It's A Long Way To Mukumbura - Rhodesian Bush War, 1977

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  • Опубліковано 28 лис 2024
  • It's a long way to Mukumbura, is Rhodesian patriotic song set to the melody of the WW1 British song, It's a long way to Tipperary. However the Rhodesian's gave the song a Rock and roll facelift. And added some of their own uniquely Rhodesian style to it. This version was written and performed by Mike Wescott and Leprechaun. If you enjoy the video please like and susbscribe it really helps the channel, and It's good to know that my work is appreciated.
    #rhodesian #rhodesia #military #history

КОМЕНТАРІ • 206

  • @yourlocalrhodie
    @yourlocalrhodie 9 місяців тому +91

    Im from Corsica, Hearing this makes me wish that i was Rhodesians, Long Live Rhodesia
    Long Live Ian Smith
    Rhodesia Never Dies!

  • @faraowatson7705
    @faraowatson7705 Рік тому +311

    My grandad fought in the bush war, he was in the rhodesian light infantry. Huge respect.

    • @lan_daddyttv4710
      @lan_daddyttv4710 Рік тому +1

      Rekt.

    • @noterrormanagement
      @noterrormanagement Рік тому +1

      L + Ratio

    • @lan_daddyttv4710
      @lan_daddyttv4710 Рік тому +2

      @@noterrormanagement definitely man all Rhodesia was L + Ratioed

    • @jonasf1275
      @jonasf1275 Рік тому +15

      respect for your family

    • @jonasf1275
      @jonasf1275 Рік тому +28

      @@lan_daddyttv4710 Rhodesia was a blooming state, the best in Africa, now look at Zimbabwe begging for eu aid

  • @ericmunene8521
    @ericmunene8521 Рік тому +475

    Am African black. If it's 1970 and Ian Smith gives his speech I would volunteer, Rhodesia will never die

    • @ericmunene8521
      @ericmunene8521 Рік тому +82

      @@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn Rhodesia was an idea, a dream and ideas don't die they re-emerge better refined. Let's hope. Let's keep the flame of discipline, knowledge and pragmatism a light.

    • @ericnqobilengwenya9460
      @ericnqobilengwenya9460 Рік тому +12

      @@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn let's do it

    • @LexlutherVII
      @LexlutherVII Рік тому +72

      Black people lived better under the Rhodesian government than they do Now etc

    • @jurgen7579
      @jurgen7579 Рік тому +33

      My Platoon SGT came from Malawi...he actually came to Rhodesia to join the RHSF. He died March 79 in an ambush. His Puma was hit by a RPG 7.....SGT Bwanakocha, 6 Infantry Coy, (Ministry of Internal Affairs, Intaf) Mtoko

    • @filmandfirearms
      @filmandfirearms Рік тому +21

      @@LexlutherVII To be fair, that's not a high bar. Most people live better in the Congo than Zimbabwe

  • @terrancecomey2732
    @terrancecomey2732 Рік тому +127

    Proud to say a great friend of mine was in The Rhodesian Army,eventually made it to the States.We worked together for years,now enjoying his retirement.He deserves it,top man

  • @JAG312
    @JAG312 Рік тому +157

    2:11 The Rhodesian LDP, sometimes called the Rhuzi. I wouldn't call it a copy of a Uzi, but it does use Uzi magazines. Not many people can say that they have fired one, but I can.

    • @chapno4255
      @chapno4255 Рік тому +9

      du är väl svensk?

    • @JAG312
      @JAG312 Рік тому +9

      @@chapno4255 Ja. Hur visste du?

    • @frogfinance4605
      @frogfinance4605 Рік тому +6

      is it as awful as the Uzi, or worse?

    • @chapno4255
      @chapno4255 Рік тому +6

      @@JAG312 nä jag vet inte, kanske för "jag321"

    • @JAG312
      @JAG312 Рік тому +6

      @@chapno4255 "jag312" är för att jag äger en Jaguar XK120 roadster, men jag är svensk.

  • @frogfinance4605
    @frogfinance4605 2 місяці тому +12

    The feeling of needing to go back to somewhere you've never been is...something

  • @alexschlessingerman6068
    @alexschlessingerman6068 Рік тому +30

    I was in mukumbura in July 1977

  • @AndrewLale
    @AndrewLale Рік тому +142

    The war was over before I was eighteen, or I'd have been out there with my mukkas!

