Half Irish and half Scots born in England and named WELSH, OFTEN called a true Celt and so proud that it hurts when I hear pipes and drums, no finer music.
Been there numerous times and nothing is more spine tingling than this. Standing on the Royal Mile close up and personal sends a shiver up the back of this Sassenach! Nothing beats this.
This is my idea of heaven, the pipes and the drums always in my heart from an English man. It sends a shiver down my spine and a tear to my eyes everytime. March 2021 🙏❤🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤🙏
If you're standing near them and you ever hear them. You will want to cheer them as you feel the glory there. Because the rhythm fills you and the drum beat wills you. And the music thrills you of the old Black Bear.
I'm gonna ahead and say here that this video is one of the best on RU-vid. The best thing about it is really the last minute or so and it's such a shame it hasn't received more views because you have captured something very, very special here. There really isn't another P&D video on here that I've seen which is as atmospheric as this one. Just awesome. Thank you
Was at the Tattoo this year. last time when I was a kid with mum and dad. This year as a father myself with a teenage son!!!! Dread lol. He ended up foot stopping and clapping along. As the massed pipes marched out beneath us he said awesome dad can we come next year 2015. Blown away the magic passes to another generation. Thank you to Scotland.
From Lord Lovats Landing to the streets of Edinburgh, may this beauty remain in all of our cultures, from Michigan, U.S.A. may God and the force be with you all
Simply magic, it just sends a tingle down one's spine. The power and majesty behind some of the greatest names in the British Army, with centuries of history behind them.. Argyle & Sutherlanders, The Black Watch, Gordon Highlanders, Scots guards, Royal Scots Dragoons and many more. Such history and magic in those famous names, and long may they continue.
Am half English and half Scottish, so when the time comes for my cremation I want my coffin to be despatched with this alongside a stirring rendition of Jerusalem. Gutted that I won't be there to shed a tear!
So enjoy playing my pipes to Black Bear. Best tune to march/return barracks, especially the beat and sound of the bass drum, really gets you going to march on
Been at the top end of The Mile, pressed against a door, when it was allowed before plastic security would stop You. Waited in The Ensign for My Mates, RMP, when high speed communication was the blackboard above the urinal, and it was military friendly A host of bandsmen also came in, where the practice chanters appeared from? No F'ing idea, the drummers beat out on the tables. At stupid O'clock during the lock in, armed with food, retired to The Corporals Mess, one of many memorable nights in The Castle, and beyond. RIP Tam The Gun. Then it starts to become a bit of a blur.😉🤫 But that was about 35 years ago, stamina and recovery were better. Black Bear, return to Barracks, is the Family Pipe Tune, for generations the new Father has burped The Baby carrying it like The Drones of The Pipes and humming Black Bear.
RARE The original lyrics of The Black Bear Now when the pipes are ringing and the kilts are swinging. And your heart is singing as you gaily march along. You can hear the story that is brave and roary In the tunes of glory of an old Scots song. If you're standing near them and you ever hear them. You will want to cheer them as you feel the glory there. Because the rhythm fills you and the drum beat wills you. And the music thrills you of the old Black Bear. Brave are the orders we carry before us Brave are the hearts that will lift in the chorus Hear them playing, hear them saying That's the story in the tunes of glory When the pipes are ringing and the kilts are swinging. And your heart is singing as you gaily march along. You can hear the story that is brave and roary In the tunes of glory of an old Scots song. Brave are the orders we carry before us Brave are the hearts that will lift in the chorus Hear them playing, hear them saying That's the story in the tunes of glory When the pipes are ringing and the kilts are swinging. And your heart is singing as you gaily march along. You can hear the story that is brave and roary In the tunes of glory of an old Scots song. Brave are the orders we carry before us Brave are the hearts that will lift in the chorus Hear them playing, hear them saying That's the story in the tunes of glory If you're standing near them and you ever hear them. You will want to cheer them as you feel the glory there. Because the rhythm fills you and the drum beat wills you. And the music thrills you of the old Black Bear. Brave are the orders we carry before us Brave are the hearts that will lift in the chorus Hear them playing, hear them saying That's the story in the tunes of glory
My father was a piper with the Argyle and Southern Highlanders and the later in the Black Watch as most of the battalion was killed in the Second World War love the black bear
If my intuition is right the shout of "four squares" is from the battle of waterloo when the highland division formed up in face of the most intense cavalry charge in history by the French at Waterloo. Someone tell me I am wrong?
