Don’t apologise. WE didn’t do it.

    • @haroldotrotter9148
      @haroldotrotter9148 Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@DingleDangle66 yeah actually it was our ancestors

    • @Sophiebryson510
      @Sophiebryson510 Před 4 měsíci

      Yeah. The whole empire thing was pretty unscrupulous.

    • @tempejkl
      @tempejkl Před 21 dnem

      @@DingleDangle66True. It wasn't even your ancestors. It was the ancestors of the rich. No struggle but class struggle, tiocfaidh ar la

  • @DaviusMelleisiusFelix
    @DaviusMelleisiusFelix Před 4 lety +3144

    When you get rented in Monopoly but you're out of money 1:39

    • @unepicness8881
      @unepicness8881 Před 3 lety +149

      This is underrated as hell

    • @Kludgzenjammer
      @Kludgzenjammer Před 3 lety +86

      Now this comment right here deserves the gold medal

    • @horizelux2212
      @horizelux2212 Před 3 lety +40

      How does this comment have less than 1k likes?!?!!! Someone give this man more likes 😂
      EDIT: YES 1.1K LIKES!!

    • @rehaal07
      @rehaal07 Před 3 lety +7

      heck yea

    • @Kai-xr6vs
      @Kai-xr6vs Před 3 lety +51

      I just barely got the joke assuming that British people have their own Monopoly where those are properties, but to any non-British person, this comment is very likely to make no sense, even though it's quite clever.

  • @KGBBooks
    @KGBBooks Před 4 lety +649

    “Remember it’s the pen that’s bad, don’t lay the blame on me.” - 20th century autocorrect

    • @thebravebobo5116
      @thebravebobo5116 Před 3 lety +51

      He was blaming lag it wasn’t him

    • @kirby1225
      @kirby1225 Před 2 lety +5

      @@thebravebobo5116 blaming it was lag before it was cool

    • @alexanderivankovic8966
      @alexanderivankovic8966 Před 12 dny

      The whole exchange between the soldier and molly is very wholesome. This line is so good

    • @HarryJCook
      @HarryJCook Před 3 dny

      he's only human after all

  • @janesmith9024
    @janesmith9024 Před 2 lety +52

    My parents sung this along with world law songs when we were in bed in the 1960s so I know all these songs so well (and had a lifetime of pleasure as a solo and choral singer - so always sing to your children - it can be the start of so much)

  • @carmattvidz4426
    @carmattvidz4426 Před 28 dny +3

    This song is dangerous. Once you listen to it you be humming/singing it for days lol

  • @orthodoxcrusader8568
    @orthodoxcrusader8568 Před 3 lety +3677

    "All the streets were paved with gold so everyone was gay"
    IRA: told ya'

  • @adankmeme651
    @adankmeme651 Před 3 lety +3582

    People in the song: It's A Long Way To Tipperary!
    People who live in Tipperary: *I don't have such weaknesses.*

    • @melonmusk6464
      @melonmusk6464 Před 3 lety +31

      @Fíonán Murphy wow, so Tiperrary is Ireland in Irish because Irish people need to say Ireland in Irish because the language they speak is Irish?

    • @melonmusk6464
      @melonmusk6464 Před 3 lety +10

      @Fíonán Murphy surprised Pichachu face

    • @RuskiWaffle
      @RuskiWaffle Před 3 lety +28

      @@melonmusk6464 uh, it's called gaelic

    • @melonmusk6464
      @melonmusk6464 Před 3 lety +5

      @@RuskiWaffle it was a reply to another comment, guess I was wrong

    • @gutty5475
      @gutty5475 Před 3 lety +30

      @@melonmusk6464 everything about your account is so cursed

  • @Better_Clean_Than_Green
    @Better_Clean_Than_Green Před rokem +179

    As a German this is a beautiful song♡

  • @hazzamilgaming
    @hazzamilgaming Před 6 měsíci +27

    We drawing straight lines in ethnically diverse regions with this one 🗣️🗣️🗣️

  • @eccoregitv9484
    @eccoregitv9484 Před 4 lety +2113

    80% of the comments: ThErE iS GaY In ThIs SoNg
    20% of the comments:other stuff.

    • @toastwitz2446
      @toastwitz2446 Před 4 lety +23

      Happy. It means happy back then.

    • @commentpolice4694
      @commentpolice4694 Před 4 lety +6

      Don’t worry, most people commenting gay are about 8 years old and ignorant.

    • @aston452
      @aston452 Před 4 lety +3

      Just childish and pethetic people, with very low iq this day and age thats why

    • @paro5614
      @paro5614 Před 4 lety +1

      @Viktor Potenza che cazzo dici fra porcamadonna

    • @GavinOReilly.
      @GavinOReilly. Před 3 lety +1

      20% British Ireland is boarder gore

  • @CaptainX2012
    @CaptainX2012 Před 4 lety +3012

    Is nobody pointing out how in the last verse Paddy got cheated on?

    • @williamclarke8732
      @williamclarke8732 Před 4 lety +370

      I was like "wait what you just gonna drop paddy like that"

    • @wilsthelimit
      @wilsthelimit Před 4 lety +162

      CaptainX Poor Paddy

    • @basil9973
      @basil9973 Před 4 lety +162

      Although I dont think they were together in the first place, take another glance I got the impression that they're just friends.

    • @bobbills2953
      @bobbills2953 Před 4 lety +289

      *everyone is saying about paddy*
      *But know one is asking how is paddy*

    • @rafalotreba6824
      @rafalotreba6824 Před 4 lety +45

      It is not only Paddy, it is about whole Island.

  • @HundreadD
    @HundreadD Před 2 lety +57

    This one really takes me back to 1914, at least in spirit. I can't describe it, but it just captures the feeling of that time so well

  • @Henley69420
    @Henley69420 Před 2 lety +57

    Girls locker rooms in 1916: Women votes!
    Boys locker rooms in 1916:

  • @dataexpunged2827
    @dataexpunged2827 Před 4 lety +1998

    When the German kid spills your tea:

  • @BoraCM
    @BoraCM Před 4 lety +5557

    Gay back then meant happy.
    P.S. By saying what I said 4 years ago, I was clarifying to those who were confused about the meaning of 'gay' used in this song. I do not condone or agree with anti-LGBT+ replies to this comment, and am disappointed that some people seem to believe that I dislike the current usage of the word.
    Am I upset at having to edit this comment after over 4 years of leaving it unchanged? Maybe, but so be it.