    • @alexandercellante7553
      @alexandercellante7553 Рік тому +11

      I like how there's ACTUAL Rhodesians commenting on these videos! Idk I just think that there's mostly people from outside the country that's commenting for some reason.

    • @TheDeviantgeezer
      @TheDeviantgeezer Рік тому +6

      Mike Westcott taught us history at Northlea, very good teacher

    • @dinosgura
      @dinosgura Рік тому +5

      Long live to Rhodesia from Italy!

    • @Christiaan-x6r
      @Christiaan-x6r Рік тому +1

      Weather we derive from former portugeese afrika or rhodesia or suidafrika lets be real we fought together the best we could sa suplyd non stop troops rhodesia lacked there were parabats on top there same for french legion parachute de belge we were a.wild navo colonist force and we kicked ass i have a uncle who died for youre rhodesie..
      A have a uncle who lost it becus of youre bushwar he was send as conscript to 😮
      So lets be real we all till this day stil dont know exactly..
      Just like uncle who got capture 4 time by plan ( swapo milatery wing ) and nailed on a cros left to die in the sun but the 5 time they capture him he dont talk about neather the reason he choise after 20 years of war for all of us to leave africa go awol to germany study become engineer bild up the live he has in solitute
      We bread a difrend kind of men back in afrika..
      Now the winds of change hit the old continent ( europ )

  • @_ENDURE_
    @_ENDURE_ Рік тому +53

    These guys were legendary and still are

    • @masterofalltrades_
      @masterofalltrades_ 10 місяців тому

      These guys got rekt and the remaining should’ve been deported

  • @Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe
    @Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe Рік тому +50

    My grandfather served in the British South Africa Police. My other folks were police reservists. This country produced some of the greatest souls who ever lived. To this day, we have the most spectacular wildlife, stunning natural beauty and kind, generous people. Bloody proud of this, my country.

  • @madmike786
    @madmike786 Рік тому +16

    This song brings back memories of my time in the SAS ❤😅

  • @josecosta8115
    @josecosta8115 Рік тому +13

    Seeing this videos just think our boys at Angola, Moçambique and Guiné. I'm portuguese. Respect

  • @JSA2.0
    @JSA2.0 Рік тому +24

    Virgin Mugabe vs Chad Smith

  • @johnp7304
    @johnp7304 Рік тому +20

    Best combat shorts ever.

  • @Hmbarisava
    @Hmbarisava Рік тому +60

    I fucking love the cold war songs

  • @ohmkruger3373
    @ohmkruger3373 8 місяців тому +5

    Großartiger Sound. Es war die goldene Zeit.

  • @calsonyap8337
    @calsonyap8337 9 місяців тому +50

    There were many high ranking black Africans in the Rhodesian Arm Forces. Rhodesia was not a racist country. I love Rhodesia.

    • @Ittna
      @Ittna 4 місяці тому +5

      Deciding who has the right to vote based on skin color is very racist.

    • @PatriotNick
      @PatriotNick 4 місяці тому +5

      @Ittna true, however, given enough time, Rhodesia would have likely integrated.

    • @NCR-National-Reclamation-Gov
      @NCR-National-Reclamation-Gov 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@PatriotNick I should have been Natural like South Africa and not forced

    • @Ittna
      @Ittna 2 місяці тому +3

      @@NCR-National-Reclamation-Gov South Africa is still very divided due to white people being a lot more privileged due to the wealth their ancestors gained by exploitation. In the end the best future for all of these nations would have been instead of colonization trade and commerce.

    • @NCR-National-Reclamation-Gov
      @NCR-National-Reclamation-Gov 2 місяці тому +2

      @@Ittna What do you think of the EFF in South Africa and their plane to make Zimbabwe look sane in comparison

  • @HansKnoester
    @HansKnoester 3 місяці тому +4

    Nice to hear dutch words in a song about Rhodesia.

  • @yanot80
    @yanot80 2 роки тому +14

    Nice! Some shots i've never seen. Would love to see your take on Gunship Calypso, Daisy or Ratpack Boogie

  • @christianmarechal3207
    @christianmarechal3207 Рік тому +9

    for my comrades from the 2nd REG!!!

