Hey, Johnnie Cope sung by Alastair McDonald

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Song mocking General Sir John Cope after his force was routed by the Jacobite Army at Prestonpans. I couldn't find any inefficient-looking redcoats!
"The sword is the weapon which suits them best. They advance with rapidity, discharge their pieces when within musket length [i.e. range] of the enemy, and then, throwing them down, draw their swords, and holding a dirk in their left hand with their target [shield], they dart with fury on the enemy through the smoke of their fire. When within reach of the enemy's bayonets, bending their left knee they by their attitude cover their bodies with their targets, that receive the thrust of the bayonets, which they contrive to parry, while at the same time they raise their sword-arm and strike their adversary. Having got within the bayonets they [their opponents] have no longer any means of defending themselves: the fate of the battle is decided in an instant, and the carnage follows, the Highlanders bringing down two men at a time, one with the dirk in the left hand, and another with the sword. Their attack is so terrible that the best troops in Europe will with difficulty sustain the shock of it: and if the swords of the Highlanders once come in contact with them, their defeat is inevitable." -- Chevalier James de Johnstone describing the Highland charge at Prestonpans in 1745.

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  • @lorddoof3370
    @lorddoof33703 жыл бұрын

    His name literally being Cope makes this poetic justice.

  • @TheLittledikkins
    @TheLittledikkins6 жыл бұрын

    Nearly 300 years later poor General Sir John Cope is still being mocked.

  • @grenzer45

    @grenzer45

    5 жыл бұрын

    Little Dikkins yep, by admirers of the cowardly Italian.

  • @user-ht4gb2fw4e

    @user-ht4gb2fw4e

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cope ran away!! As a Scot, & a Stuart supporter, I'd have rather Cope stood in defiance, covered in the gore of mortal battle! ..Then, he would have preserved English Honor!...But, he didn't did he! The Wee Laddy!! Hah! Aye!

  • @heofonfyr6000

    @heofonfyr6000

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@user-ht4gb2fw4e You got what you wanted 7 months later... English honour: intact

  • @caiuswickersham

    @caiuswickersham

    4 жыл бұрын

    Actually, he was one of the only English soldiers who did try to stand their ground. Cope was put on court-martial for the defeat and it was concluded his soldiers panicked with the Highland charge and he couldn't salvage the situaiton.

  • @lorenheard2561

    @lorenheard2561

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Tiny mod the redcoats would of given him the same treatment they gave Dear Sir Willam Wallace! I don't blame him for running!He also stood as a symbol for freedom!No true Scot would wish him that British "hospitality"!

  • @Drae-gk6dl
    @Drae-gk6dl9 жыл бұрын

    I really like this version; it has an obnoxious, mocking tone which works perfectly with the spirit of the song.

  • @brucebostick2521

    @brucebostick2521

    4 жыл бұрын

    it is the real voice of real people who stood up in defiance of tyranny. it is a wonderful thing that connects us all, working, regular folk, across the globe---no matter what the fucking consequences, we won't bow down! It has a thousand languages. and a damned good sense of humor. nothing in life is better than telling your 'betters' to go fuck themselves!

  • @bigshaq712

    @bigshaq712

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@brucebostick2521 amazingly put friend

  • @Hardrada88

    @Hardrada88

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic! Well put. John Bull won’t be putting us down anytime soon. Ye seen this Boris lad?! He’s nae got two pickles fae a picnic

  • @garethaustin6049

    @garethaustin6049

    2 жыл бұрын

    Anything sung by a mcdonald is not good

  • @huwwatson8070

    @huwwatson8070

    Жыл бұрын

    @@garethaustin6049yer a Campbell for sure 🤣

  • @Einherjar3904
    @Einherjar39042 жыл бұрын

    "Wha'll be King but Cherlie?"

  • @megakillerx
    @megakillerx3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Johnny cope and seethe, are you walking yet?

  • @albannach93
    @albannach933 жыл бұрын

    Was in Prestonpans last week for work had this song stuck in my head all day 💙

  • @gabrielanderson7250
    @gabrielanderson72508 ай бұрын

    i from Brazil and my surname is Anderson. i've been studing the origin of my family and this work bring me to scottish clans back to 1100 a.c

  • @59johnmac
    @59johnmac4 жыл бұрын

    Johhny Cope is the revellie tune for the Scottish Regiments in the British Army

  • @kingsladetard
    @kingsladetard12 жыл бұрын

    this version of this song is badass. kudos to the host

  • @user-ov4pt4vo7i
    @user-ov4pt4vo7i2 жыл бұрын

    Hey Jonie Cope are you walking yet...

  • @bernarddavis1050

    @bernarddavis1050

    Жыл бұрын

    Waukin means awake, not walking

  • @IosuamacaMhadaidh
    @IosuamacaMhadaidh9 ай бұрын

    I'm still diving into my Scottish roots in clan Drummond and Mackenzie, and fascinated by this history as well as of Scotland as a whole. I'm neuro divergent, so get obsessed over it😂 I'm even trying to learn Gàidhlig. 😬🙃 Thank you to all the content creators who archive and share this history. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

  • @frederickbarbarossa7961

    @frederickbarbarossa7961

    8 ай бұрын

    You are cringe. Probably a woman. Stop.

