A British army song that became popular during ww1 My channel is dedicated to anthems, hymns and patriotic songs, here is the link to our discord server: / discord
@@Monkey12414 When was 9 or something, and I asked my brother for the meaning of gay, he told me this meaning of course And I screamed out loud, "I am very gay!!!" for everyone to hear in the restaurant...
My first thought was 'Not as gay as Twilight.' I hate homophobia and no one is talking about Twilight anymore. So I have a childish sense of humour, and I'm out of touch.
I'm kinda homophobic but I know gay used to mean happy but that wasn't a excuse for ruining rainbows and being proud of lust, I do make comment credits so creds to @imperialhouseofwelch
I’m from Tipperary and I didn’t know that this song existed until I went abroad and someone asked where I was from. I told them and they didn’t believe me… They proceeded to sing the entire chorus to me and then they said that they thought Tipperary wasn’t a real place. Also my current girlfriend who’s French, thought I was making fun of her when I first told her I was Irish. She thought Ireland was a myth like the lost city of Atlantis or something, lol. Went on like this for a good few weeks…
I just barely got the joke assuming that British people have their own Monopoly where those are properties, but to any non-British person, this comment is very likely to make no sense, even though it's quite clever.
Such a jolly song to sing while you’re crouching in a rat-infested, flooded, muddy trench as Germans barge at you with bayonets while machine guns are rattling away and artillery shells piercing the ground all around and men standing up suddenly falling with a hole in their face.
ToxiicWarfare 1. There’s different types of shells. 2. Please then, explain why the battlefields were covered in huge holes from artillery if you know so much.
British: It's a long, long way to Tipperary but my heart is right here! Italians: May one flag reclaim us all! Germans: *I only know that if I die, the good mother will cry for me*
Gay back then meant happy. P.S. By saying what I said 4 years ago, I was clarifying to those who were confused about the meaning of 'gay' used in this song. I do not condone or agree with anti-LGBT+ replies to this comment, and am disappointed that some people seem to believe that I dislike the current usage of the word. Am I upset at having to edit this comment after over 4 years of leaving it unchanged? Maybe, but so be it.
@@tempejkl Remember that conscript is still lawful in America, any day now you could get drafted just as these men were, we're not different, just luckier. Sadly most people don't seem to realize that and I'm scared of the fact that one generation will once more have to be sacrificed to ensure peace and prosperity for those that come after.
"It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is often associated with Ireland, but it's actually a song with strong ties to both Ireland and England. The song was written in 1912 by Jack Judge, an Englishman, and Harry Williams, who claimed to be from County Tipperary in Ireland. The song became popular during World War I and was sung by soldiers from both countries. Its catchy tune and sentimental lyrics made it a favorite among the troops, and it's now considered a classic wartime song associated with Irish and British heritage. "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is often considered a British song because it gained widespread popularity and became an anthem for British soldiers during World War I. While one of its co-authors, Harry Williams, claimed Irish heritage and named the song after County Tipperary in Ireland, the song itself was written by Williams, an Englishman, and Jack Judge, another Englishman. During the war, the song was embraced by British soldiers who found comfort and solace in its lyrics. It was used to boost morale and maintain a sense of connection to home. As a result, it became strongly associated with the British military and is still considered a part of British musical heritage. While it has Irish elements, its popularity and significance in British wartime culture have led to its classification as a British song.
he actually wrote in it a town called stalybridge greater manchester - there is a statue of him outside the town hall and also a street called Judge street which has a night club on it called …… yep you guessed it - Judges 😊
'claimed to be from tipperary' most likely had heritage there. A huge amount of English people have Irish heritage, and had there not been British occupation the populations would've been comparable at 36 million (estimate) for Ireland and 55 million (current) for England. England today has 55m people and Ireland has 7. Ireland is the only country to have a smaller population today than in the 19th century. Liverpool, Glasgow, London(more recent, not due to british starvation of Ireland) and Boston, Newfoundland, Barbados, Chicago, and more all have significant Irish populations, mainly due to the British starvation, one of many, in the 1840s, but some are more recent, or some are further back. I like the english people though. I'd like yous even more if yous took inspiration from the French on the monarchy.
_Some context about the photographs_ *Photograph 1 at the Tower of London 1914* 0:08 - 1:01 2nd Scots Guards marching from the Tower of London in September 1914. Clue is the 'Beefeater' (more properly known as a Yeoman Warder; the Yeoman Warders being a Palace and Fortress Guard, still active in the present day, since 1485) looking at the marching column perpendicular, on the right. Judging by his many medals, I'm wondering if that is the _Ravenmaster_ of the Tower of London and the Yeomen Warders (?) Maybe it's simply enough, the Chief Warder of the Yeomen Warders. In any case, the sight of a 'Beefeater' as they are more colloquially and popularly called in the UK, is a dead give away for the location (though the architecture itself obviously indicates it is at the Tower of London as well, if you know what you're looking at) The 2nd Scots Guards then went to Lyndhurst in the New Forest, in Hampshire (Southern England, UK) for the formation of the 7th Division. After a bit of looking, I think this was photo taken on the *15th September 1914* based on some captions. This lines up with the fact that the 2nd Battalion/Bn Scots Guards arrived at the Belgian port-town of Zeebrugge, with the rest of 7th Division, on the 7th October 1914. They had been intended to reinforce the Belgian Army against the German Imperial Army smashing into Belgium, but by the time they had arrived, they could only help to cover the Belgian retreat as the Entente allies began the 'Race to the Sea', in which they managed to _just about_ hold on against the massive German invasion. 