Bannockburn (Alastair McDonald)

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  • Song about The battle Bannockburn (Alastair McDonald)
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  • @MrEvanfriend
    @MrEvanfriend 4 роки тому +181

    My one quibble is that at Bannockburn, Robert Bruce was notoriously wielding an ax, and not a sword. It is legend how he was charged by the English knight Henry de Bohun, and how he sidestepped Sir Henry's lance and caved his head in with his ax.

    • @vinnymcdonald4056
      @vinnymcdonald4056 4 роки тому +9

      His only discuss was Saxon blood left on his axe

    • @thefastandthedead1769
      @thefastandthedead1769 3 роки тому +12

      The battle of Bannock Burn was fought over two days so the Bruce must have used multiple weapons. It stands to reason. Yes, he did not run from de Bohun but defeated his better-equipped opponent and yes it broke his axe.

    • @jameskoziol8508
      @jameskoziol8508 3 роки тому +8

      Henry de Bohun was hardly English, he was norman, and certainly wouldn't of had much , if any Saxon blood

    • @thefastandthedead1769
      @thefastandthedead1769 3 роки тому +12

      @@jameskoziol8508 The English aristocracy was norman in origin.

    • @DucdeOrlean
      @DucdeOrlean 3 роки тому +2

      Norman rule started in 1066 so by 1314 England spoke French and were barbaric in the eyes of the Scots.

  • @gemolibre
    @gemolibre 5 років тому +52

    Robert Bruce and his men are the Scotland's heroes.
    They won the Scotland's freedom.

    • @gordontaylor5373
      @gordontaylor5373 4 роки тому +4

      I hope our football team can be heroes when we play Russia and Belgium. If we win those matches, we'll win Euro 2021!

    • @gemolibre
      @gemolibre 4 роки тому +4

      @@gordontaylor5373 ?????

    • @professorracc.9780
      @professorracc.9780 Місяць тому

      @@gordontaylor5373 Imagine comparing a stupid football game to the sovereignty of a nation. Grow a fucking brain.

  • @stiofanofirghil1916
    @stiofanofirghil1916 6 місяців тому +5

    My best friends wife's funeral today, direct descent of The Bruce.. I sing this song tonight in her memory.. As brave & strong as any of her ancestors.. Saor Albain!!

  • @JesusBonaparte
    @JesusBonaparte 6 років тому +108

    ON THEM, ON THEM!!
    HEAR THE DOUGLAS SHOUT.
    That part is the best in my opinion.
    Greetings from the fields of the last battle of Robert Bruce and James Douglas, Teba in Spain.

    • @NostraFnDamus
      @NostraFnDamus 2 роки тому +1

      The 14th century version of the present day " 'mon then!"

    • @professorracc.9780
      @professorracc.9780 Рік тому

      @@NostraFnDamus It really isn't at all the same

  • @NarnianQueen89
    @NarnianQueen89 Рік тому +26

    My ancestors fought with Robert the Bruce. Proud of my Scottish heritage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @test-201
      @test-201 9 місяців тому

      ​@@ReactionaryPapist so did mine they got a lot of money from the king of spain for making the moors surrender, im english by the way haha

    • @johnhoward374
      @johnhoward374 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@ReactionaryPapistviva cristo rey

  • @catherinesinclair2935
    @catherinesinclair2935 5 років тому +38

    This the best thing I heard in my life.

  • @randomdiscordmeme
    @randomdiscordmeme 2 роки тому +43

    You Robert Bruce and scottish broke the siege of my native town Orléans with us, god bless Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷

  • @christinegordy8159
    @christinegordy8159 4 роки тому +56

    Robert the Bruce is my kin, also I am McLeod, and McLaren. This great battle granted Scotland her freedom for 400 years. Also, my ex-husband is Wallace. Long live Scotland

    • @tovarishlumberjack2356
      @tovarishlumberjack2356 4 роки тому +2

      Thats why ur called Gordy

    • @markcullen735
      @markcullen735 4 роки тому +2

      @@tovarishlumberjack2356 Pay attention. She said ex-husband.

    • @Hatypus
      @Hatypus 4 роки тому +3

      @@tovarishlumberjack2356 You realise not everyone takes their husbands name? And even if she did it says ex-husband.