  • @SvensHistoryLab
    @SvensHistoryLab4 жыл бұрын

    SCOTLAND FOREVER!!!!!!!!!

  • @matthewwiddowson9817
    @matthewwiddowson98178 жыл бұрын

    Brave Charlie charged with the army in the second line despite Lord George Murray insisting that he stay in Edinburgh while John Cope disguised himself as a highlander and sneaked away leaving his battered army without command

  • @matthewwiddowson9817

    @matthewwiddowson9817

    8 жыл бұрын

    All eye witness accounts say that the Prince had to be dragged away from Culloden against his will. The story of him fleeing was a lie spread by the Butcher and his propaganda machine. History seems to forget that Charlie wasn't a seasoned General or leader, he was barely 24 at the time of the rebellion and he came closer to success than any of the previous Stuarts who tried to reclaim the throne including James II

  • @georgesmith1174

    @georgesmith1174

    7 жыл бұрын

    Do you mean James VII

  • @japhfo

    @japhfo

    7 жыл бұрын

    "John Cope disguised himself as a....."? Oh, per-lease.

  • @reb-xu9di

    @reb-xu9di

    6 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Widdowson Was the Butcher not of a similar age. Although he would've appeared older due to his being on the chubby side.

  • @alistairthompson8311

    @alistairthompson8311

    6 жыл бұрын

    I think they were both 24. Cumberland had his birthday party with the men under his command shortly before the battle. Oddly enough, Culloden was pretty much the only successful military campaign Cumberland fought. He failed miserably in Germany both before and after and he was sadistic and bloodthirsty in his treatment of the Highlanders after the battle, especially considering that most Highlanders actually stayed loyal to the government... Of course rebels and civilians in areas formerly controlled by rebels are never treated with the same level of respect sometimes afforded to foreign foes. The Stuarts weren't known for clemency in their treatment of rebels either.

  • @pfeifferpack
    @pfeifferpack9 жыл бұрын

    Ah the battle that gave such false hope. Prestonpans made it look possible. Tragic time period.

  • @getout2012

    @getout2012

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Kathleen Pfeiffer It was very much possible.

  • @matthewwiddowson9817

    @matthewwiddowson9817

    8 жыл бұрын

    It was more than possible, success was certain. King James III had sent letters to King Louis telling him that upon Prince Charlie's success he would abdicate and Charlie would have been king. A little know fact is that this was the deciding factor in Louis sending a fleet with 6000 French soldiers to invade London via the Thames Estuary with the aim of surrounding the the City and meeting the Jacobite army. The wee German would have been arrested and Charlie would have been King. Prince Charlie had no way of knowing this when he was arguing the case for advance with Lord George Murray in Derby. Charlie took too much poor advice from an over cautious Murray until Culloden, the one time he should have listened, but by then he'd lost faith in his war council.

  • @georgesmith1174

    @georgesmith1174

    7 жыл бұрын

    Do you mean James VIII

  • @rolfsonofrolf9286

    @rolfsonofrolf9286

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@getout2012 and yet it didn't happen

  • @alex-sv8ru

    @alex-sv8ru

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Tiny mod there were many English Jacobites.

  • @zakkcope4133
    @zakkcope41336 жыл бұрын

    im apart of the cope family! thank you for making this song!

  • @karennewingham1531

    @karennewingham1531

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice to meet you Zakk I am part of this family too.

  • @tenthclassgaming

    @tenthclassgaming

    Жыл бұрын

    you know this is to make fun of Sir John Cope, who ran away from the Jacobites, right?

