Over the Hills and Far Away - British Army Song

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"Over the Hills and Far Away" is a traditional British song, dating back to at least the late 17th century. One version was published in Thomas D'Urfey's Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy; a very different one appeared in George Farquhar's 1706 play The Recruiting Officer. A version also appears in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera of 1728.
The words have changed over the years, as can be seen in the versions below. The only consistent element in early versions is the title line and the tune. D'Urfey's and Gay's versions both refer to lovers, while Farquhar's version refers to fleeing overseas to join the army. The tune was provided with another set of lyrics for the British Sharpe television series of the 1990s, based on Farquhar's version. This version was also recorded by John Tams who played Dan Hagman in the series.

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  • @GodSaveTheKing444
    @GodSaveTheKing4442 жыл бұрын

    We're in dire need of new redcoat 🇬🇧 films, because we're running out of scenes to edit with. Great video btw 👍🏻

  • @patrioticarchive

    @patrioticarchive

    2 жыл бұрын

    We definitely need more redcoat and Royal Navy films and thanks mate.

  • @bieituns

    @bieituns

    2 жыл бұрын

    Im in the process of writing a novel. It will eventually be 3 books,. It is already a work of art. It will be complete in about 5 years.

  • @ivankomadanvonrakovac8415

    @ivankomadanvonrakovac8415

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bieituns What's topic?

  • @bieituns

    @bieituns

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ivankomadanvonrakovac8415 It is similar to Sharpe and Hornblower and master and commander in that it takes you on a journey of a fictional character based on real life characters and real life events while exploring the historical importance of even earlier events that created the circumstances to shape the future, it explains the formation of Britain and how the declaration of obroath was the inspiration to the declaration of independence and the significance of magna carta. The story unfolds in England when a man and woman leave England for the new world to start a new life and a family after the seven years war. Here they meet certain significant people such as George Washington who explains the cause of the French and Indian war, as the story progresses we see the revolutionary war break out. This is the basis of the first book, it is very profound and educational, I have learnt a great deal in the process and even shed a few tears with the deaths of certain characters. The second book opens with the explanation of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon, I have bought over 90 books on the era and used many real life quotes and events to get it all as accurate and as real as possible. The main protagonist in the story has learnt to fight during the revolutionary war under the Prussian Von Steuben. He returns to England and is press ganged into the royal navy and fights at the battle of Copenhagen under captain Bligh. He eventually fights at the battle of Trafalgar under Horatio Nelson. I have some very interesting twists on the myth of his death. For example, when Nelson died legend has it that his final words were kiss me Hardy. But there is also a myth which I believe is probably true that he actually said kismet Hardy which is Turkish for fate or destiny Hardy. Or god's will. I actually spoke to a Turkish man in marmaris who explained to me that Nelson was in marmaris preparing for the battle of the Nile. The final book leads on to the peninsula war and Waterloo with Wellington and after being wounded seriously in battle he becomes destitute and homeless and without wanting to spoil it it ends at peterloo in Manchester.

  • @ivankomadanvonrakovac8415

    @ivankomadanvonrakovac8415

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bieituns Wonderful. Literally my favourite genre of novels. I hope you'll successfully publish it.

  • @Hereward47
    @Hereward472 жыл бұрын

    I distinctly remember being in the back of a wagon when I was in basic training driving through a town in Devon all singing this.

  • @thebrazilianhistorian6530
    @thebrazilianhistorian65302 жыл бұрын

    This is the best version of this song I've ever heard.

  • @NihilsineDeo1866.
    @NihilsineDeo1866.2 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know about this version of the song, good mate :) For King and Country 🇬🇧

  • @thecrimsonbubbles
    @thecrimsonbubbles2 жыл бұрын

    now that's soldiering.

  • @Viper97Gaming

    @Viper97Gaming

    2 жыл бұрын

    No one does it like us British.

  • @thebrazilianhistorian6530

    @thebrazilianhistorian6530

    2 жыл бұрын

    3 rounds a minute, any weather.

  • @alexaldous9890

    @alexaldous9890

    10 ай бұрын

    Sharpe nod, absolutely loving it

  • @Viper97Gaming
    @Viper97Gaming2 жыл бұрын

    Rule Britannia! God Bless our United Kingdom.