    • @mini_chimp_in_a_suit
      @mini_chimp_in_a_suit 3 роки тому +3

      My grandma also told me that hello distant kin

    • @lilbrit1019
      @lilbrit1019 3 роки тому +1

      Until you cocked up got in extreme debt and begged to join the union what you always have half asses and still to this day blame the english for you poor administration

  • @freshcold
    @freshcold 3 роки тому +9

    IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM!

  • @leighcecil3322
    @leighcecil3322 2 роки тому +7

    My great great grandmother was a De Bruce..! Who married a MacPherson... freedom to Scotland..! From Oz 👍

  • @vinnymcdonald4056
    @vinnymcdonald4056 4 роки тому +18

    Pure Celtic warrior's

    • @carolusmagnusrexfrancorume3684
      @carolusmagnusrexfrancorume3684 3 роки тому +7

      He was Norman.

    • @tylersullivan993
      @tylersullivan993 3 роки тому +7

      Robert the Bruce was Norman-French, as were most of his commanders and most of his knights. A great many (if not the majority) of his troops would have been from the Lowlands where English was the majority language and most of the people there were Anglo-Saxon of origin. Although, some of his captains and soldiers would've been Highlanders. So, you're technically sort of right - a fraction of the men at Bannockburn would have been 'Pure Celtic warriors'.

    • @tylersullivan993
      @tylersullivan993 2 роки тому +1

      @@lordbaltimore99 Lowlanders (those south of the Forth anyway) are about as Celtic as Cumbrians, Devonians, and other folks living along the furthest reaches of Anglo-Saxon settlement. Genetically they have a lot of Brythonic in addition to their Anglo-Saxon, but in most other ways they were almost entirely Anglo-Saxon. The eastern coast of Lothian had been settled by the Northumbrian Angles well before most of the west of what is now England had come under Saxon control, and the extent of their settlement is evident in the placenames of the area (Jedburgh, Coldingham, Roxburgh, Berwickshire, Edinburgh, the list goes on). Even during the reign of David I, the folks of Lothian (which encompassed a much larger area than it does now) were referred to as his 'English subjects'. The clan system in the Lowlands was different from that in the Highlands, and was much similar in nature to that of England, with many pre-Norman families having close relations on both sides of the border.
      And I said they spoke English because, while I'd argue Scots is indeed a language in its own right, it hadn't diverged from Northern dialects of English by that point, at least not to an extent which would validate it being a separate tongue. After all, the speakers thereof referred to their speech, and that of the people south of the border as 'Inglis'.

    • @tylersullivan993
      @tylersullivan993 2 роки тому

      @@lordbaltimore99 I think it's also worth saying that the Picts hadn't settled south of the Forth. At least not in any numbers that would've made them a majority. The local Celts were Cumbric Welsh, and spoke a language that was indistinguishable from their kinsmen in the south. The Medieval Welsh even referred to southern Scotland and northern England as 'Hen Ogledd' (the Old North). The only real difference between much of the Lowlands, and most of England is that the former became a part of Scotland at some point. They were settled by the Saxons in comparative numbers, were under Saxon control for a comparable amount of time, and were culturally and linguistically identical for much of their history.

    • @therealmcgoy4968
      @therealmcgoy4968 Рік тому

      @@carolusmagnusrexfrancorume3684 the Normans were the nobility of Britain and Ireland LOL the rest of us were their pawns

  • @lesleymcintyre7137
    @lesleymcintyre7137 3 роки тому +13

    Undefeated Celts warrior bravehearts

  • @louisiananlord17
    @louisiananlord17 8 місяців тому +1

    A valiant day in Scottish history when De Bohun, the Angevin warrior, clashed his sword with Bruce's axe! Glory on the lower ground and death until a truce was signed!

    • @shevy7197
      @shevy7197 8 місяців тому +1

      Valiant for Scotland

    • @louisiananlord17
      @louisiananlord17 7 місяців тому

      I changed this as Scotland was a free state back then distinct from Imperial Angevin proper.@@shevy7197

  • @NostraFnDamus
    @NostraFnDamus 2 роки тому +4

    FORTH, EORLINGAS!

