I did two years in the Seaforths and this woke me every morning. Still love it, even so!
@japanesehighlander
4 жыл бұрын
When I was in the 78th Highlanders I used this as my alarm. The rest of the family didn't like being woken up at 0630 in the summer but my Dad enjoyed as he had been in the Nova Scotia Highlanders
@douglasporter3865
4 жыл бұрын
There's a great story in "The General Danced at Dawn" in which George MacDonald Fraser tells how the pipe band used to fire up outside the junior officers' quarters at 6 a.m. once a week, so he countered by going outside with a blanket and a book to read while the pipers played "Johnny Cope" with all the stops out a few yards away. This attracted the pipe-sergeant's attention, so as the band marched off he came over and asked the young lieutenant what he thought of their performance. "Not bad", said Fraser, "but I've heard Johnny Cope played by Foden's Motor Works Brass Band". A moment before the pipey exploded at having his pipers compared to a *brass band*, he realized he was being expertly trolled, and the two men were friends from that moment - which was no small thing for a junior officer.
@sanseijedi
4 жыл бұрын
Regards to you, for that's one of my favorite stories. It's the poignancy of him lamenting that he'll never again hear "Johnny Cope" in the morning as he was demobbed & left the Gordon Highlanders. Oh, and just a note but that story is in "McAuslan in the Rough". I've read & re-read all of GMF's books, including the Flashman ones & The Steel Bonnets.
@douglasporter3865
3 жыл бұрын
@@sanseijedi You're right of course. I've read most of what he wrote although I lost a couple of them a while back: Quartered Safe Out Here and The Sheikh And The Dustbin.
@douglasporter3865
3 жыл бұрын
@Cameface H I'm not at all sure, but if you have either of those excellent books to hand, you don't need to waste time asking the question :)
@timhowley9197
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite tales of Fraser's Army service.
@michaelcrowley5772
2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE that story. I've read all the McAuslan books but that story is the one that stands out, especially his description of being awakened by the band without even getting so much as a warning sigh or wheeze from the pipes as they inflated their bags. EPIC.
@dorotheawilliams2489
4 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful thankyou in loving memory of a very proud Argyll my dad xxx
@djbuck1
10 жыл бұрын
Played at Waterloo in the midst of the battle 199 years ago today.
@acerb4566
10 жыл бұрын
That's odd. Why would Wellington's English army play a Jacobite song that any Williamite/ Hanoverian officer would have despised! It's like the IRA singing for Eddie Longshanks!! Of course, that will never happen! God bless The Wallace!!
@acerb4566
10 жыл бұрын
ps: Just hear the words!>>Watch video>>"Hey Johnnie Cope-By Alistair Mac Donald"
@213thAIB
10 жыл бұрын
acerb45666555 This is very well documented. Keep in mind that it was played by the Pipe Major of a Highland regiment, not sung by the Foot Guards.
@buckbannister5771
8 жыл бұрын
It was popular among American Fife and Drum during the American Revolution as well.
@acerb4566
8 жыл бұрын
Buck Bannister Question...If Indigenous tribes helped you win you're Revolution then why has not Trump addressed one single Indigenous issue? The Tribal vote is Huge! Donald better wake up!..Find this video>>(A Tribe Called Red-Sisters)
@zachariasbjorngren1552
6 жыл бұрын
Journal of a Soldier of the 71st mentions being played at both Vittoria and Fuentes de Onoro
@adamnelmes990
6 жыл бұрын
'the thin red streak tipped with steel!'
@AngelaKoehler-t5c
11 ай бұрын
Absolutely 💯 stunning talent ✨ 👌 👏 😍
@Backs4more
9 жыл бұрын
On of my favourites.
@kerrim1000
12 жыл бұрын
I was born Kerri Anne Sutherland and am proud of it! Love bagpipes and drums and hope to be in Scotland someday!!!!!!!!
@FirebrandB37
11 жыл бұрын
At the beginning of the Battle of Vitoria (we are commemorating 200 years) the 71 Reg. also played Johnnie Cope. That's the reason I am listening to it and I'm really surprised by the hidden sense of this particular song!
@maaswater15
14 жыл бұрын
A fine video with great photos and music!!! Thank you for this short 'visit' to Scotland!
@213thAIB
13 жыл бұрын
@ridace A written account by an English officer who was there refers to one of the pipers "playing Johnnie Cope in all the din." This was at the height of the battle.
@killiekentman
14 жыл бұрын
nice one, love the photos and the pipes . what ive missed .
@71dendro
11 жыл бұрын
I love it!!!
@ganlesat
3 жыл бұрын
The music of the soldiers in the "squares" of Waterloo battle, June 18, 1815.
@u112279
11 жыл бұрын
brilliant as usual :-D
@AC-mv1ou
7 жыл бұрын
The piping in this is super crisp in hey Johnny Cope 👌 outstanding
@jastdi2
2 жыл бұрын
An officer to serve under, JS Dickey, USA (Ret)
@Lyulfr
13 жыл бұрын
@ridace The R.S.M. said it was!
@51WCDodge
4 жыл бұрын
Yes I'm here for the same reason' Woken gibbering by the blast of the pipes :-)
@bigdawgwb2013
11 жыл бұрын
Well done!!!!
@syncronutz
12 жыл бұрын
Was Charles Ewart ensign to the 92nd?
@patoeguren
5 жыл бұрын
Noup, to the Scots Greys
@fkarno
2 ай бұрын
At the time of Waterloo Charles Ewart was a sergeant in the Royal North British Dragoons (later known as the Scots Greys). His commission as an ensign was in the 5th Veteran Battalion and he served with them for the rest of his life. It was and still is customary (and there is no shame in it) to appoint a new officer who is being promoted from the ranks in another regiment than his own. It avoids his old mates from the ranks taking liberties with him. It is also customary for the officers to put the hat around and pay for the new officer's uniform, sword and horse.
@monkeyjoe007
14 жыл бұрын
cool, I enjoyed it.
@ridace
13 жыл бұрын
@Gordonpiper1 How do you know that the 92nd Gordon Highlanders played this song prior to the battle with Napoleon?
@tedgarvin587
5 жыл бұрын
He was there, och aye!
@TheSrSunday
10 ай бұрын
He asked the RSM, of course!
@TheCatfeeesh
11 жыл бұрын
1:36 get the saltire up there.
@Steadno
13 жыл бұрын
if the bag pipes dont get give a rush then you have no siul!
@delkosbabe
13 жыл бұрын
lol if most of rural Scotland looks like that then no wonder the Scots settled fine in the S Island of NZ
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