  • @PauloHernandezXD
    @PauloHernandezXD 7 місяців тому +2

    A beautiful energy radiates from these lyrics, much respect

  • @Maldondo
    @Maldondo 2 роки тому +21

    What a coincidence eh? Nice edit

  • @СлаваПотапов-ъ9ъ
    @СлаваПотапов-ъ9ъ 2 роки тому +33

    Крутая песня

    • @stanislav7888
      @stanislav7888  2 роки тому +11

      спасибо, братан, это родезийская классика.

    • @СлаваПотапов-ъ9ъ
      @СлаваПотапов-ъ9ъ 2 роки тому +8

      @@stanislav7888 да, каждая война отличается

  • @imamba1
    @imamba1 Рік тому +9

    What amazing memories.

  • @jonbryden3307
    @jonbryden3307 Рік тому +45

    Great song. Finally reading Ian Smith's memoir "Bitter Harvest".

    • @Kibbe_Surdo
      @Kibbe_Surdo Рік тому +2

      Would you be okay sharing the pdf with me please? I

    • @frogfinance4605
      @frogfinance4605 Рік тому +5

      was it used and stupid expensive?

    • @Kibbe_Surdo
      @Kibbe_Surdo Рік тому +2

      @@frogfinance4605 I am in no capacity to spend any money so I figured that I could ask Mr. bryden for it

    • @benlyon5118
      @benlyon5118 Рік тому +3

      @@frogfinance4605 It's like 8 bucks for a digital copy, otherwise yeah stupid expensive.

    • @rumpunch3052
      @rumpunch3052 6 місяців тому +1

      @@frogfinance4605 Always is.

  • @TheThingattheEndoftheBook
    @TheThingattheEndoftheBook 7 місяців тому +2

    This is a great tune. Not sure how I'd never heard it before! Good footage too, thanks for the upload. o7

    • @johnbell2677
      @johnbell2677 4 місяці тому

      I'm pretty sure it was sung by rhe Tommies in ww1, the tune is "its a long way to Tipperary its a long way to go...good bye Piccadilly farewell Leister Square..its a long long way to Tipperary left my heart right there" best it can do, the old folks used to sing it when I were a lad in the 70's

  • @sebholm9688
    @sebholm9688 11 місяців тому +5

    Jawl -go(rhodesian)
    Jorl-party(South African)

  • @sonorastar2239
    @sonorastar2239 Рік тому +11

    Rhodesian punk song? Nice!

    • @markaxworthy2508
      @markaxworthy2508 7 місяців тому +5

      This is the WWI soldiers' song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" punked up with Rhodesian lyrics.

  • @zebulongrasko
    @zebulongrasko 6 місяців тому +3

    The only country I would give my life for!

  • @hanswurst9700
    @hanswurst9700 Рік тому +4

    Good old times 😢

  • @792slayer
    @792slayer Рік тому +14

    As an American, I love me some Rhodies.

  • @Erosgates
    @Erosgates Рік тому +6

    This song slaps

    • @markaxworthy2508
      @markaxworthy2508 7 місяців тому +2

      This is the WWI soldiers' song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" punked up with Rhodesian lyrics

    • @Erosgates
      @Erosgates 7 місяців тому

      @@markaxworthy2508 I know! It’s rad

  • @NateTrucker92
    @NateTrucker92 Рік тому +4

    I don't understand most of it, but it rocks

  • @Based_location
    @Based_location Рік тому +9

    If only I was 19 in the 70s

    • @utahraptor4729874
      @utahraptor4729874 Рік тому +1

      Larp

    • @Based_location
      @Based_location Рік тому +1

      @@utahraptor4729874 says the tranny pfp, If people can cut off their dick and claim they are woman I can be a rhodesian nationalist

    • @channelname9256
      @channelname9256 11 місяців тому

      @@Based_location Goodness, love, and happiness truly exist, show it to your fellow people and you will feel happier and they will respected. There is no point in hatred over such trivial things, even if you disagree ❤❤❤ most everyone deserve love, very very few people are evil
      ❤ Love yourself and everybody ❤

    • @channelname9256
      @channelname9256 11 місяців тому

      @@utahraptor4729874 Why feel hate when love exists and is much better?