7th Division held out at Ypres with pretty much all that was left of the rest of the initial BEF. The First Battle of Ypres ending 22 November 1914. Their fellow Scots Guards of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards had already been in the *Battle of Mons* 23rd August 1914; the first battle the British fought in during the First World War, as part of the 1st Division which was under the command of Lieutenant General Samuel Holt Lomax (whom was fatally wounded in action in October 1914 at the First Battle of Ypres, being one of the most senior British officers to die on active service during the entire war; he was badly wounded by German artillery while commanding his troops from a château behind the lines, with half a dozen other officers killed) By the time the First Battle of Ypres had taken place, the 2nd Scots Guards were by then also engaged in front-line action, fighting at First Ypres as part of IV Corps, under command of Sir Henry Rawlinson (with substantive Major-General Thompson Capper, directly commanding the 7th Division of IV Corps; and the later to be knighted in the King's Birthday Honours of June 1919, Sir Harold Goodeve Ruggles-Brise, commanding the 2nd Scots Guards) Harold Ruggles-Brise was a Major-General, and on the 15th September 1914 (apparently the same day the photograph at the Tower of London was taken, which further reinforces this and makes a lot of sense) promoted to temporary Brigadier-General on the way to Belgium just prior to the First Battle of Ypres. He would later be promoted further as part of Haig's GHQ staff. He was injured - retrieved near death - at First Ypres but returned to action later in 1915. Major-General Thompson Capper fought until the Battle of Loos 1915, where he was mortally wounded by a sniper bullet that pierced both his lungs, while he was scouting out German field positions reconnoitring out in front of his troops alone. Field Marshal Sir John French, had led the British Expeditionary Force (all divisions sent, all corps, all battalions) from the Battle of Mons until the Battle of Loos, after which, he resigned (later titled the 1st Earl of Ypres) His handling of the British forces in the war by that juncture, had been greatly criticised, though this intensified after the Battle of Loos (25th September-8th October 1915) Field Marshall Douglas Haig replaced him (he was a vociferous rival and critic of John French) *Photograph 2 possibly Étaples (?)* 1:04 - 1:56 I'm not 100% sure with this one but if I were to guess, it could be the British Army/British Expeditionary Force encampments, training sites and munitions depots at Étaples (or Étaples-sur-Mer) in the Pas-de-Calais department in Northern France. Otherwise it might just be some artillery position. Étaples became the principal depot and transit camp for the British Expeditionary Force in France and also the point to which the wounded were transported. The field artillery guns in the foreground of the image _might_ be: - Ordnance QF 13-pounder - Ordnance QF 18-pounder In battles such as the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the British QF 13 and 18 pounder guns were their primary artillery pieces, comparatively early on in the war 10th-13th March 1915. This might be what these are in the picture, going off that logic. Whatever they are they seem to have 14 spoke wheels, which is strange, because on the pictures of the guns most British WWI artillery of that middling size tend to have 12 spoke wheels. The barrels are above the wheels. *Photograph 3 a potentially staged or real action photo from 1917 or 1918, of maybe American or British soldiers* 1:58 - 3:03 There seems to be a little obscurity with this one whether the two soldiers pictured are British or American. Wikipedia seems to not know whether they are American or British: Wikipedia image: "At close grips2 jpeg2" (won't let me link the page, keeps deleting my comment) Caption reading: "photographed circa 1917-1918, published 1922" "LOC caption : "At close grips with the Hun, we bomb the corkshaffer's, etc." Two United States soldiers run past the remains of two German soldiers toward a bunker.” “Note that this may well be a staged propaganda image. Also note the British style webbing and possible SMLE rifle. It is possible that the men photographed in this image are in fact British, not American." Therefore I am not sure if those are British or American soldiers, though it seems to be a US Army photograph if nothing else. I thought from the webbing alone even before I researched the image that they were looking a lot more like British soldiers in 1908 Pattern British Army Webbing, wearing Brodie helmets etc. It's easy to get them mixed up because the US military was directly basing/or even literally _getting_ it's newer equipment from the British ones. The US Army rapidly expanded in the lead up to the USA's direct involvement in WWI, though it had to change from a very different army than it had been in say, 1900 or 1905. It was far smaller and far less well-organised before a huge overhaul going into WWI. British and French officers and advisors helped train up the AEF behind Anglo-French lines, in France, prior to them going into battle for the first time. From the nature of the running postures this picture does seem 'reimagined' so to speak. Sometimes it might be too dangerous, censored or difficult to follow the action, so reconstruction photos of what they did were made instead. This _might_ be one of them, but it's hard to tell. The dead German soldier on the ground is very real and the plume of white smoke in the background is clearly some kind of blast. It is possibly real though the camera is following immediately behind in what is claimed is an attack on a German position (the LOC/Library of Congress caption literally says, "At close grips with the Hun, we bomb the corkshaffer's, etc" after all) Both the Americans and British had long bayonets in this time, on their long rifles. The M1905 Pattern Bayonet for the US Army and the Pattern 1907 Bayonet for the British Army/BEF. This standard British and Empire bayonet used in WWI was 21& 3⁄4 inches (552.45 mm) long with a blade 17 inch (431.8 mm) long blade. The handle grip was the remaining 121.8 mm. A shallow fuller (a groove in the blade) was machined into both sides of the blade, 12 inches (304.8 mm) long and extending to within 3 inches (76.2 mm) of the tip. This was a sword bayonet really (which came with it's own scabbard; they didn't mess around) The M1905 bayonet the US troops used was 16 inches (40.6 cm) of steel blade and a 4-inch (10.16 cm) handle grip, so about the same size though the British bayonet looked more sword like by design. The combined length of the SMLE and Pattern 1907 bayonet was 5 feet 2 inches (157.48 cm) Although the average height for a male in the UK today is around 5 foot 9 inches (175.26 cm) tall, back then, it was 5 foot 2 inches tall. This means the SMLE with bayonet affixed, was as tall as the average soldier carrying it in 1914. The British sword bayonet was literally _designed to be used with SMLE rifles_ though I'll get to the rifles in a moment. The American bayonet was designed for the Springfield service rifle of the day similarly. Nominally the US standard service rifle/standard issue rifle of WWI was the M1903 Springfield. The main, British standard rifle in WWI (including more 1917 when the USA), was of course the SMLE. The 'Smelly' (SMLE; Short Magazine Lee-Enfield) was the successor of the Magazine Lee-Enfield. From the image, it does appear to be an SMLE at a glance. There is a notoriously elaborate array of different marks and variants of Lee-Enfield, though suffice it to say that several different kinds were used in WWI. On paper it might seem likely that if the soldier in the picture is carrying a Lee-Enfield, that he is armed with a Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III/or III* (III star) However, complicating this further, is how the actual main rifle of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in 1917, was the so-called "M1917 Enfield", or "United States Rifle, calibre .30, Model of 1917"; an American modification and production of the .303-inch (7.7 mm) Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14) rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. 3)
@@aspenlovelock8115 ummmm I don't know much about American ones.... But I know one....that is Gory gory what a helluva way to die.... And didn't find it happy I am sorry
I’m British and I love my Irish brothers and all they have contributed to britain, I truly believe Britain and Ireland and the greatest nations in the world 🇬🇧🇮🇪
1914: Gay means Happy 2000 and ahed: You know what would be nice if we changed each meaning of a word for no reason and there wont be any consequences.
