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
    @lorddoof3370 3 роки тому +386

    His name literally being Cope makes this poetic justice.

  • @littledikkins2
    @littledikkins2 6 років тому +432

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

    • @grenzer45
      @grenzer45 5 років тому +3

      Little Dikkins yep, by admirers of the cowardly Italian.

    • @acerb4566
      @acerb4566 5 років тому +49

      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!

    • @greg_4201
      @greg_4201 5 років тому +6

      @@acerb4566 You got what you wanted 7 months later...
      English honour: intact

    • @caiuswickersham
      @caiuswickersham 5 років тому +22

      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 5 років тому +4

      @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"!

  • @Einherjar3904
    @Einherjar3904 2 роки тому +23

    "Wha'll be King but Cherlie?"

  • @Drae-gk6dl
    @Drae-gk6dl 9 років тому +450

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

    • @brucebostick2521
      @brucebostick2521 5 років тому +44

      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 роки тому +6

      @@brucebostick2521 amazingly put friend

    • @Hardrada88
      @Hardrada88 3 роки тому +8

      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 роки тому +4

      Anything sung by a mcdonald is not good

    • @huwwatson8070
      @huwwatson8070 Рік тому +10

      @@garethaustin6049yer a Campbell for sure 🤣

  • @gabrielanderson7250
    @gabrielanderson7250 Рік тому +17

    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

    • @kurthugo8794
      @kurthugo8794 12 днів тому

      Is your family Confederado? There are a lot of Andersons up here in East Tennessee, we might be cousins

  • @albannach93
    @albannach93 3 роки тому +37

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

  • @IosuamacaMhadaidh
    @IosuamacaMhadaidh Рік тому +30

    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. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

  • @kingsladetard
    @kingsladetard 12 років тому +39

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

  • @justin764
    @justin764 Рік тому +13

    Nobody:
    Jacobites 300 years ago: Cope, seethe

  • @59johnmac
    @59johnmac 4 роки тому +40

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

  • @zakkcope4133
    @zakkcope4133 7 років тому +25

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

    • @karennewingham1531
      @karennewingham1531 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @haroldgōdwinessunu
      @haroldgōdwinessunu Рік тому +15

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

    • @uastyrdzhii
      @uastyrdzhii Рік тому +1

      That's cool, my wife is part pf the Seethe family

    • @Sonny-m1f
      @Sonny-m1f 11 днів тому

      ​@@haroldgōdwinessunuhe didn't run, his men did.

  • @SvensHistoryLab
    @SvensHistoryLab 4 роки тому +37

    SCOTLAND FOREVER!!!!!!!!!

  • @СтефанСтоянов-о7ж
    @СтефанСтоянов-о7ж 2 роки тому +10

    Hey Jonie Cope are you walking yet...

  • @megakillerx
    @megakillerx 3 роки тому +21

    Hey Johnny cope and seethe, are you walking yet?

  • @estalker1647
    @estalker1647 12 років тому +11

    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 4 роки тому +4

      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 Рік тому

      Interesting

  • @anna14campbell
    @anna14campbell 6 років тому +13

    absolute banger

  • @sanchez16
    @sanchez16 6 років тому +18

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

  • @HarryPotter-pw9xw
    @HarryPotter-pw9xw 4 роки тому +22

    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

  • @alanklaw7796
    @alanklaw7796 5 місяців тому +1

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

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie1  12 років тому +116

    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 5 років тому +2

      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 роки тому +4

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

  • @pfeifferpack
    @pfeifferpack 10 років тому +160

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

    • @getout2012
      @getout2012 9 років тому +19

      +Kathleen Pfeiffer It was very much possible.

    • @matthewwiddowson9817
      @matthewwiddowson9817 8 років тому +55

      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 8 років тому +7

      Do you mean James VIII

    • @rolfsonofrolf9286
      @rolfsonofrolf9286 5 років тому +2

      @@getout2012 and yet it didn't happen

    • @alex-sv8ru
      @alex-sv8ru 4 роки тому +5

      @Tiny mod there were many English Jacobites.

  • @BadReligion9
    @BadReligion9 2 роки тому +8

    This diss track goes hard.

  • @TomorrowWeLive
    @TomorrowWeLive 7 років тому +132

    This one really gets you going!