  • @anna14campbell
    @anna14campbell5 жыл бұрын

    absolute banger

  • @HarryPotter-pw9xw
    @HarryPotter-pw9xw4 жыл бұрын

    LYRICS Cope sent a challenge frae Dunbar: 'Charlie, meet me an' ye daur, An' I'll learn you the art o' war If you'll meet me i' the morning.' Chorus Hey, Johnnie Cope, are ye wauking yet? Or are your drums a-beating yet? If ye were wauking I wad wait To gang to the coals i' the morning. Chorus Hey, Johnnie Cope, are ye wauking yet? Or are your drums a-beating yet? If ye were wauking I wad wait To gang to the coals i' the morning. When Charlie looked the letter upon He drew his sword the scabbard from: 'Come, follow me, my merry merry men, And we'll meet Johnnie Cope i' the morningl Chorus Hey, Johnnie Cope, are ye wauking yet? Or are your drums a-beating yet? If ye were wauking I wad wait To gang to the coals i' the morning. 'Now Johnnie, be as good's your word; Come, let us try both fire and sword; And dinna rin like a frichted bird, That's chased frae its nest i' the morning.' Chorus Hey, Johnnie Cope, are ye wauking yet? Or are your drums a-beating yet? If ye were wauking I wad wait To gang to the coals i' the morning. When Johnnie Cope he heard of this, He thought it wadna be amiss To hae a horse in readiness, To flee awa' i' the morning. Chorus Fy now, Johnnie, get up an' rin; The Highland bagpipes mak' a din; It's best to sleep in a hale skin, For 'twill be a bluidy morning. Chorus Hey, Johnnie Cope, are ye wauking yet? Or are your drums a-beating yet? If ye were wauking I wad wait To gang to the coals i' the morning. When Johnnie Cope tae Dunbar came, They speired at him, 'Where's a' your men?' 'The deil confound me gin I ken, For I left them a' i' the morning. Chorus Hey, Johnnie Cope, are ye wauking yet? Or are your drums a-beating yet? If ye were wauking I wad wait To gang to the coals i' the morning. 'Now Johnnie, troth, ye werena blate To come wi' news o' your ain defeat, And leave your men in sic a strait Sae early in the morning. Chorus Hey, Johnnie Cope, are ye wauking yet? Or are your drums a-beating yet? If ye were wauking I wad wait To gang to the coals i' the morning. 'I' faith,' quo' Johnnie, 'I got sic flegs Wi' their claymores an' philabegs; If I face them again, deil break my legs! Sae I wish you a' gude morning'. Chorus

  • @HarryPotter-pw9xw

    @HarryPotter-pw9xw

    4 жыл бұрын

    up uop

  • @HarryPotter-pw9xw

    @HarryPotter-pw9xw

    4 жыл бұрын

    very good

  • @HarryPotter-pw9xw

    @HarryPotter-pw9xw

    4 жыл бұрын

    perfect upp up

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie111 жыл бұрын

    For all you lovers of Scottish Amazons, here's the epitaph on Lilliard's Stone at the site of the battle of Ancrum Moor. Fair maiden Lilliard lies under this stane little was her stature but muckle was her fame upon the English loons she laid monie thumps and when her legs were cuttit off she fought upon her stumps.

  • @brucebostick2521

    @brucebostick2521

    4 жыл бұрын

    and the wit of our people is what survives, ultimately. history knows he english crown as the brutal, disgusting racist scum they really were!

  • @southsidepatsy8116

    @southsidepatsy8116

    2 жыл бұрын

    'me just a wiggle down the lane with me rolled gold chain me an' me girl name jane..' eek a mouse ganja smuggler

  • @justin764
    @justin764 Жыл бұрын

    Nobody: Jacobites 300 years ago: Cope, seethe

  • @sanchez16
    @sanchez166 жыл бұрын

    Ashamed to say this is the first time iv`e heard this,i`m a proud McGillivray and love my Scottish ancestry

  • @madocchampionmacpherson2832

    @madocchampionmacpherson2832

    7 ай бұрын

    Donald McGillivray!

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie114 жыл бұрын

    As breathless as Cope making his getaway!

  • @TomorrowWeLive
    @TomorrowWeLive7 жыл бұрын

    This one really gets you going!

  • @ComradeHellas

    @ComradeHellas

    5 жыл бұрын

    I 've paid my tribute to Cable street, where the fascist hordes of Mosley were smashed by the workers. Make fascists fear again!

  • @intergalactichumanempire9759

    @intergalactichumanempire9759

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ComradeHellas More of us arrive every day. You brag and mock online, but in private you fear us.

  • @albannach93

    @albannach93

    4 жыл бұрын

    No one fears you fascists fucks we beat you down once we’ll do it again! ✊🏻✊🏻

  • @intergalactichumanempire9759

    @intergalactichumanempire9759

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@albannach93 You make a show of force online, but you cower from us whenever our rallies cross. Besides, the soldiers of WW2 would support us if they saw what their actions would bring about.

  • @irateindividual8086

    @irateindividual8086

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@intergalactichumanempire9759 amen brother the communists and their zio-mason masters will be smashed again!

  • @alanklaw7796
    @alanklaw779615 сағат бұрын

    Thank you for a quality history lesson .Best Alan New Mexico USA

  • @estalker1647
    @estalker164711 жыл бұрын

    For me - this video is a bit of an epiphany. I've studied the sword work of my mother's Samurai heritage - the Nihon daito of the wakazashi and shoto. What I have just now realized, is that, at Prestonpans, my Father's People of the Highlands, were using the Claymore and the sgian dubh in much the same fashion. I suppose, not an earth shattering revelation to anyone else but me or my family, but I thought it worth sharing.

  • @theladychamLV

    @theladychamLV

    3 жыл бұрын

    Small world...I’m from Cuthbert stock and my hubby is a descendent of a pirate samurai named Mori (森) who descended from Oe (小江). He’s 江守 and his great grandfather lived in the Koishikawa 小石川 (now Bunkyo Ward) in Tokyo in 1913. Ishikawa is the name of the west coast town his Samurai family originated. Mori saw many Asians pirates going up and down the Sea of Japan. He asked them to teach him to sail, and while other clans had to march across the land, he conquered rival retainers by stopping along various coastal cities southward until he ended up in Omiya on the east coast. He angered Tachikawa Ieyasu by going against one of his favored clans, ended up losing 75% of the wealth (castles, rice, boats, money), then performed seppuku. It’s why my hubby’s name is slightly different than his ancestor. Many seppuku families slightly altered their names to avoid the shame...