Some British soldiers were captured by the Germans and were being marched to a camp and they sang this the German soldiers were so impressed because they were sending out a message that you may have caught us but you'll never break us it made the Germans respect the people we are.
no W-we Germany Got D R U N K And wanted more Beer When He *s e e s* Beer He Invades Belgium to Get Around *the* Maginot Line Full With CANNONS And German likes: no I use Trickters Gadget but Hans ZE ALLIES or Happy to Destroy US and *OH SHI-
Many many soldiers who fought in the great war for Britain fought obviously for the IRA. Apart from neing told it would be over soon and the money etc we were told by the British government that should we fight for them we will be given more autonomy. Of course it was a lie. We had to kill you fuckers before you would go.I regret any drop of Irish blood spilled helping our greatest tyrant.
@@jewberggoldstein7112 No not at all that is idiotic. No soldier of the British army from ww1 ever fought for the IRA because in the first place there was no IRA until the 1920s and in the second place they wouldn't have been fighting for Britain if they'd wanted independence.
There were definitely members of the IRA who fought in the British army. A huge amount of Irish soldiers who fought in the first world war joined the British army to show goodwill to Britain, in the hopes that it would guarantee home rule after the war, and others did it for money. They weren’t always trusted, but a fair few of them existed.
@@martinputt6421 Actually there are records of soldiers from world war 1 refusing medals of bravery for fighting for the UK, heading home after the war, and then appearing in arrest records for helping fight for independence in groups that became known as the old IRA. Also the connaught rangers, the ones who made this song famous, also famously got themselves executed for treason for trying to break free and return to ireland once they heard a civil war was starting.
@@frederickcubbins It was actually common, the connaught rangers who made this song famous, also held mutiny in 1920 in India when they heard civil war was breaking out in Ireland. The simple fact is, most were from the city and never experienced Britain or the British army in a negative way. They needed jobs, money and the UK was always making promises about free states and self governance. Things started to fall apart when the connaught rangers were had to kill innocent civillians in Dublin. The UK did a few cruel acts in a row, etc. If it was as you say, that people who joined the british army were british to the core, then very simply, why did they not fight harder to stay in the UK? why did the irish soldiers in the british army basically mutiny and revolt and put down their guns, and hand their barracks over to the free state? They had thousands of well trained troops in ireland, enough to put down some rebels, but they couldnt. Its very clear that they had no ill feelings to the UK but had their fill after world war 1 and none of their promises coming through.
I‘m German, I‘m very proud of all soldiers all over the World. Doesn‘t matter if they fought for Germany or Britain. The soldiers were all human who fought for their Country.
This is to help you out and not make fun of your. I'm German. Love this song.* This army song has something that the others don't have. *This works when speaking through things like text but a formal way would be "I'm German and I love this song".
My parents sung this along with world law songs when we were in bed in the 1960s so I know all these songs so well (and had a lifetime of pleasure as a solo and choral singer - so always sing to your children - it can be the start of so much)
I remember there was an old article from the times actually talking about this song. Saying: "'Tipperary' may be less dignified, but it, and whatever else our soldiers may choose to sing will be dignified by their bravery, their gay patience, and their long suffering kindness... We would rather have their deeds than all the German songs in the world."
Paddy did not get cheated on, someone else already discussed this in another comment. Back then it was common for women to have multiple suitors. Molly is saying that he better not die and to come back and marry her or she'll marry mike. Molly would rather marry Paddy but he's in the trenches
Up to mighty London came An Irish man one day All the streets were paved with gold So everyone was gay! Singing songs of Piccadilly Strand, and Leicester Square 'Til Paddy got excited and He shouted to them there: It's a long way to Tipperary It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye Piccadilly Farewell Leicester Square! It's a long long way to Tipperary But my heart's right there. It's a long way to Tipperary It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye Piccadilly Farewell Leicester Square! It's a long long way to Tipperary But my heart's right there. Paddy wrote a letter To his Irish Molly O' Saying, "Should you not receive it Write and let me know! If I make mistakes in "spelling" Molly dear", said he "Remember it's the pen, that's bad Don't lay the blame on me". It's a long way to Tipperary It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye Piccadilly Farewell Leicester Square It's a long long way to Tipperary But my heart's right there. It's a long way to Tipperary It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye Piccadilly Farewell Leicester Square It's a long long way to Tipperary But my heart's right there
@@CaptainX2012 I'll give ya some context lmao, 3 months late but even so. The UK still controls 6 counties of ireland, and the other 26 belong to the republic of ireland. S O the 26 counties plus the 6 northern irish counties = one united Ireland.
This was one of the first WW2 songs I learnt from watching Das Boot (1981), the atmosphere was always jolly in the movie when this song played but the movie ending...damn.