    • @albertthefarmer6023
      @albertthefarmer6023 Před 4 lety +528

      It still does, today it means 2 things.

    • @Dragonite_Tom
      @Dragonite_Tom Před 4 lety +152

      Why don't people nowadays call people that have same sex marriage gay when is already mean happy?

    • @mokinsen
      @mokinsen Před 4 lety +49

      BoraCM 39 My teatcher made an example
      The colours of the woods are so gay. Green BLUE 😂😂

    • @humppi.2304
      @humppi.2304 Před 4 lety +22

      @@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385 ow sharp edge

    • @partygoersonlevelfun4485
      @partygoersonlevelfun4485 Před 4 lety +9

      Ik

  • @xslavador3912
    @xslavador3912 Před 2 lety +14

    The soldiers who are looking at the camera are absolute legends. they dont know they are being seen even after a hundred years..

    • @tempejkl
      @tempejkl Před 21 dnem

      True. Shame their lives were wasted by the ruling classes.

  • @berthar.shewman9921
    @berthar.shewman9921 Před 2 lety +1

    One Sunday many many years ago an old flame shared this title with me on the steps of the Sunday school building. I have never forgotten either the flame or the piece. This is a very fine video and I am always happy to see the lyrics on the screen as it assists memory. Thank you for showing this piece.
    Bertha

  • @nicholasiiofrussia1662
    @nicholasiiofrussia1662 Před 4 lety +8608

    "All the streets were paved with gold so everyone was gay"
    JK Rowling: *heavy breathing*

    • @mbalfour
      @mbalfour Před 4 lety +97

      HahahahahahHha

    • @ZakoZeWacko
      @ZakoZeWacko Před 4 lety +373

      I think there is gay in the song because in the past gay meant happy. So said my English teacher.
      Edit: Ok, I know this is a joke. I am just telling facts ok. Also, even I know its a joke, i dont really get it. Lol.

    • @Garangus
      @Garangus Před 4 lety +229

      Thanks Tsar Nicholas ll, very cool.

    • @kiinuyo
      @kiinuyo Před 4 lety +38

      zack That’s the joke

    • @heresy7266
      @heresy7266 Před 4 lety +37

      @@ZakoZeWacko no shit

  • @samuelbt3726
    @samuelbt3726 Před 4 lety +940

    *It's a long sail to Falklands*

    • @Bob-fh4ht
      @Bob-fh4ht Před 3 lety +42

      Argentina: "lol ima take this"

    • @Bob-fh4ht
      @Bob-fh4ht Před 3 lety +32

      @Sky Honkler HIPPITY HOPPITY MY NAVY LEAVES MY PROPERTY

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover Před 3 lety +6

      Actually Argentina won the war by restoring its democracy

    • @samuelbt3726
      @samuelbt3726 Před 3 lety +48

      @@appleslover if you're talking about the falklands, doesn't count as a win in my book or anyone's.

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover Před 3 lety +10

      @@samuelbt3726 Thatcher won the British public and got them poorer but Argentinan dictatorship collapsed then democracy was restored

  • @kameradkrieg8480
    @kameradkrieg8480 Před rokem +54

    But my heart is right There!
    🇺🇲🇬🇧

  • @arthurwellesley1stdukeofwe890

    God, i love this country. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @Gtx-ij9ff
    @Gtx-ij9ff Před 3 lety +2815

    When Tipperary, Ireland is more than 5000 miles from your location because you live in the United States

    • @woda9291
      @woda9291 Před 2 lety +139

      I have been to Tipperary. The song makes it sound better then it actually is LOL. Just like any other irish town.