  • @seanhartnett79

    @seanhartnett79

    10 ай бұрын

    Interesting

  • @julesthurongi1223
    @julesthurongi12238 жыл бұрын

    If you read the Outlander series this song features in a hauntingly beautiful incident in the story.

  • @nbenefiel

    @nbenefiel

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Julian Thueringer Try the Corries version

  • @adddash8637

    @adddash8637

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Julian Thueringer in book 5

  • @HihiEliza

    @HihiEliza

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well hello there fellow #ladyoflallybroch

  • @julesthurongi1223

    @julesthurongi1223

    7 жыл бұрын

    +ElizaT #MilordBrochTuarach :)

  • @nutyyyy

    @nutyyyy

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jules Thurongi Shame it get plenty wrong about the history, but nice to see Scottish getting some attention.

  • @BadReligion9
    @BadReligion92 жыл бұрын

    This diss track goes hard.

  • @LucianLacroix
    @LucianLacroix8 жыл бұрын

    Scotland forever!

  • @jjmmccaughan

    @jjmmccaughan

    7 жыл бұрын

    alba am brarth

  • @Ridley369

    @Ridley369

    6 жыл бұрын

    Scotland? Jacobitism is about placing the Stuarts back on their rightful throne. Scottish nationalism has nothing to do with it.

  • @paganphil100

    @paganphil100

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Ridley369 : And "Charlie" wasn't even Scottish....he was born in Rome.

  • @graysonguinn1943

    @graysonguinn1943

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@paganphil100 He was born in Rome from 2 Scottish parents

  • @Original_Dalvik

    @Original_Dalvik

    5 жыл бұрын

    The rightful rulers of Britain, the Stuart’s, were a Scottish family but majority of the rulers weren’t born in Scotland and or Rarely visited. Some say the English throne was a much bigger prize than the throne of Scotland itself, as a Scotsman myself I can see why. If nobody gets why just think “A scot on the English throne” 💪🏻

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie111 жыл бұрын

    That's some heritage you have! It should keep you safe in most parts of the world.

  • @user-ov4pt4vo7i
    @user-ov4pt4vo7i2 жыл бұрын

    Long live the king-Prince Bonnie Charlie!

  • @rutothechaser6146
    @rutothechaser61462 жыл бұрын

    The great irony of this whole thing is that unlike his men, Cope stood his ground. The investigation of military conduct during the war cleared him of blame, but he would never hold a senior command position again for the remainder of his career.

  • @southsidepatsy8116

    @southsidepatsy8116

    2 жыл бұрын

    if that is true it changes things and the sarcastic tone becomes inappropriate..?

  • @rutothechaser6146

    @rutothechaser6146

    2 жыл бұрын

    The song was written by those sympathetic to the Jacobite cause to ridicule the government and make fun of Cope for his defeat. This kind of sarcasm and mockery is present in quite a few Jacobite songs, usually targeting the Hannovarian Kings.

  • @johnmelvin4604

    @johnmelvin4604

    Жыл бұрын

    So he said at the enquiry. His men panicked for sure and the ferocity of the Highland charge was too much for them to bear, but you can't be sure that Cope himself didn't panic and run as well. He was highly unlikely to admit to fleeing in fright himself.

  • @duncanlaing6078

    @duncanlaing6078

    Жыл бұрын

    Wee man with big plans

  • @davidmclachlan5784

    @davidmclachlan5784

    Жыл бұрын

    Wee fanny n shat it like the rest of his men embarrassing even trying to back the clown up tbh

  • @karamcmaster6501
    @karamcmaster650110 жыл бұрын

    love this song and i live in Dunbar !!!!! xx lol xx

  • @progressiverebel
    @progressiverebel5 жыл бұрын

    my ancestor Alexander Grant was with the Glengaries on the Rebel Right Flank.

  • @theladychamLV

    @theladychamLV

    3 жыл бұрын

    My ancestry is the Cuthbert’s of Castlehill, Inverness. We fled after the Jacobite Uprisings of 1689-1692. The ancestor that would eventually come to the New World and marry into the Chickasaws was William D’Blainville Colbert born in 1695 at the Chateau du Colbert in Blainville-Sur-Orne, France. He ended up Chief of the Chickasaw as he had married the eldest daughter to gain leverage in his fur trading... I’m still doing research, but I believe he was Chief Pio Mingo and there’s a statue of him in Mississippi wearing deer skin and a coon hat.

  • @irishfield1
    @irishfield15 жыл бұрын

    Amazing ever thank you

  • @beatricebalti5022
    @beatricebalti50228 жыл бұрын

    Love it...

  • @karaklcmehmetosmanpasa3680
    @karaklcmehmetosmanpasa36807 жыл бұрын

    Long live House Stuart!