  • @rollandmarksteacheshistory1408

    @rollandmarksteacheshistory1408

    Жыл бұрын

    I stands for democracy but the British is one country I respect that has a beautiful country and one of the perfect armies I've ever seen

  • @Viper97Gaming

    @Viper97Gaming

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the complement of our Island home.🇬🇧 On the topic of democracy. We are a democracy with a Constitutional Monarchy.🇬🇧

  • @shallow768

    @shallow768

    11 күн бұрын

    @@Viper97Gamingnot when this song was written

  • @rose72br
    @rose72br2 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know this one. It's very beautiful! Greetings from Brasil!

  • @Historicage1134
    @Historicage1134 Жыл бұрын

    Because of these songs every Britons can reflect on to their glorious past and present

  • @DerMarschliedKamerad
    @DerMarschliedKamerad2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely epic, good job!

  • @rafaelcordero6632
    @rafaelcordero6632 Жыл бұрын

    This britsh song never gets forgotten

  • @lieutenantcommanderdata892
    @lieutenantcommanderdata892 Жыл бұрын

    For God, King and country!

  • @mattwordsworth9825
    @mattwordsworth9825 Жыл бұрын

    The British Empire's combat uniform is the best looking out of all the WWII uniforms, complete with their iconic Brodie Helmet

  • @colinmcdonald8521

    @colinmcdonald8521

    8 ай бұрын

    The Paras' uniform in the closing years of the war, with the Dennison smock, and 44 webbing and Airborne helmet was the best issued to the British to that date, and was the model for everything that followed.

  • @gunslingerluckytankijunky
    @gunslingerluckytankijunky Жыл бұрын

    Sharpe brought me here, god I gotta find more shows about the older wars.

  • @epicminecraft4543
    @epicminecraft4543 Жыл бұрын

    England was always a good ally of belgium so long live UK

  • @rogerthomas368

    @rogerthomas368

    Жыл бұрын

    As have the Belgium been of the British. It seems to have been forgotten over time that it was Belgian battalion with a Luxembourg Platoon that did its best to hold the right flank for the British Gloucestershire Regiment during the Battle of the Imjin River, which was a key battle during the Korean War. The battle itself reads more like a story from Hollywood than real life and the fighting reads as if it taking place in the napoleonic era.

  • @deandavies9576

    @deandavies9576

    Жыл бұрын

    thank you sir

  • @wereham

    @wereham

    Жыл бұрын

    When you're right you're right

  • @nikkonichols

    @nikkonichols

    Жыл бұрын

    So many battles in Flanders fields 💪🏼💪🏼🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @tankythemagnorite9855

    @tankythemagnorite9855

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you old chap, same to Belgium.

  • @rudsonchannel2935
    @rudsonchannel29352 жыл бұрын

    Great song

  • @Historicage1134
    @Historicage1134 Жыл бұрын

    When England does not have any independence day because of it's brave soldiers who always protect it from enemy and also make it possible to rule the world.

  • @Rory_Herbert
    @Rory_Herbert2 жыл бұрын

    Love those Royal Scots Greys.

  • @Gustavogukpa
    @Gustavogukpa2 жыл бұрын

    This video changed mah life

  • @Atrux1
    @Atrux1Күн бұрын

    That's inspiring. Thank you. Let us rise again like our fathers or even better

  • @nightking3877
    @nightking3877 Жыл бұрын

    Now, that‘s soldiering

  • @strayadoesgames
    @strayadoesgames11 ай бұрын

    pro tip: never put tea boxes in the ocean

  • @abbiepratt
    @abbiepratt Жыл бұрын

    sharps army best war program on the tv.

  • @deandavies9576
    @deandavies9576 Жыл бұрын

    If i should fall to rise no more As many comrades did before Then ask the fifes and drums to play Over the hills and far away! Rule Britannia!

  • @jamesgreaves8970
    @jamesgreaves89709 ай бұрын

    oh ma god i am so happy about this song, loud, british, i just love it!

  • @lawrencebico1861
    @lawrencebico18612 жыл бұрын

    God Save King George 🇬🇧

  • @TheSgillHistory
    @TheSgillHistory2 жыл бұрын

    Never heard that march before

  • @JorgeAugustoCorreaReis
    @JorgeAugustoCorreaReis2 жыл бұрын

    Nice Job ,Good Song

  • @RiodesGeming
    @RiodesGeming2 жыл бұрын

    Nice video Friend :D

  • @arthurwellesley1stdukeofwe890
    @arthurwellesley1stdukeofwe890 Жыл бұрын

    God save the Queen!