It's WWI but it could probably work for WWII (as long as you ignore the Irish bit, not many Irish fought in WWI, excluding NI, but Tipperary is in the republic
Up to mighty London came An Irish man one day All the streets were paved with gold So everyone was gay! Singing songs of Piccadilly Strand, and Leicester Square 'Til Paddy got excited and He shouted to them there: It's a long way to Tipperary It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye Piccadilly Farewell Leicester Square! It's a long long way to Tipperary But my heart's right there. It's a long way to Tipperary It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye Piccadilly Farewell Leicester Square! It's a long long way to Tipperary But my heart's right there. Paddy wrote a letter To his Irish Molly O' Saying, "Should you not receive it Write and let me know! If I make mistakes in "spelling" Molly dear", said he "Remember it's the pen, that's bad Don't lay the blame on me". It's a long way to Tipperary It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye Piccadilly Farewell Leicester Square It's a long long way to Tipperary But my heart's right there. It's a long way to Tipperary It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye Piccadilly Farewell Leicester Square It's a long long way to Tipperary But my heart's right there.
@Fíonán Murphy 1.Rule Britannia 2.The British isles are united 3.A Stronger European Country 4.Less Border Gore 5.An English speaking country in England 6.Leaving the Eu(If Ireland joined the Uk then Ireland leaves the EU) 7.More People In Uk 8.History Buffs Like it 9.Less confusion over the Uk england Great Britain and Ireland Map Thing 10.The Irish Live in a more Powerful Nation
@Fíonán Murphy 1.Britannia rules the island of Britain, NI, the crown dependencies and fourteen overseas territories scattered across the globe. 2. The British isles is the name of the archipelago we live in encompassing the islands of Ireland,Britain and various smaller islands. I understand that the Irish are allergic to the term “British” but that is its most commonly held name. 3. Are you sure? The Nazis,Soviet Union and Khmer Rouge were all better? 4. No
German war songs: “war is a endless cycle of pain, costing us men and morale. We may never get to see our families again as we die in unmarked graves British war songs: alright lads. We need to spend some time in those rat infested trenches but keep calm and it’ll be over before you know it!
IndiaBall RohanDalvi yeah sorry about the whole empire but without the empire most of the world wouldn’t even be at the level they are at now. Without the empire their is no democracy in the world and no real freedom, I know it did a lot of bad things but it also did a lot of great things which made the world the way it is today
BEAUTIFUL rendition--and the pictures are great too. Even after 100 years it's still as catchy and energizing as ever. It's an unpretentious little tune but there's no denying it carries a lot of force and conjures up enough mental images to fill a book with.
“And everyone was gay”
*Enlisted 12 year old chuckles*
as a 12 y/o everyone in my class would have done that who dont know about history
@Avignoné Énervé thats crazy
Gay also means happy btw
@@Monkey12414 When was 9 or something, and I asked my brother for the meaning of gay, he told me this meaning of course
And I screamed out loud, "I am very gay!!!" for everyone to hear in the restaurant...
gay at that time means happy
Bro, this song is catchier than the spanish flu.
@@1stofficerwilliammurdoch515 👏🏻
Nice
*catches spanish flu*
omfg XD
Thank you!
“Remember it’s the pen that’s bad, don’t lay the blame on me.” - 20th century autocorrect
He was blaming lag it wasn’t him
@@thebravebobo5116 blaming it was lag before it was cool
The whole exchange between the soldier and molly is very wholesome. This line is so good
he's only human after all
@@Harrycoookdon't put your blame on him
i know the gay part is supposed to mean they're happy
but i have the sense of humor and maturity of a 10 year old
Same
At least you admit you know what the word means, unlike all of the children in the comments saying “Gay!!!🤣🤣😂😂😂😆😆”
My first thought was 'Not as gay as Twilight.'
I hate homophobia and no one is talking about Twilight anymore. So I have a childish sense of humour, and I'm out of touch.
I'm kinda homophobic but I know gay used to mean happy but that wasn't a excuse for ruining rainbows and being proud of lust, I do make comment credits so creds to @imperialhouseofwelch
@@SimonstephanAtienza *Proud of Lust.
G - Gas
A - Attack in
Y - Ypres
The third battle Ypres 1917 estimated number of casualties on both sides after 4 months of fighting half a million troops.
@@chrisholland7367 thanks history teacher
@@lemon6014 your welcome
@@chrisholland7367 thanks
lol
america: we all feel gay when johnny comes marching home
Uk: all the streets were paved with gold so, everyone was gay,
Al_xz oh, a man of culture I see
There is a reason...
@Fox Cho it still means happy
@@saucybossman8237 It will always mean happy to me.
@@technica6338
Aww.
80% of the comments: ThErE iS GaY In ThIs SoNg
20% of the comments:other stuff.
Happy. It means happy back then.
Don’t worry, most people commenting gay are about 8 years old and ignorant.
Just childish and pethetic people, with very low iq this day and age thats why
@Viktor Potenza che cazzo dici fra porcamadonna
20% British Ireland is boarder gore
I’m from Tipperary and I didn’t know that this song existed until I went abroad and someone asked where I was from.
I told them and they didn’t believe me…
They proceeded to sing the entire chorus to me and then they said that they thought Tipperary wasn’t a real place.
Also my current girlfriend who’s French, thought I was making fun of her when I first told her I was Irish. She thought Ireland was a myth like the lost city of Atlantis or something, lol. Went on like this for a good few weeks…
Damn guess I was born in the Ireland shaped hole in the sea then. (I'm not Irish but I was born in Dublin anyway lol)
Wtf she didn’t know what Ireland was 💀💀
How the fuck does a French person not know Ireland is a country
Oh my God, a European who doesn't know Ireland existed
Gonna use this is American vs European arguments, hopefully your cool with this
@@frenchempire9471 Lol sure go ahead I don’t mind.
People in the song: It's A Long Way To Tipperary!
People who live in Tipperary: *I don't have such weaknesses.*
@Fíonán Murphy wow, so Tiperrary is Ireland in Irish because Irish people need to say Ireland in Irish because the language they speak is Irish?
@Fíonán Murphy surprised Pichachu face
@@melonmusk6464 uh, it's called gaelic
@@RuskiWaffle it was a reply to another comment, guess I was wrong
@@melonmusk6464 everything about your account is so cursed
When you get rented in Monopoly but you're out of money 1:39
This is underrated as hell
Now this comment right here deserves the gold medal
How does this comment have less than 1k likes?!?!!! Someone give this man more likes 😂
EDIT: YES 1.1K LIKES!!
heck yea
I just barely got the joke assuming that British people have their own Monopoly where those are properties, but to any non-British person, this comment is very likely to make no sense, even though it's quite clever.