  • @lt1bbody
    @lt1bbody Рік тому +15

    i really like this song

    • @markaxworthy2508
      @markaxworthy2508 7 місяців тому

      This is the WWI soldiers' song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" punked up with Rhodesian lyrics

    • @lt1bbody
      @lt1bbody 7 місяців тому +1

      @@markaxworthy2508 i know

  • @gordoncordon9779
    @gordoncordon9779 2 роки тому +9

    Дис из цертифајд худ клесик!
    Sorry for making you read that, couldnt change language.

    • @stanislav7888
      @stanislav7888  2 роки тому

      Nema se čemu brate. I can read some Cyrillic just not very well.

    • @antoiner.5770
      @antoiner.5770 Рік тому +4

      I don't speak russian, I can just read the alphabet and it's quite funny to read english in cyrillic

    • @Josh23761
      @Josh23761 Рік тому +1

      @@antoiner.5770 I think this is Serbian Cyrillic, or perhaps North Macedonian Cyrillic. I say that because it is the most phonetically consistent and I see a 'j' which is unique to those versions. This type of cyrillic is so phonetic you can actually express English reasonably well once you know which sound each letter makes. My Serbian friend and I used to use this 'English Cyrillic' to communicate as a joke, took me less than a day to understand the alphabet, ofc once they start using actual words in their language my pronunciation plummets.
      Until now I never experienced it unexpectedly, I always try to read Cyrillic, by third word I went from "That seems an odd way to start a Serbian sentence" to "Holy crap that's English!".

    • @antoiner.5770
      @antoiner.5770 Рік тому

      @@Josh23761 oh yes I didn't saw the "j"

  • @Placeholder-hw1qt
    @Placeholder-hw1qt Рік тому +2

    Great song

    • @markaxworthy2508
      @markaxworthy2508 7 місяців тому

      This is the WWI soldiers' song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" punked up with Rhodesian lyrics

  • @houssamassila6274
    @houssamassila6274 2 місяці тому +1

    Rhodesians never die.

  • @412StepUp
    @412StepUp 7 місяців тому +2

    Why do I wish rhodesia survived? I wasn’t even alive back then.

  • @michaelcollins9386
    @michaelcollins9386 Рік тому +3

    Actually a good song 👏

  • @robobonko
    @robobonko 2 роки тому +14

    Its "And the trout is biting there." not the crowd is fighting there :)

    • @xylinxium6509
      @xylinxium6509 Рік тому +4

      Most & all iterations of It's a Long way to Mukumbura has the lyrics "And the crowd is fighting there" and my father, a Rhodesian himself, recalls it saying that aswell.

  • @ioanniscline1134
    @ioanniscline1134 16 днів тому

    You've raised your head high,Your face has been shining like the sun.You've become a victim of betrayal --by those who have cheated and sold you.....

  • @jonesmapani9898
    @jonesmapani9898 Рік тому +17

    I hope the 2 waring parties could come together and reconcile for the benefit of the people of Zimbabwe

    • @dougearnest7590
      @dougearnest7590 4 дні тому

      The communists didn't want a reconciliation, they wanted instability in the region and still do. They ruined Rhodesia KNOWING the Blacks would suffer immensely under a regime controlled by corrupt black men. If you can't understand that, you can't understand anything about Africa.

  • @Cables_
    @Cables_ 9 місяців тому +3

    I'd like to visit occupied rhodesia someday

    • @dougearnest7590
      @dougearnest7590 4 дні тому +1

      I'd love to visit a free Rhodesia someday after the communist dictatorship has been toppled.

  • @Mt13BattlefieldV
    @Mt13BattlefieldV Рік тому +1

    3:05 does anyone knows where this clip came from and the name of it??