  • @elizabethbrown8833

    @elizabethbrown8833

    Жыл бұрын

    The Rightful Stuart's should arise now that Queen Elizabeth 11 has passed.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥀

  • @elizabethbrown8833

    @elizabethbrown8833

    Жыл бұрын

    The Rightful Stuart's should arise now that Queen Elizabeth 11 has passed.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥀

  • @user-ht4gb2fw4e
    @user-ht4gb2fw4e11 жыл бұрын

    Highlander's were like Samurai long ago. One wrong look, a bad word, the smallest insult could lead to a clan war lasting year's! Once at the Scot's Parliament in the 16th century I think, an argument erupted, sword's and dirk's flashed like lightning, 80 men died!!

  • @asmodeus0454
    @asmodeus0454 Жыл бұрын

    Catchy little tune, that one.

  • @waynemacfarland1546
    @waynemacfarland1546 Жыл бұрын

    It's like a Scotsman just popped up out of my screen and slapped me over the face with this song!

  • @rohanthomas799
    @rohanthomas7992 жыл бұрын

    As n Irish person with Catholic Jacobite blood I fully agree this song is better than any song from ol England

  • @debhin

    @debhin

    Жыл бұрын

    based. long live the stuart monarchy

  • @JensontheBasterd

    @JensontheBasterd

    10 ай бұрын

    >catholic irish blood thays why you're brown ahahaha

  • @penderyn8794

    @penderyn8794

    7 ай бұрын

    thomas.....good welsh language name from "ap tomos" ;) ..... celtic surname but not irish

  • @rohanthomas799

    @rohanthomas799

    7 ай бұрын

    My first name is rowan or rohan which means ascending or raid haired in gaelic @@penderyn8794

  • @rohanthomas799

    @rohanthomas799

    7 ай бұрын

    But no I dont think my last name is celt I think my last name was from St Thomas after the celts got christianized some changed their surnames names to saints names or biblical names a good example is George@@penderyn8794

  • @bighaggis6918
    @bighaggis69182 жыл бұрын

    kek dude was actually called cope

  • @seamuswbiggerarmalite3379

    @seamuswbiggerarmalite3379

    2 жыл бұрын

    that frog again ye a reptilian?

  • @puma7372
    @puma73722 жыл бұрын

    He must have been Johnny Cope and Seethe after that battle

  • @nh6music
    @nh6music9 жыл бұрын

    nice job ;

  • @Flashaman1845
    @Flashaman184511 жыл бұрын

    Your basically right though the sword had been shortened ! The basket-hilted sword was by then common place, though many of these were actually original "Claymore" blades re-smithed to fit the basket type!! The Highlander tactic was basically the traditional "Celtic Charge" But they would approach within firing range discharge a volley! Then swftly rush to melee, useing Sword, Claymore and dirk and Targe in offensively!! This tactic out did Goverment forces at both Preston-pans and Falkirk!!

  • @robsargent4
    @robsargent413 жыл бұрын

    ah, the west end of East Lothian. I know that's round about where the battle took place, but as soon as I saw the map of the Tranent, Prestonpans, Cockenzie etc. area I just thought of Cockenzie power station with its two massive chimneys clearly visible from the train & the A1, then I thought of the Gothenburg pub (& the beer). just a tad unrelated, but I thought you might appreciate it.

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie113 жыл бұрын

    @TamTheToff As I see it, the majority of Scots have never enjoyed being second-class citizens in the Union (but many of us do very well out of it). Would independence change that? Or would we still be dominated by our big southern neighbour, yet have no influence? Meantime, the SNP will deliver material prosperity by developing Scotland faster than ever before, e.g. covering it with wind farms. I want Scotland to remain under-developed, not destroyed. I want Scotland to remain Scotland.

  • @tomfrazier1103

    @tomfrazier1103

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same vibes in Hawaii, late schemes for Molokai seem beaten back a piece.

  • @andrewterry9341
    @andrewterry934111 жыл бұрын

    Sorry to burst you bubble but not many Claymore's would have been used at Prestonpans. They were generally replaced by Broadswords which were used with a targe (shield) and the sgian dubh . I think (but not 100% sure) that the last major battle that had a significant amount of Claymore's was at Killiecrankie(1689) when Bonnie Dundee was killed leading his men to victory over the forces of William of Orange.

  • @honestlymaddie4956
    @honestlymaddie49565 жыл бұрын

    I can’t wait to do this for honors choir lmao. We have to do the accent and everything. RIP me

  • @ripme6616

    @ripme6616

    4 жыл бұрын

    honestly maddie 😉

  • @GILLEBRATH
    @GILLEBRATH9 жыл бұрын

    I agree with brawladdie on the overdevelopment Re; windfarms in Scotland . I am aware that our Ancient lands are being developed by SSE and presently contain approx. 33 wind turbines on Dunmaglas Estates alone, one example. The ancestor Seat of the MacGillivray Clan and my ancestors. They call it progress but is it ?