  • @cymrocymraeg5352

    @cymrocymraeg5352

    Жыл бұрын

    Excellent foreshadowing

  • @arthurwellesley1stdukeofwe890

    @arthurwellesley1stdukeofwe890

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cymrocymraeg5352 As a Duke you have a gut feeling about such things.

  • @KittyStarlight

    @KittyStarlight

    Жыл бұрын

    God save the King.

  • @KittyStarlight

    @KittyStarlight

    Жыл бұрын

    Just been told on another thread "King Charles" in reply to my post (from two months ago) regarding there not being a King of England then. Look at when the post was, anyone. But it is very fascinating historically than now we have a King Charles again. (Not the one with the spaniels. Not the one who had his head cut off. And not Bonnie Prince Charlie either. A different one. But still Charles. Good old historical name. Although not very lucky in the past. But still historical.)

  • @KittyStarlight

    @KittyStarlight

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cymrocymraeg5352 Welsh. Does your name mean Welshman?

  • @charlestaylor8566
    @charlestaylor8566 Жыл бұрын

    FORWARD the Scots Greys !

  • @Revoe_Lad
    @Revoe_Lad21 күн бұрын

    I love the fact that the first line of the song is recruiting mercenaries to fight for us. It’s hilarious 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @gameram6382
    @gameram6382 Жыл бұрын

    King charles commands

  • @KopperNeoman

    @KopperNeoman

    9 ай бұрын

    And I disobey that traitorous WEF puppet.

  • @kmicic8315
    @kmicic8315 Жыл бұрын

    0:0-04 Who is this? Duke of Marlborough? Could I get a link to this image? This is my the most liked version Over the hils and far away ;). Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱🇬🇧 Great job!

  • @patrioticarchive

    @patrioticarchive

    Жыл бұрын

    It's George II at the battle of Dettingten images.app.goo.gl/QN8LHMJvLJJG3C3G9

  • @georgludwigernstmaximilian9732

    @georgludwigernstmaximilian9732

    Жыл бұрын

    The first image: King George I, and the next: King George II at the Battle of Dettingen

  • @enclaveenthusiasts9595
    @enclaveenthusiasts95956 ай бұрын

    We making it out of Zulu with this one 🗣️🔥

  • @marclourencecusi9638
    @marclourencecusi9638 Жыл бұрын

    good music

  • @legomaker9613
    @legomaker9613 Жыл бұрын

    Sharpe lead me here.

  • @Khvkhvy_ihgigfuc112
    @Khvkhvy_ihgigfuc1122 жыл бұрын

    Fire song🔥

  • @awjen20
    @awjen20Ай бұрын

    WERE GETTING OUT OF ROKES DRIFT IN THIS SONG!

  • @ILovePoop69
    @ILovePoop692 жыл бұрын

    I came here from roblox zulu war

  • @kyle.horton
    @kyle.horton2 жыл бұрын

    I dig it; but is the brass section taken from Silverado? It works really well either way.

  • @johnharefa7726
    @johnharefa7726 Жыл бұрын

    Wow great british . I like

  • @pro_editFOOTBALL1597
    @pro_editFOOTBALL1597 Жыл бұрын

    Geez that's a lot of cowboy aka the guy's horse driving the sword

  • @vagodinfir1636

    @vagodinfir1636

    Жыл бұрын

    That's cavalry

  • @gukabolo
    @gukabolo2 ай бұрын

    I remember playing Zulu war based game in Roblox with this song

  • @juanquirozbarrio2605
    @juanquirozbarrio2605 Жыл бұрын

    SO Soy mexicano theAmor REINO unido 🖤🖤🖤🖤🍷🌹🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 vivir en Inglaterra

  • @historiamilitaris5161
    @historiamilitaris51613 ай бұрын

    God save the King! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @micahritchie9179
    @micahritchie91792 жыл бұрын

    I need to step up my game to get subs when your about very good video tho 🇬🇧👍🏻

  • @davidwilliams-kc7hb
    @davidwilliams-kc7hb Жыл бұрын

    Daniel Hagman sang it better in TV Series Sharpe

  • @erikgothberg8078

    @erikgothberg8078

    2 ай бұрын

    I agree all of his songs in Sharpe were really good, a Shame that they are not on Spotify

  • @kvetapetrusova2596
    @kvetapetrusova2596 Жыл бұрын

    👌👌

  • @coreytrevor9423
    @coreytrevor9423 Жыл бұрын

    Shame we didn’t take America as a colony. LONG LIVE THE KING!