Such a jolly song to sing while you’re crouching in a rat-infested, flooded, muddy trench as Germans barge at you with bayonets while machine guns are rattling away and artillery shells piercing the ground all around and men standing up suddenly falling with a hole in their face.
Definitely Not The FBI Don't forget the mustard gas,tanks and no man's land
ToxiicWarfare 1. There’s different types of shells. 2. Please then, explain why the battlefields were covered in huge holes from artillery if you know so much.
That’s why the boys sang it to lift there hearts
Well they were Irish, so why not try see the funny side.
Do you not hear the legends of British resilience, thats just a day at the beach mate
British: It's a long, long way to Tipperary but my heart is right here!
Italians: May one flag reclaim us all!
Germans: *I only know that if I die, the good mother will cry for me*
Wir sind verloren...
France: Stop there you are not coming through!
@@austrakaiser4793 wir sind verloren......
Where's Poland?
@@vibecheckguy7205 Poland: One Two Three
"All the streets were paved with gold so everyone was gay"
IRA: told ya'
With there kinky boots 😂
Scotland:yup
Wales :yup
N ireland:dont be so mean
Scotland:fuck off
Its saying it's made from gold because the Irish have gold and they have made London gay.
@@dutchjoey1 and shiny helmets
@@dylanparker9476 thanks Sherlock, it's a joke
When the German kid spills your tea:
When the German kid says Belgium should be partitioned:
@@couldbeanybody2508 Britain: I don't think so.
Plot twist: he pulls out a machine gun and shots everbody expect for the 3 people which are befriended with him
This is ain't my cup of tea
Oh Dear!!
Is nobody pointing out how in the last verse Paddy got cheated on?
I was like "wait what you just gonna drop paddy like that"
CaptainX Poor Paddy
Although I dont think they were together in the first place, take another glance I got the impression that they're just friends.
*everyone is saying about paddy*
*But know one is asking how is paddy*
It is not only Paddy, it is about whole Island.
Girls locker rooms in 1916: Women votes!
Boys locker rooms in 1916:
😳
"Everyone was gay"
Checks out
😳
“Up to mighty London came an Irish lad one day”
“WE’RE IN THE HEART OF THE ENEMY KATHLEEN”
8000 YEARS KATHLEEN
THERES NO GAYS IN IRELAND
@@indeedyes7869 said the DUP
@@fionanmurphy4107 DAVID CAMERON AND THERESEMAY
@@indeedyes7869 ONLY SINGING MANS
Gay back then meant happy.
P.S. By saying what I said 4 years ago, I was clarifying to those who were confused about the meaning of 'gay' used in this song. I do not condone or agree with anti-LGBT+ replies to this comment, and am disappointed that some people seem to believe that I dislike the current usage of the word.
Am I upset at having to edit this comment after over 4 years of leaving it unchanged? Maybe, but so be it.
It still does, today it means 2 things.
Why don't people nowadays call people that have same sex marriage gay when is already mean happy?
BoraCM 39 My teatcher made an example
The colours of the woods are so gay. Green BLUE 😂😂
@@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385 ow sharp edge
Ik
*It's a long sail to Falklands*
Argentina: "lol ima take this"
@Sky Honkler HIPPITY HOPPITY MY NAVY LEAVES MY PROPERTY
Actually Argentina won the war by restoring its democracy
@@appleslover if you're talking about the falklands, doesn't count as a win in my book or anyone's.
@@BTClips522 Thatcher won the British public and got them poorer but Argentinan dictatorship collapsed then democracy was restored
You'd get humbled for singing this song nowadays in the street and called "racist"
Hella true
fighting invisible enemies
Me to my parents when I fail my spelling test: 1:18
Another possible caption: When the math teacher starts to get on your case about showing your work better: 1:18
@Brian Katongo What did you think other schools taught?
@@qtulhoo how to pay taxes
@Brian Katongo in India we don't do that here after 3 or 5th standard
@@qtulhoo We don't do spelling tests neither.
Those things happen only in primary school
When Tipperary, Ireland is more than 5000 miles from your location because you live in the United States
I have been to Tipperary. The song makes it sound better then it actually is LOL. Just like any other irish town.
Well, as they say
It’s a long way to Tipperary
@@woda9291 lmao tipperary is a shit hole hahaha
LOL
300+ years of independence... you lot need to think on as a young nation you need to rise to hiden
The first song I have learnt in English, from my father .
Greetings from France.
Are you Anglo French
@@xisleofmanx8832 No , French.
Greetings, from the US!
We are going through this song at school in English class.
Hello from Russia🖐️
Lovely, it's a brilliant song
Coming here again to leave my respect to these brave men in the picture and to enjoy this great song, respect from America.
What is my ancestor doing in a UA-cam comment section!?
@@presidentfrankhorrigan26 hey I killed you, how you alive??
Brave men, sadly, useless cause and a waste of good life. All for the interests of the rich
@@tempejkl Remember that conscript is still lawful in America, any day now you could get drafted just as these men were, we're not different, just luckier. Sadly most people don't seem to realize that and I'm scared of the fact that one generation will once more have to be sacrificed to ensure peace and prosperity for those that come after.
just...remember back then. “Gay” was another word for “Happy.”
I wonder why the term changed
@@cmcphotography1 Hmm I WONDER why?
@@juice8431 ?
@@juice8431 I seriously don't know
@@cmcphotography1 You really dont know what the word gay means in the 21st century?
Its midnight and I'm spending my time watching socialist East German music and its a long way to Tipperary.
A man of culture I am.
UA-cam recommendations be like
I feel ya
May I reccomend Monika?
Parkour!
@@grovemeister04 Oh yea! You mean Erikas Socialist little sister?