  • @robsargent4

    @robsargent4

    9 жыл бұрын

    GILLEBRATH Well, considering how little electricity they generate & how much they cost to manufacture & install, mebbe not

  • @thomas1163

    @thomas1163

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ugh, the word 'wind' (in this context) practically makes me sick to my stomach at this point.

  • @aileent4212

    @aileent4212

    6 жыл бұрын

    It is progress compared to blindly using up all our fossil fuels; what do you propose when they run out? What harm do wind turbines do? People think they spoil the look of the landscape? That is hardly the end of the world - I've never heard of a turbine having a malfunction and irradiating the area for many miles around.

  • @mmouse1886

    @mmouse1886

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@aileent4212 I've never heard of a Turbine being able to produce enough power for entire cities at a time without needing thousands and a similar number of windspeed to produce enough electricity for an even short amount of time

  • @jimmyb5212
    @jimmyb52123 жыл бұрын

    Mon the independance

  • @pnarciva9815
    @pnarciva98156 жыл бұрын

    its good of me after listening lord randall for the 100th time for school lol

  • @BenSHammonds
    @BenSHammonds11 жыл бұрын

    This is great, my mother is a Stuart :)

  • @clachanyill
    @clachanyill11 жыл бұрын

    Well he don't please me never has done.

  • @MrBrassneck
    @MrBrassneck8 жыл бұрын

    Och Aye

  • @anakinskywalker1344
    @anakinskywalker13446 жыл бұрын

    прекрасно

  • @davidmclachlan5784
    @davidmclachlan57846 ай бұрын

    A Mclachlan that loves this song😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @gaconnochie
    @gaconnochie11 жыл бұрын

    "Alastair McDonald canny sing" he can certainly sing. I mean it is in tune. I'd agree that he hasn't got the most impressive sounding voice in the world. matter of taste I suppose

  • @mysticnovelbro
    @mysticnovelbro5 жыл бұрын

    when scot on scot violence hardens a people for centuries after. Alastair MacDonald encapsulated it best, same with his rendition of Parcel o Rogues. none like him but the Corries none like them at that godly tier of folk music

  • @petermcallister107
    @petermcallister1076 жыл бұрын

    There is a new book out on the battle of Prestonpans. I just got it for xmas. On Gladsmuir shall the battle be, Helion books.

  • @gaconnochie
    @gaconnochie11 жыл бұрын

    come out for the Jacobites but the vast bulk of the Scottish Jacobites were Episcopalians (ie Scottish Anglicans) and they supported the Pretenders despite their Catholicism rather than because of it. Prior to crossing into England the Scottish representatives in the army demanded that the Catholic officers be first stripped of their rank. Charles reluctantly agreed. The Scots did not want to be viewed by the English as a Catholic army!

  • @pab4435
    @pab443511 ай бұрын

    I’m American. Just figured someone had to be honest here

  • @eiontomlin4203

    @eiontomlin4203

    Ай бұрын

    Just fair men here lad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie111 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but to be fair, the basket-hilted broadswords of the 18th century are loosely referred to as 'claymores' in both folk songs and printed sources, so Oso Takano may simply be meaning swords as used by Highlanders.

  • @pipes0987

    @pipes0987

    4 жыл бұрын

    Claymore is really two words, claid mor, in Scots Gaelic that is "sword big" and refers to any large sword, basket hilt or otherwise. A Japanese or Russian sword could be a clay-more if it's big, otherwise it would be "sword little". Historically, in English, the word was first recorded as being used to describe the basket hilt type of sword using the word Claymore. If someone ever starts trying to tell you a claymore is the massive huge thing with no basket hilt and not anything else then they are poorly educated in this subject.

  • @tomfrazier1103

    @tomfrazier1103

    2 жыл бұрын

    I grew up around a California pipe band, and was a bit confused about the claymore thing. I saw the macker broadsword that looked medieval, and the modern regimental basket hits. I even saw a real 17th Century one once. Have owned two swords in life, both stolen, a central Asian khindjal looking thing and a Japanese type 95 NCO sword, painted iron plain tsuba., orig scabbard. Bad landlord, & or pals.

  • @cromcruach5035
    @cromcruach50352 жыл бұрын

    Johnnie Cope, Seethe and Dilate

  • @TomorrowWeLive

    @TomorrowWeLive

    2 жыл бұрын

    Kek

  • @TheRaksya
    @TheRaksya9 жыл бұрын

    great song!greetings from Siberia!Freedom for Scotland

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie113 жыл бұрын

    Note to all future viewers: this is meant to be an entertainment, not an incitement to jihad.

  • @vlocoehhh

    @vlocoehhh

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @stefanbrezar8642

    @stefanbrezar8642

    4 жыл бұрын

    Who knows what will be in the future

  • @connorbrink4706

    @connorbrink4706

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jacobite Jihad is now my new gamertag

  • @SwordCunt

    @SwordCunt

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@connorbrink4706 Allah, Scotland and Charlie! 🤣

  • @Hardrada88

    @Hardrada88

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jihadobite

  • @MsPerson4
    @MsPerson410 жыл бұрын

    But the whole battle had nothing to do with the Scots English feud - it was essentially the Roman Catholic Protestant issue, with a few people of Charlie's side simply because he was the rightful heir to the throne.