Also the symbolism is that the same highland regiment earlier in the Napoleonic wars was ridden down by cavalry and took severe casualties. So their action at Waterloo was an act of revenge and helped utterly destroy the French cavalry.
just imagine. standing. waiting. the cannons roating and raining hell all around. and then over it all, the plaintive wail and thump of pipes and drums. we're fucked.
As someone who isn't a fan of bagpipes, I can only say the Black Bear can ONLY be played properly on by the pipes and drums.Other Scottish songs, you will find some good versions, but Black Bear...Pipes and Drums ONLY!!!It really starts the (half) Scottish blood in me racing... it even moves the (half) English blood moving a bit faster.
LOVE IT!!!! MY MY MY!!!! MOST ADMIREABLE WALK & MUSIC!! THE DRUMMING ALSO SOUNDED LIKE A HORSES HOOVING!! BEAUTIFUL ADMIRATION & CON GRATULATIONS TO THE BAND!!!!!!! THEIR STEPS ARE EXACT WITH THE GREEK UNKNOWN SOLDIERS NATIONAL DRESS THE EVZON WHEN THEY PARADE ON NATIONAL DAY!! WOULD BE A SIGHT WITH THEM BOTH TO SEE TOGETHER. WHEN CHANGING EVZON GUARD GO THEIR MARCH STEP IS PURPOUSLY HARD ON THE GROUND AS A SIGN IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED TO HEAR THAT ABOVE THE GROUND THEY ARE REMEMBERED!!!
''Has Wellington nothing more to offer than these Amazons?'' Napoleon may not have thought much of them but any Army facing them and hearing the Pipes getting closer by the second must have been Psyched out to a degree.
+paul ward Yeah? Who was fucking laughing at the end then? Not fucking Napoleon, that's for sure. Never, ever underestimate a bunch of soldiers led into battle by a piper.
I have to bring some historical accuracy here. 'These Amazons' were The Scots Guards' and we've never been a Scottish regiment but part of the household division. Not everyone who wears a kilt (sometimes) is created equally.
Did you read what I put? Try again, only slowly this time. I don't know what the hell you thought that I was saying, but quoting Napoleon does not mean that i'm agreeing with what he said! By the way.....it was not a bunch of Piper led Scots that defeated Napoleon that day....he had no need to underestimate any of Wellingtons army, including the Scots....because he was on the verge of defeating them anyway.....only the arrival of the Prussian/German forces turned the tide in favour of the Allies. The Scottish Regiments had been pulverized to virtual oblivion by the end of the day....so forget your patriotic claptrap, it don't fit with the facts.
I leave a quote and either get abuse, or given history lessons about accuracy. I was not aware of debating Kilts or Regiments, or saying that I agreed with it.....simply quoting a French Emperor! What is it with you two?
Einfach schön, sehr schön, dieser Anblick und die Musik. Ich fahre bald wieder nach Schottland, sie haben ein sehr hohen Nationalstolz. Armes Deutschland
I'm an American soldier 12b 5th BT and I love the UK (Scotland) . If ISIS heard this coming over the hill they'd know the end is near. God save the Queen and God Bless the USA.
It's remembered from World War I that the Germans referred to the Scots regiments as "Ladies from hell"--and presumably would rather have avoided them!
@@cherylannemason That nickname was invented by an American journalist. The Germans, research after the war showed, made no great distinction between Allied troops at all.
I was always told in cadets by the Pipes & Drums corps that it was 'hey', but I think 'hoy' works either way. There's really not that much of a difference when it's 700 guys shouting it at the same time :P
Call me a dope if you want to, the shout "four squares", I think relates to the Battle of Waterloo, or is it the four Shildrons, defensive units, put up by William Wallace at the battle of Falkirk? Either way, I would love a Scottish military historian to explain?
haha true enough, in canada all of our cadets we shout "hoy" thats the only thing i have ever heard. if you want check out "blackdown cadet sunset 2011 part 1" and they play STB black bear at the end.
The idea of freezing sperm was born in Scotland. "Scotch on the Rocks" refers to those ice balls hanging from a "good" Scot in the winter. As I have heard.
SOLIDERS MUST HAVE BEEN SHIITING THEM SELF ON THE BATTLEFIELD WHEN THEY HEARD THIS COMING OVER THE HILL AS THEY KNOW THAT THE FIERCE SOILDERS IN THE WORLD WHERE COMING BEHIDE IT TO GET THEM
Pipes have the power to raise the fighting blood in every Scot who hears them. Thank God the art of playing them didn't die when the English banned them I love to hear the "skirling" of the pipes.