    • @lint3957
      @lint3957 Před 2 lety +139

      Well, as they say
      It’s a long way to Tipperary

    • @tashalea4188
      @tashalea4188 Před 2 lety +15

      I live in mexico

    • @guwhy1907
      @guwhy1907 Před 2 lety +19

      @@woda9291 lmao tipperary is a shit hole hahaha

    • @nooberto78years62
      @nooberto78years62 Před 2 lety +2

      LOL

  • @ThePalaeontologist
    @ThePalaeontologist Před 3 lety +2700

    _Some context about the photographs_
    *Photograph 1 at the Tower of London 1914*
    0:08 - 1:01
    2nd Scots Guards marching from the Tower of London in September 1914. Clue is the 'Beefeater' (more properly known as a Yeoman Warder; the Yeoman Warders being a Palace and Fortress Guard, still active in the present day, since 1485) looking at the marching column perpendicular, on the right.
    Judging by his many medals, I'm wondering if that is the _Ravenmaster_ of the Tower of London and the Yeomen Warders (?) Maybe it's simply enough, the Chief Warder of the Yeomen Warders.
    In any case, the sight of a 'Beefeater' as they are more colloquially and popularly called in the UK, is a dead give away for the location (though the architecture itself obviously indicates it is at the Tower of London as well, if you know what you're looking at)
    The 2nd Scots Guards then went to Lyndhurst in the New Forest, in Hampshire (Southern England, UK) for the formation of the 7th Division.
    After a bit of looking, I think this was photo taken on the *15th September 1914* based on some captions. This lines up with the fact that the 2nd Battalion/Bn Scots Guards arrived at the Belgian port-town of Zeebrugge, with the rest of 7th Division, on the 7th October 1914.
    They had been intended to reinforce the Belgian Army against the German Imperial Army smashing into Belgium, but by the time they had arrived, they could only help to cover the Belgian retreat as the Entente allies began the 'Race to the Sea', in which they managed to _just about_ hold on against the massive German invasion. 7th Division held out at Ypres with pretty much all that was left of the rest of the initial BEF. The First Battle of Ypres ending 22 November 1914.
    Their fellow Scots Guards of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards had already been in the *Battle of Mons* 23rd August 1914; the first battle the British fought in during the First World War, as part of the 1st Division which was under the command of Lieutenant General Samuel Holt Lomax (whom was fatally wounded in action in October 1914 at the First Battle of Ypres, being one of the most senior British officers to die on active service during the entire war; he was badly wounded by German artillery while commanding his troops from a château behind the lines, with half a dozen other officers killed)
    By the time the First Battle of Ypres had taken place, the 2nd Scots Guards were by then also engaged in front-line action, fighting at First Ypres as part of IV Corps, under command of Sir Henry Rawlinson (with substantive Major-General Thompson Capper, directly commanding the 7th Division of IV Corps; and the later to be knighted in the King's Birthday Honours of June 1919, Sir Harold Goodeve Ruggles-Brise, commanding the 2nd Scots Guards)
    Harold Ruggles-Brise was a Major-General, and on the 15th September 1914 (apparently the same day the photograph at the Tower of London was taken, which further reinforces this and makes a lot of sense) promoted to temporary Brigadier-General on the way to Belgium just prior to the First Battle of Ypres. He would later be promoted further as part of Haig's GHQ staff. He was injured - retrieved near death - at First Ypres but returned to action later in 1915.
    Major-General Thompson Capper fought until the Battle of Loos 1915, where he was mortally wounded by a sniper bullet that pierced both his lungs, while he was scouting out German field positions reconnoitring out in front of his troops alone.
    Field Marshal Sir John French, had led the British Expeditionary Force (all divisions sent, all corps, all battalions) from the Battle of Mons until the Battle of Loos, after which, he resigned (later titled the 1st Earl of Ypres) His handling of the British forces in the war by that juncture, had been greatly criticised, though this intensified after the Battle of Loos (25th September-8th October 1915) Field Marshall Douglas Haig replaced him (he was a vociferous rival and critic of John French)
    *Photograph 2 possibly Étaples (?)*
    1:04 - 1:56
    I'm not 100% sure with this one but if I were to guess, it could be the British Army/British Expeditionary Force encampments, training sites and munitions depots at Étaples (or Étaples-sur-Mer) in the Pas-de-Calais department in Northern France. Otherwise it might just be some artillery position.
    Étaples became the principal depot and transit camp for the British Expeditionary Force in France and also the point to which the wounded were transported.
    The field artillery guns in the foreground of the image _might_ be:
    - Ordnance QF 13-pounder
    - Ordnance QF 18-pounder
    In battles such as the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the British QF 13 and 18 pounder guns were their primary artillery pieces, comparatively early on in the war 10th-13th March 1915. This might be what these are in the picture, going off that logic.
    Whatever they are they seem to have 14 spoke wheels, which is strange, because on the pictures of the guns most British WWI artillery of that middling size tend to have 12 spoke wheels. The barrels are above the wheels.
    *Photograph 3 a potentially staged or real action photo from 1917 or 1918, of maybe American or British soldiers*
    1:58 - 3:03
    There seems to be a little obscurity with this one whether the two soldiers pictured are British or American. Wikipedia seems to not know whether they are American or British:
    Wikipedia image: "At close grips2 jpeg2" (won't let me link the page, keeps deleting my comment)
    Caption reading: "photographed circa 1917-1918, published 1922"
    "LOC caption : "At close grips with the Hun, we bomb the corkshaffer's, etc." Two United States soldiers run past the remains of two German soldiers toward a bunker.”
    “Note that this may well be a staged propaganda image. Also note the British style webbing and possible SMLE rifle. It is possible that the men photographed in this image are in fact British, not American."
    Therefore I am not sure if those are British or American soldiers, though it seems to be a US Army photograph if nothing else. I thought from the webbing alone even before I researched the image that they were looking a lot more like British soldiers in 1908 Pattern British Army Webbing, wearing Brodie helmets etc.
    It's easy to get them mixed up because the US military was directly basing/or even literally _getting_ it's newer equipment from the British ones. The US Army rapidly expanded in the lead up to the USA's direct involvement in WWI, though it had to change from a very different army than it had been in say, 1900 or 1905. It was far smaller and far less well-organised before a huge overhaul going into WWI. British and French officers and advisors helped train up the AEF behind Anglo-French lines, in France, prior to them going into battle for the first time.
    From the nature of the running postures this picture does seem 'reimagined' so to speak. Sometimes it might be too dangerous, censored or difficult to follow the action, so reconstruction photos of what they did were made instead.
    This _might_ be one of them, but it's hard to tell. The dead German soldier on the ground is very real and the plume of white smoke in the background is clearly some kind of blast. It is possibly real though the camera is following immediately behind in what is claimed is an attack on a German position (the LOC/Library of Congress caption literally says, "At close grips with the Hun, we bomb the corkshaffer's, etc" after all)
    Both the Americans and British had long bayonets in this time, on their long rifles. The M1905 Pattern Bayonet for the US Army and the Pattern 1907 Bayonet for the British Army/BEF.
    This standard British and Empire bayonet used in WWI was 21& 3⁄4 inches (552.45 mm) long with a blade 17 inch (431.8 mm) long blade. The handle grip was the remaining 121.8 mm. A shallow fuller (a groove in the blade) was machined into both sides of the blade, 12 inches (304.8 mm) long and extending to within 3 inches (76.2 mm) of the tip.
    This was a sword bayonet really (which came with it's own scabbard; they didn't mess around) The M1905 bayonet the US troops used was 16 inches (40.6 cm) of steel blade and a 4-inch (10.16 cm) handle grip, so about the same size though the British bayonet looked more sword like by design.
    The combined length of the SMLE and Pattern 1907 bayonet was 5 feet 2 inches (157.48 cm) Although the average height for a male in the UK today is around 5 foot 9 inches (175.26 cm) tall, back then, it was 5 foot 2 inches tall.
    This means the SMLE with bayonet affixed, was as tall as the average soldier carrying it in 1914.
    The British sword bayonet was literally _designed to be used with SMLE rifles_ though I'll get to the rifles in a moment. The American bayonet was designed for the Springfield service rifle of the day similarly.
    Nominally the US standard service rifle/standard issue rifle of WWI was the M1903 Springfield.
    The main, British standard rifle in WWI (including more 1917 when the USA), was of course the SMLE.
    The 'Smelly' (SMLE; Short Magazine Lee-Enfield) was the successor of the Magazine Lee-Enfield. From the image, it does appear to be an SMLE at a glance.
    There is a notoriously elaborate array of different marks and variants of Lee-Enfield, though suffice it to say that several different kinds were used in WWI. On paper it might seem likely that if the soldier in the picture is carrying a Lee-Enfield, that he is armed with a Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III/or III* (III star)
    However, complicating this further, is how the actual main rifle of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in 1917, was the so-called "M1917 Enfield", or "United States Rifle, calibre .30, Model of 1917"; an American modification and production of the .303-inch (7.7 mm) Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14) rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. 3)