  • @ingridlinbohm7682

    @ingridlinbohm7682

    Жыл бұрын

    VIVA the Latin Mass.

  • @gaconnochie
    @gaconnochie11 жыл бұрын

    Well I maybe didn't explain it very well but it is not a matter of personal taste whether someone can sing or not. If they can sing in tune then they can sing. And Alistair can definitely sing. Whether you like his voice or not is a different matter. That is personal taste.

  • @DuskRex
    @DuskRex12 жыл бұрын

    Зачетная песня. Респект и уважуха горцам Шотландии боровшихся против красномундирников

  • @alexgurevich6724

    @alexgurevich6724

    5 жыл бұрын

    DuskRex и свободолюбивому народу Ичкерии.

  • @SpicyDipDip
    @SpicyDipDip11 жыл бұрын

    Awesome Scotland Forever!!!!!

  • @gaconnochie
    @gaconnochie11 жыл бұрын

    Perhaps it could be argued that had Charles been around during the 15 instead of his father then it could have been a much different affair. In the 15 despite the Catholicism of the Old Pretender they had a much bigger potential support than 30 years later. The union was still really new and there was much more anti-union feeling to be harnassed. Plus there was substantial support from northern England. What it lacked was a leader like Charles. James didn't arrive until it had petered out.

  • @nicolea2839
    @nicolea28392 жыл бұрын

    Long live clan Burns! Which is my mom’s maiden name! Proud to be part of Clan Burns

  • @gavinreid8937
    @gavinreid89373 жыл бұрын

    Imagine this happening today , all over the internet. news channels & topical comedy shows.

  • @azt69boyz72
    @azt69boyz7210 ай бұрын

    The pipers played this song in the square at Waterloo.

  • @sugarhiccup1772
    @sugarhiccup17727 жыл бұрын

    Why is the song of my home town why just why!!!!

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie113 жыл бұрын

    Hey, steady on! I'm British as well as Scots. And so were both sides in this conflict, so your comment makes no sense. (Maybe you should see it as Rome versus London). Britain is just a name for an island, thought up by a Scotsman, James VI. It's good to know what happened in the past to understand how it shaped our identities and attitudes today, but it's pointless to remain trapped as a victim of history.

  • @MTBJester
    @MTBJester12 жыл бұрын

    what instrument is being played by Alastair? a tenor banjo? it sounds awesome!

  • @DuskRex
    @DuskRex12 жыл бұрын

    @brawladdie1 Good song. Respect to mountaineers of Scotland

  • @user-ov4pt4vo7i
    @user-ov4pt4vo7i2 жыл бұрын

    King Cherlie (y)

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie111 жыл бұрын

    That's harsh. Do you mean he hasn't been operatically trained? I've heard some pretty ropey folk-singers in pubs and he compares very well with them. It's all about whether a performance pleases.

  • @MalachiCo0
    @MalachiCo03 жыл бұрын

    English: WTF HOW DID WE LOOSE AT PRESTONPANS REEEEEEE Scots: Lol COPE harder

  • @rustybayonette6641

    @rustybayonette6641

    2 жыл бұрын

    Scots: WTF HOE DOD WE LOSE AT CULLODEN REEEEEEE English: Lol COPE harder

  • @thedemiurge170

    @thedemiurge170

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Jacobite rising wasn't England vs Scotland. Many English supported the cause of Prince Charles.

  • @rabhodge1587

    @rabhodge1587

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thedemiurge170 that old chestnut 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Scottish Jacobites above all wanted the restoration of the Scottish Parliament as Charlie promised 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☹️

  • @ayelads

    @ayelads

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rustybayonette6641 Many english supported the jacobites

  • @rustybayonette6641

    @rustybayonette6641

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ayelads Catholic 🤢

  • @cityman2312
    @cityman23126 жыл бұрын

    This doesn't exactly follow the motto "build up your enemy."

  • @JohnSmith-fc7mp
    @JohnSmith-fc7mp3 ай бұрын

    Johnnie Cope Johnnie Seethe Johnnie Mald

  • @gaconnochie
    @gaconnochie11 жыл бұрын

    Richard (re your private message to me) the percentage of Catholics in Scotland was not so small because they were slaiughtered at Culloden. It was so small because of the Scottish Reformation 200 years before Culloden. I'm only pointing out the historical innacuracy in the idea that the Jacobite Army was Catholic. It in the main wasn't! It was mainly adherents to the Scottish Episcopalian Church which is the Anglican Church in Scotland. The monarch was regarded as head of the Anglican Church

  • @Adamada18
    @Adamada186 жыл бұрын

    Is he talking in the phone?