British teachers: Alright lads, we're on our way to Germany
British girls: Oh my, I cannot wait to try out authentic German cuisine
British boys:
No one tell @@adamolis
Ahh it’s to tempting to teach a person important history must resist..
@@rashadlewis899 yea I get it now. I was dumb
But they were going to Ireland
Your girls want us German boys
"It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is often associated with Ireland, but it's actually a song with strong ties to both Ireland and England. The song was written in 1912 by Jack Judge, an Englishman, and Harry Williams, who claimed to be from County Tipperary in Ireland. The song became popular during World War I and was sung by soldiers from both countries. Its catchy tune and sentimental lyrics made it a favorite among the troops, and it's now considered a classic wartime song associated with Irish and British heritage.
"It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is often considered a British song because it gained widespread popularity and became an anthem for British soldiers during World War I. While one of its co-authors, Harry Williams, claimed Irish heritage and named the song after County Tipperary in Ireland, the song itself was written by Williams, an Englishman, and Jack Judge, another Englishman.
During the war, the song was embraced by British soldiers who found comfort and solace in its lyrics. It was used to boost morale and maintain a sense of connection to home. As a result, it became strongly associated with the British military and is still considered a part of British musical heritage. While it has Irish elements, its popularity and significance in British wartime culture have led to its classification as a British song.
I wonder what he thought of Ireland becoming independent
he actually wrote in it a town called stalybridge greater manchester - there is a statue of him outside the town hall and also a street called Judge street which has a night club on it called …… yep you guessed it - Judges 😊
'claimed to be from tipperary' most likely had heritage there. A huge amount of English people have Irish heritage, and had there not been British occupation the populations would've been comparable at 36 million (estimate) for Ireland and 55 million (current) for England. England today has 55m people and Ireland has 7. Ireland is the only country to have a smaller population today than in the 19th century.
Liverpool, Glasgow, London(more recent, not due to british starvation of Ireland) and Boston, Newfoundland, Barbados, Chicago, and more all have significant Irish populations, mainly due to the British starvation, one of many, in the 1840s, but some are more recent, or some are further back.
I like the english people though. I'd like yous even more if yous took inspiration from the French on the monarchy.
Ich habe es beim 3. Mal verstanden
Australian soldiers often sung it too during both world wars and can still be sung today.
When you get spelling wrong remember chaps its not you tis the pen
Edit: The fact that people bothered to like this confuses me
The most British name ever
Xd
@@jbcf4490 nigeline clarke willson the second
@@jbcf4490 and not the most slavic photo
Or the goddamn autocorrect
_Some context about the photographs_
*Photograph 1 at the Tower of London 1914*
0:08 - 1:01
2nd Scots Guards marching from the Tower of London in September 1914. Clue is the 'Beefeater' (more properly known as a Yeoman Warder; the Yeoman Warders being a Palace and Fortress Guard, still active in the present day, since 1485) looking at the marching column perpendicular, on the right.
Judging by his many medals, I'm wondering if that is the _Ravenmaster_ of the Tower of London and the Yeomen Warders (?) Maybe it's simply enough, the Chief Warder of the Yeomen Warders.
In any case, the sight of a 'Beefeater' as they are more colloquially and popularly called in the UK, is a dead give away for the location (though the architecture itself obviously indicates it is at the Tower of London as well, if you know what you're looking at)
The 2nd Scots Guards then went to Lyndhurst in the New Forest, in Hampshire (Southern England, UK) for the formation of the 7th Division.
After a bit of looking, I think this was photo taken on the *15th September 1914* based on some captions. This lines up with the fact that the 2nd Battalion/Bn Scots Guards arrived at the Belgian port-town of Zeebrugge, with the rest of 7th Division, on the 7th October 1914.
They had been intended to reinforce the Belgian Army against the German Imperial Army smashing into Belgium, but by the time they had arrived, they could only help to cover the Belgian retreat as the Entente allies began the 'Race to the Sea', in which they managed to _just about_ hold on against the massive German invasion. 7th Division held out at Ypres with pretty much all that was left of the rest of the initial BEF. The First Battle of Ypres ending 22 November 1914.
Their fellow Scots Guards of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards had already been in the *Battle of Mons* 23rd August 1914; the first battle the British fought in during the First World War, as part of the 1st Division which was under the command of Lieutenant General Samuel Holt Lomax (whom was fatally wounded in action in October 1914 at the First Battle of Ypres, being one of the most senior British officers to die on active service during the entire war; he was badly wounded by German artillery while commanding his troops from a château behind the lines, with half a dozen other officers killed)
By the time the First Battle of Ypres had taken place, the 2nd Scots Guards were by then also engaged in front-line action, fighting at First Ypres as part of IV Corps, under command of Sir Henry Rawlinson (with substantive Major-General Thompson Capper, directly commanding the 7th Division of IV Corps; and the later to be knighted in the King's Birthday Honours of June 1919, Sir Harold Goodeve Ruggles-Brise, commanding the 2nd Scots Guards)
Harold Ruggles-Brise was a Major-General, and on the 15th September 1914 (apparently the same day the photograph at the Tower of London was taken, which further reinforces this and makes a lot of sense) promoted to temporary Brigadier-General on the way to Belgium just prior to the First Battle of Ypres. He would later be promoted further as part of Haig's GHQ staff. He was injured - retrieved near death - at First Ypres but returned to action later in 1915.
Major-General Thompson Capper fought until the Battle of Loos 1915, where he was mortally wounded by a sniper bullet that pierced both his lungs, while he was scouting out German field positions reconnoitring out in front of his troops alone.
Field Marshal Sir John French, had led the British Expeditionary Force (all divisions sent, all corps, all battalions) from the Battle of Mons until the Battle of Loos, after which, he resigned (later titled the 1st Earl of Ypres) His handling of the British forces in the war by that juncture, had been greatly criticised, though this intensified after the Battle of Loos (25th September-8th October 1915) Field Marshall Douglas Haig replaced him (he was a vociferous rival and critic of John French)
*Photograph 2 possibly Étaples (?)*
1:04 - 1:56
I'm not 100% sure with this one but if I were to guess, it could be the British Army/British Expeditionary Force encampments, training sites and munitions depots at Étaples (or Étaples-sur-Mer) in the Pas-de-Calais department in Northern France. Otherwise it might just be some artillery position.