  • @rosskardon7195
    @rosskardon7195 6 місяців тому +1

    I am not of any Scottish ancestry. But, I do think that in a past lifetime, I was one of the Scottish warriors at the Battle of Bannockburn, in the year 1314 A.D. under Robert the Bruce, King of Scots. One thing is certain if I was one of the Scottish warriors at the Battle of Bannockburn in a past lifetime, I would not have worn a kilt, or even knew what a kilt is. This is because the Scots did not wear kilts until the late 1600's. I probably would have worn the pre-kilt belted plaid in that past lifetime, instead. Even though I am not of any Scottish ancestry, I do have these very deep and affectionate feelings for Scotland.

    • @freezeray2326
      @freezeray2326 3 місяці тому +1

      I have had dreams of fighting with a claymore

  • @TheOldSalt
    @TheOldSalt 23 дні тому

    21st Great Grandson of The Bruce! Long Live Scotland!

  • @liquidoxygen819
    @liquidoxygen819 6 років тому +70

    Saxon and Scot united against the Saracen
    Chase the Saracen back, off the island!

    • @donaldanderson5039
      @donaldanderson5039 5 років тому +13

      No room for racism in a Independent anti Imperialist Scotland.

    • @dennile_7355
      @dennile_7355 5 років тому +7

      VLAD Anglicans have arguably done worse in Scotland/Ireland than any Muslim

    • @muuserino6845
      @muuserino6845 3 роки тому +8

      Best comment, should have more upvotes. Our past fights are nothing compared to this ahead of us.

    • @ugh9176
      @ugh9176 3 роки тому +8

      @@donaldanderson5039 Have fun being ethnically displaced and demographically replaced in your own homeland bro.

    • @marktait2743
      @marktait2743 3 роки тому

      @Based Eagle mate racism is not a leftist ideology...the top of the pile are the racists n it drips down

  • @Angela.kusuma
    @Angela.kusuma 3 роки тому +1

    Love from indonesia 🇮🇩

  • @user-pv6lm1ik6t
    @user-pv6lm1ik6t 7 років тому +8

    amazing this is royol rank snaff

    • @cinemacritic9571
      @cinemacritic9571 6 років тому +1

      yeah

    • @duketaylor363
      @duketaylor363 5 років тому +2

      Love ya brucey boy my ancestor long luve scotland arrrrrggg any day ya English gitts

  • @adamskoid4647
    @adamskoid4647 5 років тому +12

    I’m scottish

    • @avoidsupra7771
      @avoidsupra7771 5 років тому +6

      Same, And Robert the bruce is one of my ancestors too

    • @kainfletcher4716
      @kainfletcher4716 4 роки тому +4

      @@avoidsupra7771 guess we're related then mate, I'm one of Roberts decendents too.

  • @darkduck-qg2so
    @darkduck-qg2so 3 роки тому +4

    is this an original of McDonald's? if so, I wasn't aware he made original music, neat

  • @rodrikofharlaw6848
    @rodrikofharlaw6848 Рік тому +5

    Does anyone have this song thats not the same poorly done recording of a record? I can't find this song anywhere else online to buy or otherwise.

    • @olddammike
      @olddammike 11 місяців тому +2

      It's on 'Scottish Battle Ballads' (1973). There are still copies floating around out there. Every song on the album is a gem. His other albums have been released on services, don't know why this one hasn't been.

    • @rodrikofharlaw6848
      @rodrikofharlaw6848 11 місяців тому

      @@olddammike Now that I think about it there is a couple of record stores within driving distance I might have to call around.

  • @LSDANNY7x
    @LSDANNY7x 25 днів тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @davidstanton3174
    @davidstanton3174 Рік тому

    Look at that flag yellow is the colour of glory which is the glow and shining of something releasing god's energy ,therefore yellow represents the joy of god's anointing ,yellow for glory

  • @kajetanhewitt6240
    @kajetanhewitt6240 3 роки тому +8

    free scotland

  • @knecht2167
    @knecht2167 4 роки тому +2

    Nunquam Non Paratus

  • @DanSirGalahad
    @DanSirGalahad 3 роки тому +21

    What a beautiful and rich history these islands have. 🇬🇧

    • @nba2kaii12
      @nba2kaii12 Рік тому

      Yeah real beautiful alright death to the 🇬🇧

    • @stiofanofirghil1916
      @stiofanofirghil1916 4 місяці тому

      Think so?! Treating your nearest neighbours like utter shit is beautiful & rich is it?! 🤦‍♂️ A very many Scots don't like the butcher's apron either.. 🇮🇪🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @johnchristie8060
    @johnchristie8060 5 років тому +7

    freedom becons latest poll 52% for independance for our country FREEDOM

    • @lewisreilly8671
      @lewisreilly8671 4 роки тому +1

      Most of it from glasgow region bro !