  • @user-kb4gg3jk2z
    @user-kb4gg3jk2z Před 2 lety +25

    as an American I respect the British and this song

  • @margheritamuller8708
    @margheritamuller8708 Před rokem +12

    The song was originally written as a lament from an Irish worker in London, missing his homeland, before it became a popular soldiers' marching song (Wikipedia) and the same happened to “Johnny I hardly knew you” which by changing the tempo became “when Johnny came marching home”

  • @eryximaque6310
    @eryximaque6310 Před 3 lety +827

    The first song I have learnt in English, from my father .
    Greetings from France.

  • @desertfox20
    @desertfox20 Před 3 lety +918

    Me to my parents when I fail my spelling test: 1:18

    • @torreyjohnson250
      @torreyjohnson250 Před 3 lety +67

      Another possible caption: When the math teacher starts to get on your case about showing your work better: 1:18

    • @qtulhoo
      @qtulhoo Před 2 lety +2

      @Brian Katongo What did you think other schools taught?

    • @pashauzan
      @pashauzan Před 2 lety +3

      @@qtulhoo how to pay taxes

    • @goodguyyt
      @goodguyyt Před 2 lety

      @Brian Katongo in India we don't do that here after 3 or 5th standard

    • @panzerivausfg4062
      @panzerivausfg4062 Před 2 lety

      @@qtulhoo We don't do spelling tests neither.
      Those things happen only in primary school

  • @elwinberg
    @elwinberg Před 2 lety +13

    I actually get emotioned by this song because it makes me think about the Young solders that was fighting for their country and missed their home and their family. They shall never be forgotten

  • @14dcook
    @14dcook Před 20 dny +1

    my first exposure to this song was from Mystery Science Theater 3000, and I always just thought it was a random thing Crow was singing until I heard Caleb sing it in Blood. xD

  • @mr.shameless1886
    @mr.shameless1886 Před 3 lety +136

    G - Genuinely
    A - Addicted to
    Y - Yellow Mustard Flavored Spicy Air

    • @mrpineapple3942
      @mrpineapple3942 Před 2 lety +4

      Oooh ima put spicy air on my burger *cough cough*
      *ded*

  • @Loup-mx7yt
    @Loup-mx7yt Před 4 lety +4279

    Its midnight and I'm spending my time watching socialist East German music and its a long way to Tipperary.
    A man of culture I am.

  • @changu0510
    @changu0510 Před 23 dny +4

    For context, gay is an old term for very happy in this case, NOT THE SEXUALITY.

  • @tps_sp
    @tps_sp Před 2 lety +18

    i know the gay part is supposed to mean they're happy
    but i have the sense of humor and maturity of a 10 year old

    • @stephmod7434
      @stephmod7434 Před 2 lety

      Same

    • @kinggeorgeiii7515
      @kinggeorgeiii7515 Před 2 lety

      At least you admit you know what the word means, unlike all of the children in the comments saying “Gay!!!🤣🤣😂😂😂😆😆”

  • @ryerial7723
    @ryerial7723 Před 3 lety +163

    just...remember back then. “Gay” was another word for “Happy.”

    • @cmcphotography1
      @cmcphotography1 Před 2 lety +7

      I wonder why the term changed

    • @juice8431
      @juice8431 Před 2 lety +4

      @@cmcphotography1 Hmm I WONDER why?

    • @cmcphotography1
      @cmcphotography1 Před 2 lety +1

      @@juice8431 ?

    • @cmcphotography1
      @cmcphotography1 Před 2 lety +1

      @@juice8431 I seriously don't know

    • @juice8431
      @juice8431 Před 2 lety +1

      @@cmcphotography1 You really dont know what the word gay means in the 21st century?

  • @jmight318
    @jmight318 Před 4 lety +789

    I just think it's funny how all other country's world war music were sad, gloomy, and had a dark undertone. But the British songs were...

    • @DerSingh0329
      @DerSingh0329 Před 4 lety +128

      You forgot about Germans..... *Erika, Lore and Rosemarie wants to know your location*

    • @aspenlovelock8115
      @aspenlovelock8115 Před 4 lety +26

      Trevor GTA American over there?

    • @DerSingh0329
      @DerSingh0329 Před 4 lety +22

      @@aspenlovelock8115 ummmm I don't know much about American ones.... But I know one....that is Gory gory what a helluva way to die.... And didn't find it happy I am sorry

    • @aspenlovelock8115
      @aspenlovelock8115 Před 4 lety +16

      Trevor GTA they have “over there” it’s epic

    • @cloroxbleach9222
      @cloroxbleach9222 Před 4 lety +40

      German World War (2) music became less of the country and more of banging ladies though.

  • @BartlomiejDmowski
    @BartlomiejDmowski Před rokem +12

    Last holidays I spent 2 weeks in London. Probably two of my greatest memories are when I made trips to the very centre of the city to see all these well-known places like Westminster or Buckingham Palace. Both times I began at the Underground station called Leicester Square. I would put on my headphones, play this song on Spotify and almost sing as I walked through these streets with high spirits. It was amazing to see these names on walls and signs - Leicester Square, Piccadilly, Strand - and hear them in this great song at the same time. I was enjoying the spirit of proud, imperial Britain and imagining soldiers waiting to depart
    This is truly a wonderful song. God save the King! God bless Britain! From a Polish friend

    • @rockz9783
      @rockz9783 Před rokem

      Real life equivalent of reading comments right as they happen in the video

    • @minilla3842
      @minilla3842 Před rokem +1

      Awesome! Glad you enjoyed your visit!