Étaples became the principal depot and transit camp for the British Expeditionary Force in France and also the point to which the wounded were transported.
The field artillery guns in the foreground of the image _might_ be:
- Ordnance QF 13-pounder
- Ordnance QF 18-pounder
In battles such as the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the British QF 13 and 18 pounder guns were their primary artillery pieces, comparatively early on in the war 10th-13th March 1915. This might be what these are in the picture, going off that logic.
Whatever they are they seem to have 14 spoke wheels, which is strange, because on the pictures of the guns most British WWI artillery of that middling size tend to have 12 spoke wheels. The barrels are above the wheels.
*Photograph 3 a potentially staged or real action photo from 1917 or 1918, of maybe American or British soldiers*
1:58 - 3:03
There seems to be a little obscurity with this one whether the two soldiers pictured are British or American. Wikipedia seems to not know whether they are American or British:
Wikipedia image: "At close grips2 jpeg2" (won't let me link the page, keeps deleting my comment)
Caption reading: "photographed circa 1917-1918, published 1922"
"LOC caption : "At close grips with the Hun, we bomb the corkshaffer's, etc." Two United States soldiers run past the remains of two German soldiers toward a bunker.”
“Note that this may well be a staged propaganda image. Also note the British style webbing and possible SMLE rifle. It is possible that the men photographed in this image are in fact British, not American."
Therefore I am not sure if those are British or American soldiers, though it seems to be a US Army photograph if nothing else. I thought from the webbing alone even before I researched the image that they were looking a lot more like British soldiers in 1908 Pattern British Army Webbing, wearing Brodie helmets etc.
It's easy to get them mixed up because the US military was directly basing/or even literally _getting_ it's newer equipment from the British ones. The US Army rapidly expanded in the lead up to the USA's direct involvement in WWI, though it had to change from a very different army than it had been in say, 1900 or 1905. It was far smaller and far less well-organised before a huge overhaul going into WWI. British and French officers and advisors helped train up the AEF behind Anglo-French lines, in France, prior to them going into battle for the first time.
From the nature of the running postures this picture does seem 'reimagined' so to speak. Sometimes it might be too dangerous, censored or difficult to follow the action, so reconstruction photos of what they did were made instead.
This _might_ be one of them, but it's hard to tell. The dead German soldier on the ground is very real and the plume of white smoke in the background is clearly some kind of blast. It is possibly real though the camera is following immediately behind in what is claimed is an attack on a German position (the LOC/Library of Congress caption literally says, "At close grips with the Hun, we bomb the corkshaffer's, etc" after all)
Both the Americans and British had long bayonets in this time, on their long rifles. The M1905 Pattern Bayonet for the US Army and the Pattern 1907 Bayonet for the British Army/BEF.
This standard British and Empire bayonet used in WWI was 21& 3⁄4 inches (552.45 mm) long with a blade 17 inch (431.8 mm) long blade. The handle grip was the remaining 121.8 mm. A shallow fuller (a groove in the blade) was machined into both sides of the blade, 12 inches (304.8 mm) long and extending to within 3 inches (76.2 mm) of the tip.
This was a sword bayonet really (which came with it's own scabbard; they didn't mess around) The M1905 bayonet the US troops used was 16 inches (40.6 cm) of steel blade and a 4-inch (10.16 cm) handle grip, so about the same size though the British bayonet looked more sword like by design.
The combined length of the SMLE and Pattern 1907 bayonet was 5 feet 2 inches (157.48 cm) Although the average height for a male in the UK today is around 5 foot 9 inches (175.26 cm) tall, back then, it was 5 foot 2 inches tall.
This means the SMLE with bayonet affixed, was as tall as the average soldier carrying it in 1914.
The British sword bayonet was literally _designed to be used with SMLE rifles_ though I'll get to the rifles in a moment. The American bayonet was designed for the Springfield service rifle of the day similarly.
Nominally the US standard service rifle/standard issue rifle of WWI was the M1903 Springfield.
The main, British standard rifle in WWI (including more 1917 when the USA), was of course the SMLE.
The 'Smelly' (SMLE; Short Magazine Lee-Enfield) was the successor of the Magazine Lee-Enfield. From the image, it does appear to be an SMLE at a glance.
There is a notoriously elaborate array of different marks and variants of Lee-Enfield, though suffice it to say that several different kinds were used in WWI. On paper it might seem likely that if the soldier in the picture is carrying a Lee-Enfield, that he is armed with a Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III/or III* (III star)
However, complicating this further, is how the actual main rifle of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in 1917, was the so-called "M1917 Enfield", or "United States Rifle, calibre .30, Model of 1917"; an American modification and production of the .303-inch (7.7 mm) Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14) rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. 3)
Holy
shit
Ok smart guy
@@the567yearago6 Ok unnecessarily cynical guy. It's about respect for the subject matter.
Amazing research
You shpuld be a history teacher man
Say 3 facts about the United Kingdom:
1 - They love tea.
2 - PARDON ME?
3 - Everyone is gay.
Happy or G A A A A Y Y Y!!! ?
I hate tea its such a stereotype and i dont say parden me
The best channel ever But are you gay?
Please correct these false facts
Top one is tight tho and second just London realy but even then and 3rd na
As a German this is a beautiful song♡
I love when the Germans sing it in Das Boot
Du warst in dem anderen verein diga.
*The ancestors will remember that*
Wo alle straßen enden mein bruder....
As a britisher, Thank you! Your people have wonderful music also!
I just think it's funny how all other country's world war music were sad, gloomy, and had a dark undertone. But the British songs were...
You forgot about Germans..... *Erika, Lore and Rosemarie wants to know your location*
Trevor GTA American over there?