  • @jurgen7579
    @jurgen7579 Рік тому +2

    Never made it to Mukumbura....just Mary Mount near Rushinga

    • @MIMALECKIPL
      @MIMALECKIPL 10 місяців тому

      Still you did try

    • @jurgen7579
      @jurgen7579 10 місяців тому

      @@MIMALECKIPLfrom Mary Mount to Mukumbura around 130 km to the North...or 7 hrs drive (with a Pookie in front) or a couple of days with a Landminepatrol in front...with other words...at least one crate of Castle/Lion per head

  • @eddylloyd7413
    @eddylloyd7413 Рік тому +2

    😢

  • @throwaway6478
    @throwaway6478 Місяць тому

    You cut out (what is colloquially known as) "the babble". 😰

  • @springer3783
    @springer3783 10 місяців тому

    Right arm of the free world

  • @kingcrafteroderderfahradtu7331
    @kingcrafteroderderfahradtu7331 10 місяців тому

    I had no idea that country even existed, and so recently too. Still have no idea what type of country it even was or how it even fell so it would be nice if someone could enlighten me

    • @412StepUp
      @412StepUp 7 місяців тому

      It was the best country in Africa. Blacks had the highest standard of living in all of Africa. It turned into zimbabwe. Which is a failed state now and the poorest in Africa. The communist robert mugabe took over and destroyed the country.

    • @clintcoza
      @clintcoza 3 місяці тому

      As a child, it was a great country to be in and very prosperous. Discrimination from my recollection, is like any other country. Unfortunately, it was the time of being a Christian Westerner or a commie sympathiser. Most of Africa chose USSR backing including those who wanted black independence through force. The loser is always the population and today, Zimbabwe takes after the famous Zimbabwe ruins. The country has gone back to the days when Cecil John Rhodes got involved.

  • @jessicae.s.340
    @jessicae.s.340 10 місяців тому

    Pamwe Chete💪

  • @JOJORABBITAMERICANSNIPER
    @JOJORABBITAMERICANSNIPER 2 місяці тому

    Why plug in??

  • @randomyankee8923
    @randomyankee8923 Рік тому +1

    Based

  • @СлаваПотапов-ъ9ъ
    @СлаваПотапов-ъ9ъ 2 роки тому +6

    Чем то напоминает Вьетнам

    • @stanislav7888
      @stanislav7888  2 роки тому +6

      Это была очень похожая война. Однако в некоторых отношениях они очень разные.

    • @zebulongrasko
      @zebulongrasko Місяць тому

      ​@@stanislav7888Вьетнам победил, а Родезия нет. Итог не похож.

    • @stanislav7888
      @stanislav7888  29 днів тому

      @@zebulongrasko Результат был тот же. Потому что в обеих войнах победили коммунистические силы. Единственное, что отличало войну в Родезии, это то, что они не имели поддержки с Запада, в отличие от правительства Южного Вьетнама.

  • @JOJORABBITAMERICANSNIPER
    @JOJORABBITAMERICANSNIPER 2 місяці тому

    Why plug in?? ,

  • @JOJORABBITAMERICANSNIPER
    @JOJORABBITAMERICANSNIPER Місяць тому

    Nazis were going to have nukes but a little detail got in the way of that , The Red Army❤

  • @badlanz8642
    @badlanz8642 Рік тому +2

    Unimog 416👍💪💪

  • @madmike786
    @madmike786 Рік тому

    Another version of this song it a long way to to tip a fairy❤❤😂😅😅😅

  • @BIGM-gg9ln
    @BIGM-gg9ln Рік тому +3

    A sad end to a grand adventure. Rhodesians never die!!!!

  • @ssechres
    @ssechres Рік тому +2

    You have a tank on your beginning pic. Tanks were VERY uncommon. The Rhodesians had a few for training and they didn’t even take Infantry antitank weapons with them most of the time.

    • @clintcoza
      @clintcoza 3 місяці тому

      They got supplied our Eland / French Panhard licenced armoured cars. Tank on tank is rare in Africa.

  • @dmytrostan5653
    @dmytrostan5653 10 місяців тому +2

    круто!!!! боевая песня...все таки очень жаль что они проиграли ту войну обезьянам..

    • @zebulongrasko
      @zebulongrasko Місяць тому

      наша страна, к сожалению, приложила к этому кучу усилий. Наши спецы воевали за обезьян. Да что там, героически гибли вместо обезьян! А Родезию поливали помоями - я из их тогдашних газет и узнал, что есть такая страна, которая не делает нам вреда, но которую обзывают последними словами.