    • @BartlomiejDmowski
      @BartlomiejDmowski Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@minilla3842London has many faces, I managed to see the beautiful ones

    • @tempejkl
      @tempejkl Před 21 dnem

      The Irish soldiers had no spirit of 'proud, imperial Britain'. They fought because they had no choice, and they thought they were fighting against a greater enemy.

    • @BartlomiejDmowski
      @BartlomiejDmowski Před 21 dnem

      @@tempejkl yes, and? This song was adopted by all British soldiers and this version is probably not performed by an Irishman. Besides, don’t generalise, think only about the author of the song

  • @time.dealer
    @time.dealer Před 3 měsíci +6

    Back in the early 00's, when I was about 4th-5th grade, I used to study English 3 times a week in a private school my parents insisted on paying for. Once a week we had this lovely music teacher come with her electric piano and teach our group authentic British songs. She gave us these little booklets full of songs similar to this one, so we could all sing along. Unfortunately, this song is the only one I still remember, but It is a great memory from my childhood. It somehow still pops up in my head from time to time 20 years later.

  • @shuhratkessikbayev8886
    @shuhratkessikbayev8886 Před 4 lety +1959

    British teachers: Alright lads, we're on our way to Germany
    British girls: Oh my, I cannot wait to try out authentic German cuisine
    British boys:

  • @stuartwilliams7912
    @stuartwilliams7912 Před 4 lety +1242

    Some British soldiers were captured by the Germans and were being marched to a camp and they sang this the German soldiers were so impressed because they were sending out a message that you may have caught us but you'll never break us it made the Germans respect the people we are.

    • @tdoran616
      @tdoran616 Před 2 lety +139

      The Brit’s have a history of finding fun in any bad situation. I reckon it comes down to our banter and “stiff upper lip” culture

    • @notcharlie7107
      @notcharlie7107 Před 2 lety +51

      @@tdoran616 I can tell you’re British because you said “reckon”

    • @Mr_Makina
      @Mr_Makina Před 2 lety +32

      @@notcharlie7107 a lot of yanks say reckon or "i reckon" as well.

    • @rebelfriend9006
      @rebelfriend9006 Před rokem +2

      @@Mr_Makina I’ve never heard I reckon here

    • @strawbman
      @strawbman Před rokem +41

      The Germans always had a lot of respect for the British. Even Hitler considered them to be Germanic brothers

  • @soysauce1219
    @soysauce1219 Před 11 měsíci +4

    I have no idea why this just popped in my head... But it did and here we are.

  • @rhodaprasad6512
    @rhodaprasad6512 Před 2 lety +10

    Good to hear this song after many years...!The last was when I was a little girl towards the end of WW II whilst the British soldiers sang atop their army van through the street in front of my grandfather's house...in the times of British India!

  • @warrenlehmkuhleii8472
    @warrenlehmkuhleii8472 Před 4 lety +813

    God bless all men who fought for there nation in the First World War.

    • @lukascurda3924
      @lukascurda3924 Před 4 lety +15

      Hi! I have noticed that you have Slovak flag at your profile picture. I am from Slovakia 🇸🇰

    • @warrenlehmkuhleii8472
      @warrenlehmkuhleii8472 Před 4 lety +15

      @@lukascurda3924 Hello, I am partly a Slovak American.

    • @lukascurda3924
      @lukascurda3924 Před 4 lety +6

      @@warrenlehmkuhleii8472 good.

    • @Ypog_UA
      @Ypog_UA Před 3 lety +1

      Not our enemies though

    • @Petar901
      @Petar901 Před 3 lety

      Well when they returned things weren't so happy.

  • @noco7243
    @noco7243 Před 4 lety +578

    "Everyone was gay"
    Damn, that's deep, how did they predict that.

  • @pookybuster5740
    @pookybuster5740 Před rokem +24

    Much love to England from 🇯🇲

    • @tempejkl
      @tempejkl Před 21 dnem

      What did England do in Jamaica? Did they oppress them like they did here in Ireland?

  • @mrnoob4274
    @mrnoob4274 Před 4 měsíci +8

    "I ain't gay but gold is gold"
    People from the uk in the 1900's

  • @Gabowsk
    @Gabowsk Před 4 lety +334

    Say 3 facts about the United Kingdom:
    1 - They love tea.
    2 - PARDON ME?
    3 - Everyone is gay.

  • @historeek3338
    @historeek3338 Před 3 lety +581

    As a french, I must admit, you are our Best allies since 1850's era. Thanks for all you did in 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.

    • @Temerald51
      @Temerald51 Před 2 lety +94

      No problem mate! Our countries have been enemies for centuries but now we shall protect eachother from threats as comrades, side be side

    • @amagimofumofu6549
      @amagimofumofu6549 Před 2 lety +30

      @@Temerald51 Britain and France are the perfect rivals to eachother

    • @koneko-2562
      @koneko-2562 Před 2 lety +5

      Do we forget the millennia of war prior to those dates?

    • @72mossy
      @72mossy Před 2 lety +3

      They weren't our Mates from 1169 to 1921

    • @amagimofumofu6549
      @amagimofumofu6549 Před 2 lety +18

      @@koneko-2562 just friendly banter

  • @Ihavekibou
    @Ihavekibou Před rokem +5

    imagine you're a solider during WW1 being in the trenches with your commander commanding you and your fellow soldiers, you hear soldiers yelling, screaming crying and mourning & crying for help, and then you suddenly hear an army singing "Its a long to Tipperary, it's a long way to go."

  • @pramashaumadhana9086
    @pramashaumadhana9086 Před 7 měsíci +4

    I just cried reading a “full circle” twitter story..

    • @SarahTochhawng
      @SarahTochhawng Před 7 měsíci +1

      I just came here from that story! Bawling

  • @doomdomm1722
    @doomdomm1722 Před 3 lety +220

    thanks to all the british soldiers fallen in France, we don't forget them." Your names are unknown, yours exploits are eternal".