  • @sandramorey2529
    @sandramorey25292 жыл бұрын

    Check out Ewan MacCall's version. This is pretty neat as well. Thanks

  • @robsargent4
    @robsargent413 жыл бұрын

    @brawladdie1 unfortunately I think you've got a point there. well, we'll just have to wait & see what happens

  • @richardcleveland8549
    @richardcleveland85494 жыл бұрын

    Too fast for my ear . . . . Forty years ago I bought a recording of folksong settings by Beethoven, one of which was "Sir Johnny Cope" (another was "God Save the King," just for balance, one assumes). The songs were performed by the Accademica Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Director; Nonesuch recording H-71340. Their version was much more sedate than this one. I'd love to know if any of my Cameron ancestors were present for the party!

  • @frank-2martialoffrankoslav151
    @frank-2martialoffrankoslav1515 жыл бұрын

    When the Scottish Police attempt to arrest Count Dankula, only for him to become EMPEROR Dankula

  • @conndor2753
    @conndor2753 Жыл бұрын

    A historical diss track XD

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie112 жыл бұрын

    @DuskRex Pardon?

  • @DrakeMonroe
    @DrakeMonroe2 жыл бұрын

    I could swear the first verse says "Johhny Pope".

  • @thedazzlingape2006
    @thedazzlingape2006 Жыл бұрын

    is it just me or is it super hard to sing this version of this song? im really struggling especially with the last two verses of the chorus... granted im not even scottish so maybe thats the mistake but...

  • @gaconnochie
    @gaconnochie11 жыл бұрын

    "I am catholic same as most of Scotland was fact most of my clan died at Culloden" Actually that is about as far from the truth as you could get. There were Catholics in Scotland at that time but very few. A handful of Highland Clans mostly from the islands a few in Aberdeenshire (ie the Gordons) and some Lowland aristos. I've seen estimates that Catholics made up about 2% of the population in total. In England and Ireland the Jacobites tended to be Catholic. In Scotland the Catholics tended to

  • @user-ky7ek4zb1n
    @user-ky7ek4zb1n3 жыл бұрын

    Is Johnny here?

  • @gaconnochie
    @gaconnochie11 жыл бұрын

    accept the new order and they became the base suport for the Jacobites in scotland. I'm pretty astonished at the overall lack of understanding of Scottish history in some of these threads. Scotland had a different history from England and Ireland. It was not about Catholic v Protestant here. There simply weren't enough Catholics about to make it a major issue and scotland as a whole was vehemently anti-Catholic

  • @debramonk2410
    @debramonk24104 жыл бұрын

    Many

  • @clachanyill
    @clachanyill11 жыл бұрын

    Don't know if I'm doing the proper thing here, but I've never heard of Michaael Marra?

  • @tomfrazier1103
    @tomfrazier11032 жыл бұрын

    So, is this where the word "Cope with it comes from", or older, coping saw.?

  • @michaelthompson552
    @michaelthompson5523 ай бұрын

    They weren’t laughing after Culloden

  • @TheCrystalShield
    @TheCrystalShield10 жыл бұрын

    What instrument do you reckon this is bein played on?

  • @brawladdie1

    @brawladdie1

    10 жыл бұрын

    Banjo, I think. (not exactly a traditional Scottish instrument!)

  • @TheCrystalShield

    @TheCrystalShield

    10 жыл бұрын

    Haha true. Cheers!

  • @magnagamer5741

    @magnagamer5741

    8 жыл бұрын

    +brawladdie1 A Banjo Ukulele I believe, like George Formby

  • @TheCrystalShield

    @TheCrystalShield

    8 жыл бұрын

    Cheers!

  • @lemmehollaratya9443

    @lemmehollaratya9443

    6 жыл бұрын

    Banjos have been used in Irish and Scottish traditional for centuries?

  • @herrdave920
    @herrdave9205 жыл бұрын

    Could someone translate the lyrics into good ol 'American English? I love the song, but I haven't the faintest idea what it means Near as I can tell, a scotsman started waving a sword around until his neighbor came out to learn to play the bagpipes - then they went on a walk to say Hi to a guy named Johnnie Cope who happens to own some drums Johnnie heard the bagpipes and thought "Well heck, better mount up because war happened" The scotsman either out-paced his buddies on the walk or they somehow got separated on a street. Then he got pissed because the other guy tried to talk him out of teaching Cope to play the pipes, so he kept waving his sword. How'd I do?

  • @britishgrenadier2800

    @britishgrenadier2800

    5 жыл бұрын

    Herr Dave really bad i think

  • @Joseph-pk7wu

    @Joseph-pk7wu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Shite.

  • @herrdave920

    @herrdave920

    5 жыл бұрын

    Having thought about it for longer than a minute, this song is actually kinda bloody :x While it isn't quite as nonsensical as I first thought it was, I still only got the gist of it Namely a "Let's heck up some Englanders, lads" kinda marching tune, right?

  • @lorenheard2561

    @lorenheard2561

    4 жыл бұрын

    It isn'really right,but oh God it sounds hysterically funny,your translated interpretation!

  • @derekritchie5972

    @derekritchie5972

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's about the battle of Prestonpans making fun of the English general Johnny Cope for fleeing like a coward