    • @ComradeHellas
      @ComradeHellas 5 років тому +11

      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 5 років тому +35

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

    • @albannach93
      @albannach93 5 років тому +5

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

    • @intergalactichumanempire9759
      @intergalactichumanempire9759 5 років тому +29

      @@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 5 років тому +19

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

  • @rutothechaser6146
    @rutothechaser6146 2 роки тому +108

    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 роки тому +8

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

    • @rutothechaser6146
      @rutothechaser6146 2 роки тому +39

      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 Рік тому +21

      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 Рік тому +4

      Wee man with big plans

    • @davidmclachlan5784
      @davidmclachlan5784 Рік тому +14

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

  • @matthewwiddowson9817
    @matthewwiddowson9817 8 років тому +77

    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 років тому +41

      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 8 років тому +11

      Do you mean James VII

    • @japhfo
      @japhfo 7 років тому +4

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

    • @reb-xu9di
      @reb-xu9di 7 років тому

      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 7 років тому +7

      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.

  • @LucianLacroix
    @LucianLacroix 8 років тому +78

    Scotland forever!

    • @jjmmccaughan
      @jjmmccaughan 8 років тому +4

      alba am brarth

    • @Ridley369
      @Ridley369 6 років тому +8

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

    • @paganphil100
      @paganphil100 6 років тому

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

    • @graysonguinn1943
      @graysonguinn1943 5 років тому +5

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

    • @Original_Dalvik
      @Original_Dalvik 5 років тому +3

      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
    @brawladdie1  12 років тому +9

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

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie1  14 років тому +13

    As breathless as Cope making his getaway!

  • @acerb4566
    @acerb4566 12 років тому +14

    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!!

  • @julesthurongi1223
    @julesthurongi1223 9 років тому +58

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

    • @nbenefiel
      @nbenefiel 8 років тому

      +Julian Thueringer Try the Corries version

    • @adddash8637
      @adddash8637 8 років тому +1

      +Julian Thueringer in book 5

    • @HihiEliza
      @HihiEliza 8 років тому +1

      Well hello there fellow #ladyoflallybroch

    • @julesthurongi1223
      @julesthurongi1223 8 років тому +2

      +ElizaT
      #MilordBrochTuarach
      :)

    • @nutyyyy
      @nutyyyy 7 років тому +5

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

  • @waynemacfarland1546
    @waynemacfarland1546 Рік тому

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

  • @alanklaw7796
    @alanklaw7796 5 місяців тому

    Voice And Content Grand-Thank you

  • @progressiverebel
    @progressiverebel 5 років тому +12

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

    • @theladychamLV
      @theladychamLV 4 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @karamcmaster6501
    @karamcmaster6501 11 років тому +4

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

  • @Flashaman1845
    @Flashaman1845 12 років тому +4

    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!!

  • @GILLEBRATH
    @GILLEBRATH 10 років тому +10

    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 років тому +6

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

    • @thomas1163
      @thomas1163 7 років тому +2

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

    • @aileent4212
      @aileent4212 7 років тому

      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 років тому

      @@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

  • @rohanthomas799
    @rohanthomas799 2 роки тому +35

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

    • @hibernii
      @hibernii 2 роки тому +10

      based. long live the stuart monarchy

    • @JensontheBasterd
      @JensontheBasterd Рік тому

      >catholic irish blood
      thays why you're brown ahahaha

    • @rohanthomas799
      @rohanthomas799 Рік тому

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

    • @rohanthomas799
      @rohanthomas799 Рік тому

      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

    • @cjforbes3803
      @cjforbes3803 6 місяців тому +2

      What is it with you micks and wishing you were Scottish?

  • @andrewterry9341
    @andrewterry9341 12 років тому +3

    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.

  • @robsargent4
    @robsargent4 13 років тому

    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.

  • @СтефанСтоянов-о7ж
    @СтефанСтоянов-о7ж 2 роки тому +27

    Long live the king-Prince Bonnie Charlie!

  • @asmodeus0454
    @asmodeus0454 Рік тому

    Catchy little tune, that one.

  • @TheRaksya
    @TheRaksya 9 років тому +9

    great song!greetings from Siberia!Freedom for Scotland

  • @karaklcmehmetosmanpasa3680
    @karaklcmehmetosmanpasa3680 7 років тому +35

    Long live House Stuart!