    • @dmytrostan5653
      @dmytrostan5653 29 днів тому

      @@zebulongrasko не наша страна а ссср с ленинством в голове...даже в современной литературе -тот же чингиз абдуллаев- -его книга ЗЛО В ИМЕНИ ТВОЕМ -боевик из 90х годов но про ссср шпионов в РОДЕЗИИ..
      да и сами европейцы--как пример мой фаворт ЖЕРАР ДЕ ВИЛЬЕ --в его книге ОБРАТНЫЙ ОТСЧЕТ В РОДЕЗИИ и там эта Родезия--весьма и весьма дьявольская страна,которая хочет устроить огромную войну в африке и спровоцировать новую колонизацию..все жалели негров--но они оказались обезьянами..
      а современный париж --уже почти как Сухумский заповедник обезьян... что хотели то и кушайте...

  • @JOJORABBITAMERICANSNIPER
    @JOJORABBITAMERICANSNIPER 2 місяці тому +1

    Year after year _ its just eternal strip & wipe & frozen UA-cam year after year

  • @kennydalglish8072
    @kennydalglish8072 Рік тому +2

    What's a Mukka?

    • @stanislav7888
      @stanislav7888  Рік тому +3

      It's a Rhodesian slang term for friend.

    • @kennydalglish8072
      @kennydalglish8072 Рік тому +2

      @@stanislav7888 thank you

    • @kennydalglish8072
      @kennydalglish8072 Рік тому +1

      I never knew that there's Rhodesian music to begin with, wow.

    • @kennydalglish8072
      @kennydalglish8072 Рік тому +1

      What is tot siens, et ce and Lekker?

    • @stanislav7888
      @stanislav7888  Рік тому +1

      @@kennydalglish8072 Lekker is slang for good or great and Ek se is just a nonsense word to add as filler to end a sentence with from what I understand. While Tot siens is just another way of saying goodbye, or until we meet again.

  • @JOJORABBITAMERICANSNIPER
    @JOJORABBITAMERICANSNIPER 2 місяці тому

    Shutting down , not doing the eternal wipe & strip year after year

  • @Ludwig_Cox
    @Ludwig_Cox 4 місяці тому +1

    WHAT EVEN IS A ZIMBABWE???!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

    • @clintcoza
      @clintcoza 3 місяці тому +2

      Monopoly money, Zimbabwe ruins (not just historical sites) and UN aid convoys making regular deliveries. Good for aid charities advertising.

  • @JOJORABBITAMERICANSNIPER
    @JOJORABBITAMERICANSNIPER Місяць тому

    Vote Republican ❤

  • @vitaliylobortas4528
    @vitaliylobortas4528 5 місяців тому

    It’s like fairytale. It’s not Ukraine.

  • @masterofalltrades_
    @masterofalltrades_ 10 місяців тому

    L

  • @zebulongrasko
    @zebulongrasko 6 місяців тому +1

    Commies had win

  • @PaoloCavestro-ey9bb
    @PaoloCavestro-ey9bb Рік тому

    Glory and honor to free Zimbabwe!!!

    • @Based_location
      @Based_location Рік тому

      Rhodesia from britian*

    • @dougearnest7590
      @dougearnest7590 4 дні тому

      Perhaps Zimbabwe will be free again - they might even call it Rhodesia.

  • @PaoloCavestro-ey9bb
    @PaoloCavestro-ey9bb Рік тому

    Zimbabwe doesn't belong to White Anglosaxons, belongs to Black Zimbabweans!!!

    • @Based_location
      @Based_location Рік тому

      Read history, Rhodesia belonged to everyone until communism came

    • @clintcoza
      @clintcoza 3 місяці тому +2

      Those Anglo Saxons now arrive daily with the logo on their trucks, "UN".

    • @dougearnest7590
      @dougearnest7590 4 дні тому

      No dummy, it belongs to the communists, the Black "Zimbabweans" are the ones suffering and nobody in Russia or China or the useful idiots in the West cares or feels any guilt for what they did.

  • @onsdags9722
    @onsdags9722 2 місяці тому

    rhodeisa was shit lmao

  • @hoseA-sy4ld
    @hoseA-sy4ld Рік тому +2

    shit i forgot my lighter