    • @mr.potato2223
      @mr.potato2223 Před 2 lety +2

      What a badass quote

    • @nikolakaravida9670
      @nikolakaravida9670 Před 2 lety +5

      @@mr.potato2223 It's on the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier in Moscow. "Your name is unknown, your deed is immortal".

    • @theluchadrago
      @theluchadrago Před 2 lety +21

      I‘m German, I‘m very proud of all soldiers all over the World. Doesn‘t matter if they fought for Germany or Britain. The soldiers were all human who fought for their Country.

    • @Ineedmoreideas
      @Ineedmoreideas Před 2 lety +3

      @@theluchadrago facts

    • @user-ze8yy8jg1f
      @user-ze8yy8jg1f Před rokem +4

      @@theluchadrago patriots should be respected

  • @williamclarke8732
    @williamclarke8732 Před 4 lety +1088

    When you get spelling wrong remember chaps its not you tis the pen
    Edit: The fact that people bothered to like this confuses me

  • @EpicJamezXD
    @EpicJamezXD Před rokem

    of all of the CZcamsrs, most of my loved army military songs are from you thank you ;D

  • @jaym8094
    @jaym8094 Před rokem +1

    Love this! It's also the song Schroeder plays on his toy piano, in the Peanut animations, that Snoopy marches to, he really gets into it !

  • @whailingwhale6352
    @whailingwhale6352 Před 3 lety +389

    1914: Gay means Happy
    2000 and ahed: You know what would be nice if we changed each meaning of a word for no reason and there wont be any consequences.

    • @zacharygerken4387
      @zacharygerken4387 Před 3 lety +25

      Agreed, such a shame though you could say its good way to troll a certain sub section of society

    • @gay.mer9328
      @gay.mer9328 Před 3 lety +37

      @@zacharygerken4387 How to troll WWI veterans

    • @teamcastro9187
      @teamcastro9187 Před 3 lety +13

      It became common in the mid 1900s though???)

    • @zacharygerken4387
      @zacharygerken4387 Před 3 lety +27

      @@teamcastro9187 Still believe its original meaning should have been kept

    • @psychodeath7616
      @psychodeath7616 Před 2 lety +16

      1914: “hey Jim your looking gay today, what happen?”
      2021: “hey Jim, why are you so gay man.”

  • @MP-ge6ik
    @MP-ge6ik Před 3 lety +105

    I'm German. Love this song. This army songs have something, that the other songs don't have

    • @JohnSmith-fj2yd
      @JohnSmith-fj2yd Před 3 lety +2

      This is to help you out and not make fun of your.
      I'm German. Love this song.* This army song has something that the others don't have.
      *This works when speaking through things like text but a formal way would be "I'm German and I love this song".

    • @MP-ge6ik
      @MP-ge6ik Před 3 lety +12

      @@JohnSmith-fj2yd thanks mate. As you can see I get bad marks in English

    • @morganv7895
      @morganv7895 Před 2 lety +7

      @@MP-ge6ik American Learning German, English isn’t too bad, just need a little more practice. Still, This song slaps.

  • @pannotoricus9128
    @pannotoricus9128 Před rokem +3

    Finally discovered this song. I remember my grandfather singing it perhaps 30 years ago.

  • @Mortenhendriksen
    @Mortenhendriksen Před rokem +6

    In 2018 i was in a parade with a mix of veterans, service members and a marching band. We were a good 200 People marching with some more well drilled than others. The marching band started playing this song and little after little People starting to sing. Even the oldest most tired and poorly drilled straightened up and sang out loud. Sounded amazing

  • @skipstjoriarjeeling9594
    @skipstjoriarjeeling9594 Před 4 lety +757

    Why is everyone going crazy about the gay

  • @kale1410
    @kale1410 Před 4 lety +388

    It’s a long way to Mukumbura.

  • @blproductions7720
    @blproductions7720 Před 6 měsíci +5

    The war ended today 105 years ago today

  • @clownbaby882
    @clownbaby882 Před 3 měsíci +3

    "The Tipperary song if you have no objections!"
    -Das Boot

  • @samwilkinson2534
    @samwilkinson2534 Před 3 lety +310

    Respect to all the Irish who fought for us during WW1.

    • @user-qi5jw2hg1c
      @user-qi5jw2hg1c Před 2 lety +2

      @@burgerking2783 what?

    • @jamesthejoker7415
      @jamesthejoker7415 Před 2 lety +50

      And many of us Irish continue to fight for the British Crown ☘️🇬🇧

    • @ruairimaguire220
      @ruairimaguire220 Před rokem +48

      @@jamesthejoker7415 hell naw United ireland incoming 🇮🇪

    • @ruairimaguire220
      @ruairimaguire220 Před rokem +3

      @@jamesthejoker7415 also aren’t you the guy from the Uk slander video lol

    • @jamesthejoker7415
      @jamesthejoker7415 Před rokem +9

      @@ruairimaguire220 Aye, that’s me 😉

  • @jamie2700
    @jamie2700 Před 3 lety +164

    Up to mighty London came
    An Irish man one day
    All the streets were paved with gold
    So everyone was gay!
    Singing songs of Piccadilly
    Strand, and Leicester Square
    'Til Paddy got excited and
    He shouted to them there:
    It's a long way to Tipperary
    It's a long way to go.
    It's a long way to Tipperary
    To the sweetest girl I know!
    Goodbye Piccadilly
    Farewell Leicester Square!
    It's a long long way to Tipperary
    But my heart's right there.
    It's a long way to Tipperary
    It's a long way to go.
    It's a long way to Tipperary
    To the sweetest girl I know!
    Goodbye Piccadilly
    Farewell Leicester Square!
    It's a long long way to Tipperary
    But my heart's right there.
    Paddy wrote a letter
    To his Irish Molly O'
    Saying, "Should you not receive it
    Write and let me know!
    If I make mistakes in "spelling"
    Molly dear", said he
    "Remember it's the pen, that's bad
    Don't lay the blame on me".
    It's a long way to Tipperary
    It's a long way to go.
    It's a long way to Tipperary
    To the sweetest girl I know!
    Goodbye Piccadilly
    Farewell Leicester Square
    It's a long long way to Tipperary
    But my heart's right there.
    It's a long way to Tipperary
    It's a long way to go.
    It's a long way to Tipperary
    To the sweetest girl I know!
    Goodbye Piccadilly
    Farewell Leicester Square
    It's a long long way to Tipperary
    But my heart's right there

    • @designation7395
      @designation7395 Před 2 lety +11

      I love people who pit lyrics underneath patriotic songs, but, the lyrics are on the screen. Still good job!