    • @elizabethbrown8833
      @elizabethbrown8833 Рік тому +1

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

    • @elizabethbrown8833
      @elizabethbrown8833 Рік тому +1

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

  • @puma7372
    @puma7372 2 роки тому +2

    He must have been Johnny Cope and Seethe after that battle

  • @honestlymaddie4956
    @honestlymaddie4956 6 років тому +4

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

    • @ripme6616
      @ripme6616 5 років тому

      honestly maddie 😉

  • @BenSHammonds
    @BenSHammonds 11 років тому +2

    This is great, my mother is a Stuart :)

  • @cromcruach5035
    @cromcruach5035 3 роки тому +6

    Johnnie Cope, Seethe and Dilate

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie1  12 років тому +13

    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 роки тому +3

      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 3 роки тому

      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.

  • @bighaggis6918
    @bighaggis6918 3 роки тому +11

    kek dude was actually called cope

  • @richiehoyt8487
    @richiehoyt8487 3 місяці тому

    I'm a rocker by nature - but I get a Helluva kick from this sort of folk music!

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie1  13 років тому +28

    @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 3 роки тому

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

  • @pnarciva9815
    @pnarciva9815 7 років тому

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

  • @pab4435
    @pab4435 Рік тому +2

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

    • @eiontomlin4203
      @eiontomlin4203 7 місяців тому

      Just fair men here lad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @petermcallister107
    @petermcallister107 7 років тому

    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.

  • @MalachiCo0
    @MalachiCo0 3 роки тому +37

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

    • @rustybayonette6641
      @rustybayonette6641 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @thedemiurge170
      @thedemiurge170 3 роки тому +8

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

    • @rabhodge1587
      @rabhodge1587 3 роки тому

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

    • @rustybayonette6641
      @rustybayonette6641 Рік тому

      @aye Catholic 🤢

    • @rustybayonette6641
      @rustybayonette6641 Рік тому

      @aye mate the Jacobites were Catholic is what I’m saying. The English that supported them were English Catholics

  • @nh6music
    @nh6music 10 років тому +2

    nice job ;

  • @gaconnochie
    @gaconnochie 11 років тому +5

    "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

  • @gaconnochie
    @gaconnochie 11 років тому +8

    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

  • @beatricebalti5022
    @beatricebalti5022 8 років тому +3

    Love it...

  • @mysticnovelbro
    @mysticnovelbro 6 років тому +2

    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

  • @sandramorey2529
    @sandramorey2529 3 роки тому

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

  • @gaconnochie
    @gaconnochie 11 років тому +3

    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.

  • @davidmclachlan5784
    @davidmclachlan5784 Рік тому +1

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

  • @richardcleveland8549
    @richardcleveland8549 5 років тому

    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!

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie1  14 років тому +2

    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.

  • @irishfield1
    @irishfield1 6 років тому

    Amazing ever thank you

  • @tomfrazier1103
    @tomfrazier1103 3 роки тому

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

  • @dennisfarabee5216
    @dennisfarabee5216 2 місяці тому

    I will bow to none but my Lord (Family motto)

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie1  11 років тому +5

    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.

  • @nicolea2839
    @nicolea2839 2 роки тому

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

  • @gavinreid8937
    @gavinreid8937 4 роки тому

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

  • @cityman2312
    @cityman2312 6 років тому +1

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

  • @herrdave920
    @herrdave920 5 років тому +7

    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 років тому

      Herr Dave really bad i think

    • @Joseph-pk7wu
      @Joseph-pk7wu 5 років тому

      Shite.

    • @herrdave920
      @herrdave920 5 років тому +1

      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 5 років тому

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

    • @derekritchie5972
      @derekritchie5972 3 роки тому

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

  • @MsPerson4
    @MsPerson4 11 років тому +5

    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.

  • @clachanyill
    @clachanyill 11 років тому

    Well he don't please me never has done.

  • @Kamal7778a
    @Kamal7778a 6 років тому +1

    Is he talking in the phone?

  • @thedazzlingape2006
    @thedazzlingape2006 2 роки тому

    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...

  • @pim5356
    @pim5356 Місяць тому

    Long live the king long live Scotland and the stuarts long live Ireland the Ilse and the celts by Gods grace ❤🎉✝️

  • @gaconnochie
    @gaconnochie 11 років тому +3

    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.

  • @brawladdie1
    @brawladdie1  14 років тому +47

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

  • @gaconnochie
    @gaconnochie 11 років тому +2

    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!

  • @sugarhiccup1772
    @sugarhiccup1772 7 років тому

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

  • @Welther47
    @Welther47 3 місяці тому

    General Sir John Cope performed his duty as and officer, with no stain or blemish on this character or integrity. It was the privates who turned and ran. He could not rally them, though he tried.