  • @wereham

    @wereham

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't think we hardly tried. Not many casualties

  • @mattwordsworth9825

    @mattwordsworth9825

    Жыл бұрын

    Not worth the trouble, we had more important matters to deal with. However if Wellington was sent to America with his battle hardened Peninsula army the Americans would have crumbled

  • @danielparradicillo

    @danielparradicillo

    Жыл бұрын

    Not only America but even all Latin American countries will apply for Commonwealth membership in the future. Will you help us to welcome them all? All South American nations got emancipated, independent and free with the support of the Royal British Legions under the HM King George III and the Duke of Wellington's command.

  • @HomeSkillit

    @HomeSkillit

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@mattwordsworth9825okay haha

  • @KopperNeoman

    @KopperNeoman

    9 ай бұрын

    @wereham "The British" in that war were largely Americans trying to overthrow their seditionist government. The reasons for sedition notwithstanding, modern day Americans are disgusting for largely forgetting that.

  • @sapofeministopepe1159
    @sapofeministopepe11592 жыл бұрын

    Mamamia Good vídeo

  • @jamesgrcevich8307
    @jamesgrcevich83079 ай бұрын

    GOD Save KING Charles

  • @colinmcdonald8521
    @colinmcdonald8521 Жыл бұрын

    Poor sods - recruited for the most part by unemployment or the magistrates as an alternative to something worse, for a bob a day - minus dishonest deductions - a usually secondhand uniform but typically new boots and a share of a bunk in decrepit barracks - only benefits, some very basic medical care, regular if dodgy rations, and a free funeral. The Victorian army was only a mite better - one bunk, razor and towel per man, and the barracks tended to be newer, and not so many dishonest deductions.

  • @raylumley5019

    @raylumley5019

    9 ай бұрын

    I agree> However, civilian life in Britain was just as horrific..Even after the 1st world war, the land "fit for heroes"was a hell hole for the working class. In fact ,I have read a german soldier at Dunkirk , who could'nt believe how small and puny the British soldiers were. Thanks to the class system.

  • @gameram6382
    @gameram6382 Жыл бұрын

    Fix bayonets. 💪

  • @davidbraun6209
    @davidbraun6209 Жыл бұрын

    You notice they don't use footage from _The Patriot_ showing the capitulation at Yorktown? Also no video showing the Brits getting defeated at New Orleans?

  • @The_Christian_Cavalier

    @The_Christian_Cavalier

    Жыл бұрын

    Because Britain one far more than it lost, that's why. Traitor.

  • @vagodinfir1636

    @vagodinfir1636

    Жыл бұрын

    Why would they show it in here? This is a video about a British army song

  • @mattwordsworth9825

    @mattwordsworth9825

    Жыл бұрын

    Probably for the same reason why you Yanks wouldn't show your failed invasion of Canada or the White House burning down on your American army songs vids

  • @ReformedSauron

    @ReformedSauron

    Жыл бұрын

    Not eerything is from an American lense- sincerely, an American. Perhaps that's why the world thinks us ignorant. Edit: the world could say the same thing about our defeats being left out of most of our things. Say you want you want about the other countries of the world- they are well aware of the world does not revolve around them alone and here in the states we don't realize that rule applies to us as well.

  • @rekyklwshenadyotria1589
    @rekyklwshenadyotria1589 Жыл бұрын

    THE QUEEN JUST DIED AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA

  • @ReformedSauron

    @ReformedSauron

    Жыл бұрын

    Monarchs do. They aren't immortal. Long live the king.

  • @rekyklwshenadyotria1589

    @rekyklwshenadyotria1589

    Жыл бұрын

    I disagree, they came from blue blooded balls, and we worship them, so they might as well be immortal, the paranoia continues.

  • @rekyklwshenadyotria1589

    @rekyklwshenadyotria1589

    Жыл бұрын

    @@willtheww2collector742 as we should be towards ppl that have done so many malicious things against humanity

  • @grobertokralos150
    @grobertokralos150 Жыл бұрын

    good, respect

  • @gazzabnaki
    @gazzabnaki Жыл бұрын

    God save the King and God save New Zealand and the Commonwealth!! 🥝defeat to the barbarian Russians