    • @Fato4Life
      @Fato4Life Před 2 lety

      @@designation7395 pit?

  • @miguelmonteiro5166
    @miguelmonteiro5166 Před rokem +4

    we used to sing this song in 1st or 2nd grade back in my class in Mozambique. It never left my mind. I feel such a strange feeling of nostalgia from it. I miss being a kid.

    • @tempejkl
      @tempejkl Před 21 dnem

      In Mozambique? Wow, really is a long way to Tipperary! How is it there?

  • @Theamsice
    @Theamsice Před 2 lety +9

    American army songs: We're the best
    Polish army songs: Things are terrible but we will persevere
    British army songs: Irish man gets cucked

    • @Kalashnikov413
      @Kalashnikov413 Před 2 lety +3

      French army songs: We eat onions because we like it and we're not gonna give it to the Austrians

    • @someguy8365
      @someguy8365 Před 2 lety

      @@Kalashnikov413 link?

    • @Kalashnikov413
      @Kalashnikov413 Před 2 lety

      @@someguy8365 czcams.com/video/p3BHyOhVXmE/video.html

    • @Algerreichen
      @Algerreichen Před 2 lety

      @@someguy8365 just search for "le chant de l'oignon"

    • @Algerreichen
      @Algerreichen Před 2 lety +2

      @@someguy8365 no problem m8

  • @helmutgrunther8722
    @helmutgrunther8722 Před 4 lety +594

    IRA.exe has stopped working.

    • @jewberggoldstein7112
      @jewberggoldstein7112 Před 4 lety +53

      Many many soldiers who fought in the great war for Britain fought obviously for the IRA.
      Apart from neing told it would be over soon and the money etc we were told by the British government that should we fight for them we will be given more autonomy.
      Of course it was a lie. We had to kill you fuckers before you would go.I regret any drop of Irish blood spilled helping our greatest tyrant.

    • @martinputt6421
      @martinputt6421 Před 4 lety +30

      @@jewberggoldstein7112 No not at all that is idiotic. No soldier of the British army from ww1 ever fought for the IRA because in the first place there was no IRA until the 1920s and in the second place they wouldn't have been fighting for Britain if they'd wanted independence.

    • @wynty200
      @wynty200 Před 4 lety +32

      There were definitely members of the IRA who fought in the British army. A huge amount of Irish soldiers who fought in the first world war joined the British army to show goodwill to Britain, in the hopes that it would guarantee home rule after the war, and others did it for money. They weren’t always trusted, but a fair few of them existed.

    • @geroutathat
      @geroutathat Před 4 lety +21

      @@martinputt6421 Actually there are records of soldiers from world war 1 refusing medals of bravery for fighting for the UK, heading home after the war, and then appearing in arrest records for helping fight for independence in groups that became known as the old IRA. Also the connaught rangers, the ones who made this song famous, also famously got themselves executed for treason for trying to break free and return to ireland once they heard a civil war was starting.

    • @geroutathat
      @geroutathat Před 4 lety +6

      @@frederickcubbins It was actually common, the connaught rangers who made this song famous, also held mutiny in 1920 in India when they heard civil war was breaking out in Ireland. The simple fact is, most were from the city and never experienced Britain or the British army in a negative way. They needed jobs, money and the UK was always making promises about free states and self governance. Things started to fall apart when the connaught rangers were had to kill innocent civillians in Dublin. The UK did a few cruel acts in a row, etc. If it was as you say, that people who joined the british army were british to the core, then very simply, why did they not fight harder to stay in the UK? why did the irish soldiers in the british army basically mutiny and revolt and put down their guns, and hand their barracks over to the free state? They had thousands of well trained troops in ireland, enough to put down some rebels, but they couldnt. Its very clear that they had no ill feelings to the UK but had their fill after world war 1 and none of their promises coming through.

  • @americanpride9340
    @americanpride9340 Před 4 lety +221

    When me and the boys play battlefield 1

  • @thepatriarchy8443
    @thepatriarchy8443 Před 11 dny +1

    I love how cheerful this is!

  • @definitelyaidenwaiden
    @definitelyaidenwaiden Před 2 lety +4

    They sang this in my junior school's leaver performance..
    questioning my life

  • @user-xg8yy7yl1d
    @user-xg8yy7yl1d Před 4 lety +696

    "Everyone was gay"
    Wait I didnt know this song took place in france

    • @loma_pl1931
      @loma_pl1931 Před 4 lety +28

      Actually the Brits are more known for being gays than the French

    • @Crackdalf
      @Crackdalf Před 4 lety +102

      I love how France gets roasted just for existing

    • @davidarjr
      @davidarjr Před 4 lety +4

      Oof

    • @user-xg8yy7yl1d
      @user-xg8yy7yl1d Před 4 lety +23

      @@Crackdalf
      I just hate France for creating Quebec really

    • @anti-normalisation4055
      @anti-normalisation4055 Před 4 lety +1

      Good one 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @bromleyareshite6555
    @bromleyareshite6555 Před 4 lety +89

    These boys fought for us, thank you from the people in the uk

    • @bromleyareshite6555
      @bromleyareshite6555 Před 4 lety +1

      Morgan I had 2 relatives that died in the Great War, one was gunned down and another one was flying over a trench and got shot

    • @acaibulgaraib1321
      @acaibulgaraib1321 Před 4 lety +2

      LIVERPOOLRESPEC 96 they died for more colonies

    • @acaibulgaraib1321
      @acaibulgaraib1321 Před 4 lety

      @Chilly Chick In ww2 yeah, but ww1 they died for colonies and the interest of the king or whatever :D

    • @defaulter264
      @defaulter264 Před 3 lety +2

      @@acaibulgaraib1321 no? are you a dumbass

    • @north2319
      @north2319 Před 2 lety +1

      @@acaibulgaraib1321 disrespectful turkish snob

  • @KAHTHEOFFICIAL
    @KAHTHEOFFICIAL Před 10 měsíci +10

    only 1900's kids will remember

    • @mtarkes
      @mtarkes Před 9 měsíci

      When All the streets were paved with gold, So everyone was gay!