  • @DuskRex
    @DuskRex 13 років тому +11

    Зачетная песня. Респект и уважуха горцам Шотландии боровшихся против красномундирников

    • @alexgurevich6724
      @alexgurevich6724 6 років тому +1

      DuskRex и свободолюбивому народу Ичкерии.

  • @jimmyb5212
    @jimmyb5212 4 роки тому +3

    Mon the independance

  • @1975IanTaylor
    @1975IanTaylor 3 місяці тому

    good song

  • @robertcope9494
    @robertcope9494 3 роки тому

    How many families can say a relative has a song about them?

    • @sarahlashbrook6991
      @sarahlashbrook6991 2 роки тому

      My maiden name is also Cope . . . it’s not a terribly common name. Kind of cool I suppose, to see it in a song, and in history.

  • @DrakeMonroe
    @DrakeMonroe 3 роки тому

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

  • @user-ky7ek4zb1n
    @user-ky7ek4zb1n 3 роки тому

    Is Johnny here?

  • @SpicyDipDip
    @SpicyDipDip 11 років тому +3

    Awesome Scotland Forever!!!!!

  • @TheCrystalShield
    @TheCrystalShield 10 років тому +1

    What instrument do you reckon this is bein played on?

    • @brawladdie1
      @brawladdie1  10 років тому +5

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

    • @TheCrystalShield
      @TheCrystalShield 10 років тому

      Haha true. Cheers!

    • @magnagamer5741
      @magnagamer5741 9 років тому +2

      +brawladdie1 A Banjo Ukulele I believe, like George Formby

    • @TheCrystalShield
      @TheCrystalShield 9 років тому

      Cheers!

    • @lemmehollaratya9443
      @lemmehollaratya9443 7 років тому

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

  • @conndor2753
    @conndor2753 2 роки тому

    A historical diss track XD

  • @Darsaan
    @Darsaan 12 років тому

    Your granny sounds scary :) . I'm a MacDougall, and I agree that the scots have warrior in their blood, but as for my granny, she'd be not good in a fight, even when she was young :D

  • @MTBJester
    @MTBJester 13 років тому

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

  • @reb0118
    @reb0118 10 років тому +5

    "When Johnnie Cope to Berwick cam'" - not Dunbar. Although Cope did indeed land at Dunbar before the battle he buggered off up Soutra Hill and took the inland road to the Barracks at Berwick "'Twas Soutra Hill ere he stood still and first he tasted meat, man" - Crackin' tune nevertheless!

  • @Zcotia843
    @Zcotia843 4 роки тому +19

    It wasn't catholic vs potmdestant it was to restore our line of. Kings to the throne saor Alba Tandem triumphans

  • @ledzep22100
    @ledzep22100 9 років тому +2

    I am confused the battle shows both muskets and British red coats as well Scots brandishing swords what did they use

    • @robmcrob2091
      @robmcrob2091 9 років тому +5

      Government redcoats musket and bayonets, government highlanders muskets, dirks, targe and claymore, jacobite highlander muskets, dirks, targe and claymore. Both sides had pistols and cannon.

    • @ledzep22100
      @ledzep22100 9 років тому +1

      Rob McRob Thank you

    • @madelinekoster4583
      @madelinekoster4583 9 років тому +3

      ledzep22100 Both sides were British, the Jacobite insurgents were primarily from Scotland but by absolutely no means only they came from all over British land and fought for their religion- they were opposed by British forces from all across the island. The British government was eventually victorious and delivered a crushing victory.

    • @ledzep22100
      @ledzep22100 9 років тому +1

      +madeline koster What makes someone British. American so i have no idea

    • @madelinekoster4583
      @madelinekoster4583 9 років тому +2

      I'm American as well. The UK is considered a country (22nd most popular country) and also considered a sovereign state as it controls itself.
      If you mean British, it's a rather lengthy explanation. Many places are considered British and many have British Citizenship.
      But when most people say British, they mean from the UK only.
      The UK is four non-independent countries: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.
      It is often used by Americans to mean England only, but this is due to ignorance.

  • @janthornielsen5148
    @janthornielsen5148 7 років тому

    tjaa hvad er UN freve på barretten i dag,, var det ikke farven på frihed... Slantiee jeg elsker farven på kukarten..

  • @clachanyill
    @clachanyill 11 років тому

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

  • @metisman100
    @metisman100 12 років тому

    the sgian dube is a small boot knife abou 3 1/2 inch dont you mean a dirk