    • @BirdsfromHuntingdon
      @BirdsfromHuntingdon 2 роки тому +2

      Imagine wanting a financially wrecked Scotland. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @creightonstarbuck2000
    @creightonstarbuck2000 4 роки тому +8

    Could they not find another ryme for border?

  • @hmcccpp
    @hmcccpp 4 роки тому +7

    but edward and the elite wasnt sassenach it was norman french...

    • @vinnymcdonald4056
      @vinnymcdonald4056 4 роки тому +3

      They were Saxon

    • @TheLittledikkins
      @TheLittledikkins 4 роки тому +8

      @@vinnymcdonald4056 Norman French, there hadn't been an Anglo Saxon King since William of Normandy seized the English crown.

    • @knecht2167
      @knecht2167 4 роки тому +13

      Sassenach simply became a term for the Anglo-Saxons/Angles/Engles/English

    • @Dom-fx4kt
      @Dom-fx4kt 2 роки тому

      Bruce was Norman origins too

    • @nba2kaii12
      @nba2kaii12 Рік тому

      @@Dom-fx4kt 😂😂😂

  • @vinnymcdonald4056
    @vinnymcdonald4056 3 роки тому +5

    Normans Romans Saxons and vikings were all chased out of Scotland we went down history undefeated and unconquered. Please know Scottish history before you open your mouth on comments.

    • @BirdsfromHuntingdon
      @BirdsfromHuntingdon 2 роки тому +1

      That’s why the lowland Scots have a lot of English DNA huh

    • @M_Dun
      @M_Dun 2 роки тому

      @@BirdsfromHuntingdon And Scots being derived from Middle English...

    • @Dom-fx4kt
      @Dom-fx4kt 2 роки тому +2

      "Please know Scottish history before you open your mouth on comments." That's so ironic because you need to know yours, the Normans heavily settled Scotland, independent from England. Robert the Bruce's family origin was Norman, like many Scottish Nobles. The south east of Scotland had a good amount of Anglo-Saxon blood as it was part of the Kingdom of Northumbria, and briefly was part of a united England when England became a united country before it was annexed by Scotland.

    • @therealmcgoy4968
      @therealmcgoy4968 Рік тому

      Orkneys were still ruled in this time period by the King of Norway. The people who lived there spoke Norn (a language like Icelandic) until the early 19th century. The highlands were celtic, and then the lowlands were saxon and this is where the language Scots comes from. Scots is more saxon than modern english. Scotland formed as a confederation of the Norse, Saxons, Celts, Picts and Norman overlords.

    • @sinodnoI
      @sinodnoI Рік тому

      as a lowlander i can confirm i have 0% anglo-saxon dna

  • @curseditem8354
    @curseditem8354 3 місяці тому

    what does sassenach stand for?

  • @sijey2576
    @sijey2576 5 років тому +5

    did he win?

  • @joenorthridge4063
    @joenorthridge4063 Рік тому

    Could this be the pebrock of donld duh

  • @fyrdman2185
    @fyrdman2185 Рік тому +1

    If only Edward Longshanks had lived a bit longer and led the battle instead of his stupid son, the English would've won.

  • @Longshanks1690
    @Longshanks1690 6 років тому +115

    This is the worst thing I've ever heard in my life.

    • @godkingandcountry7081
      @godkingandcountry7081  6 років тому +72

      Sure. That doesn't sound like a biased comment in the slightest (eye roll)

    • @robertithebruce4828
      @robertithebruce4828 6 років тому +58

      Strength:
      Kingdom of Scotland 5,000 - 10,000
      Kingdom of England 13,700 - 25,000
      Casualties and losses:
      Kingdom of Scotland 400 - 4,000
      Kingdom of England 4,000 - 11,000 and 700 cavalry

    • @samhardie699
      @samhardie699 6 років тому +35

      God, King and Country I think thats the joke as hes acting as Edward

    • @rodrikofharlaw6848
      @rodrikofharlaw6848 6 років тому +13

      ANGLO

    • @madeleinehoward-frank1025
      @madeleinehoward-frank1025 6 років тому +6

      😂

  • @joecaa3722
    @joecaa3722 4 місяці тому

    ngl this sounds garbage 😂