  • @user-ex6ht7se2z
    @user-ex6ht7se2z Před měsícem +3

    I know we hater each other for a while, but the British are our best pals.
    🇺🇸🇬🇧

  • @swag_8884
    @swag_8884 Před 3 lety +17

    OmG tHe sOnG hAs GaY iN iT oMg LoLoLoL gUyS lOoK iT sAyS gAy

  • @novastonegaming
    @novastonegaming Před 3 lety +80

    German war song: sorrow, pain, love for fatherland
    British war song: All the streets were paved with gold so, everyone was gay

    • @yousefshahin2654
      @yousefshahin2654 Před 2 lety +4

      More like love for the *Fatherland*

    • @anon8740
      @anon8740 Před 2 lety +2

      I remember there was an old article from the times actually talking about this song. Saying:
      "'Tipperary' may be less dignified, but it, and whatever else our soldiers may choose to sing will be dignified by their bravery, their gay patience, and their long suffering kindness... We would rather have their deeds than all the German songs in the world."

    • @galatheumbreon6862
      @galatheumbreon6862 Před 2 lety +3

      @@yousefshahin2654 nein ist das vaterland

    • @nibbanomicon4905
      @nibbanomicon4905 Před 2 lety +2

      @@yousefshahin2654 more like liebe für das vaterland
      Sorry german friends if i made any mistakes but your grammar is weird

    • @meisterrohrich8961
      @meisterrohrich8961 Před 2 lety +2

      @@nibbanomicon4905 You're weird.

  • @noctawny3
    @noctawny3 Před 6 měsíci +4

    As a Missourian this song makes me happy...
    MIZ-ZOU IN THE S-E-C!

  • @ArnoldTeras
    @ArnoldTeras Před rokem +11

    The British are so gentle, benevolent and friendly compared to most Americans today. :)

  • @usspaceforcethreatsandrese1915

    Teacher: We will be going to Ireland!
    Girls: EW Everyone there is drunk!
    Boys:

    • @dreadpiraterobertsii4420
      @dreadpiraterobertsii4420 Před 3 lety +3

      Boys: ireland “United shall never be at peace”

    • @usspaceforcethreatsandrese1915
      @usspaceforcethreatsandrese1915 Před 3 lety +1

      @@cian4561 wut

    • @CaptainX2012
      @CaptainX2012 Před 3 lety +1

      @Sean Noone It's 32.... Not 1. What do you mean?

    • @justdoge7144
      @justdoge7144 Před 3 lety +3

      @@CaptainX2012 it’s an Irish joke

    • @yaboiicecream3144
      @yaboiicecream3144 Před 3 lety +3

      @@CaptainX2012 I'll give ya some context lmao, 3 months late but even so.
      The UK still controls 6 counties of ireland, and the other 26 belong to the republic of ireland. S O the 26 counties plus the 6 northern irish counties = one united Ireland.

  • @wilhelm2.769
    @wilhelm2.769 Před 4 lety +81

    When Belgium gets invaded

    • @blargmoocow7067
      @blargmoocow7067 Před 4 lety +3

      They all go back to Ireland!!

    • @ncpdswordshielddivision2240
      @ncpdswordshielddivision2240 Před 3 lety +2

      no W-we Germany Got D R U N K
      And wanted more Beer
      When He *s e e s* Beer He Invades Belgium to Get Around *the*
      Maginot Line Full With CANNONS
      And German likes: no I use Trickters
      Gadget but Hans
      ZE ALLIES or Happy to Destroy
      US and *OH SHI-

    • @ncpdswordshielddivision2240
      @ncpdswordshielddivision2240 Před 3 lety +1

      *OH SHI-*

    • @JW-zx5dr
      @JW-zx5dr Před 3 lety

      Fair enough, Kaiser

    • @epicbarrelman3839
      @epicbarrelman3839 Před 3 lety

      When tea join the drinks server beer has left the server

  • @ifdecampos
    @ifdecampos Před 2 lety +18

    Cantava esta música no Liceu nas aulas de Inglês por uma professora muito participativa que tinha um repertório muito bom de canções populares inglesas.

  • @goj-bh1cm
    @goj-bh1cm Před 2 lety +4

    Britain: “its a long way to Tipperary”
    Dyfed, Isle of Man and Anglesey: “is it though?:

  • @mathieslutz6741
    @mathieslutz6741 Před 4 lety +219

    Press F for the brave man who fought their in ww1 and ww2

  • @motygaming2431
    @motygaming2431 Před 3 lety +37

    *ITS A LONG WAY TO END 2020!*

  • @undeadtragedy8346
    @undeadtragedy8346 Před 2 lety +3

    Me killing Sauerkrauts with an archie.
    HEY BRIDGER GUESS WHAT

  • @erikbrodreskift1184
    @erikbrodreskift1184 Před 9 měsíci +31

    I'm german, but this song really shake with me. My cheers to all british brothers.

  • @4O6LEE
    @4O6LEE Před 4 lety +119

    It’s a long way to
    *Mukumbura*

  • @armandocardona4478
    @armandocardona4478 Před 3 lety +81

    BEAUTIFUL rendition--and the pictures are great too. Even after 100 years it's still as catchy and energizing as ever. It's an unpretentious little tune but there's no denying it carries a lot of force and conjures up enough mental images to fill a book with.

  • @boomer3324
    @boomer3324 Před 2 lety +10

    This song started out a joke, now its on my playlist and being listened to daily 💀

  • @din-lt3nk
    @din-lt3nk Před 8 měsíci +3

    It's a long way to Tipperary🇬🇧🇬🇧🎶