@@aspenlovelock8115 ummmm I don't know much about American ones.... But I know one....that is Gory gory what a helluva way to die.... And didn't find it happy I am sorry
Trevor GTA they have “over there” it’s epic
German World War (2) music became less of the country and more of banging ladies though.
G - Genuinely
A - Addicted to
Y - Yellow Mustard Flavored Spicy Air
Oooh ima put spicy air on my burger *cough cough*
*ded*
Gotta love chemical warfare
Why is everyone going crazy about the gay
Because they’re gay.
*screams gay*
Because we have been perverted.
Because it’s B I G
These responses are upsetting our modern stance on culture is massively shitty for many reasons.
I’m British and I love my Irish brothers and all they have contributed to britain, I truly believe Britain and Ireland and the greatest nations in the world 🇬🇧🇮🇪
yeah we sorry about the famine. imo its the worst thing we have ever committed.
@@haroldotrotter9148Don’t apologise. WE didn’t do it.
@@DingleDangle66 yeah actually it was our ancestors
Yeah. The whole empire thing was pretty unscrupulous.
@@DingleDangle66True. It wasn't even your ancestors. It was the ancestors of the rich. No struggle but class struggle, tiocfaidh ar la
1914: Gay means Happy
2000 and ahed: You know what would be nice if we changed each meaning of a word for no reason and there wont be any consequences.
Agreed, such a shame though you could say its good way to troll a certain sub section of society
@@zacharygerken4387 How to troll WWI veterans
It became common in the mid 1900s though???)
@@teamcastro9187 Still believe its original meaning should have been kept
1914: “hey Jim your looking gay today, what happen?”
2021: “hey Jim, why are you so gay man.”
God bless all men who fought for there nation in the First World War.
Hi! I have noticed that you have Slovak flag at your profile picture. I am from Slovakia 🇸🇰
@@lukascurda3924 Hello, I am partly a Slovak American.
@@warrenlehmkuhleii8472 good.
Not our enemies though
Well when they returned things weren't so happy.
OmG tHe sOnG hAs GaY iN iT oMg LoLoLoL gUyS lOoK iT sAyS gAy
YeA BRo IKr
OmG GuYs, iT's sO fuNNy RiGHt?
yEaH sO fUnNy
BrUH tHaTs HomOPhoBIc
OmG tHE mAP iNcLudES iReLaND oH No I’m OfFendDeD
This song is dangerous. Once you listen to it you be humming/singing it for days lol
Wo alle straßen enden mein bruder....
"Everyone was gay"
Damn, that's deep, how did they predict that.
Carlos Ghosn's Mexican brother tkyċicżcjcngbxsldldldlleldldpwdvsodikdldvsmd
@@luspi2015 Yeah man, same.
What is happening on this comment threadm
Λamπ
@@luspi2015 3qs
Some British soldiers were captured by the Germans and were being marched to a camp and they sang this the German soldiers were so impressed because they were sending out a message that you may have caught us but you'll never break us it made the Germans respect the people we are.
The Brit’s have a history of finding fun in any bad situation. I reckon it comes down to our banter and “stiff upper lip” culture
@@tdoran616 I can tell you’re British because you said “reckon”
@@notcharlie7107 a lot of yanks say reckon or "i reckon" as well.
@@Mr_Makina I’ve never heard I reckon here
The Germans always had a lot of respect for the British. Even Hitler considered them to be Germanic brothers
"Everyone was gay"
Wait I didnt know this song took place in france
Actually the Brits are more known for being gays than the French
I love how France gets roasted just for existing
Oof
@@Crackdalf
I just hate France for creating Quebec really
Good one 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
gay in 1900s 😊. gay🏳️🌈 in 2023😂😂
Gay back then = happy (you probably already knew that)
@Y 7654321 yeah I did 😂
When Belgium gets invaded
They all go back to Ireland!!
no W-we Germany Got D R U N K
And wanted more Beer
When He *s e e s* Beer He Invades Belgium to Get Around *the*
Maginot Line Full With CANNONS
And German likes: no I use Trickters
Gadget but Hans
ZE ALLIES or Happy to Destroy
US and *OH SHI-
*OH SHI-*
Fair enough, Kaiser
When tea join the drinks server beer has left the server
IRA.exe has stopped working.
Many many soldiers who fought in the great war for Britain fought obviously for the IRA.
Apart from neing told it would be over soon and the money etc we were told by the British government that should we fight for them we will be given more autonomy.
Of course it was a lie. We had to kill you fuckers before you would go.I regret any drop of Irish blood spilled helping our greatest tyrant.
@@jewberggoldstein7112 No not at all that is idiotic. No soldier of the British army from ww1 ever fought for the IRA because in the first place there was no IRA until the 1920s and in the second place they wouldn't have been fighting for Britain if they'd wanted independence.
There were definitely members of the IRA who fought in the British army. A huge amount of Irish soldiers who fought in the first world war joined the British army to show goodwill to Britain, in the hopes that it would guarantee home rule after the war, and others did it for money. They weren’t always trusted, but a fair few of them existed.
@@martinputt6421 Actually there are records of soldiers from world war 1 refusing medals of bravery for fighting for the UK, heading home after the war, and then appearing in arrest records for helping fight for independence in groups that became known as the old IRA. Also the connaught rangers, the ones who made this song famous, also famously got themselves executed for treason for trying to break free and return to ireland once they heard a civil war was starting.
@@frederickcubbins It was actually common, the connaught rangers who made this song famous, also held mutiny in 1920 in India when they heard civil war was breaking out in Ireland. The simple fact is, most were from the city and never experienced Britain or the British army in a negative way. They needed jobs, money and the UK was always making promises about free states and self governance. Things started to fall apart when the connaught rangers were had to kill innocent civillians in Dublin. The UK did a few cruel acts in a row, etc. If it was as you say, that people who joined the british army were british to the core, then very simply, why did they not fight harder to stay in the UK? why did the irish soldiers in the british army basically mutiny and revolt and put down their guns, and hand their barracks over to the free state? They had thousands of well trained troops in ireland, enough to put down some rebels, but they couldnt. Its very clear that they had no ill feelings to the UK but had their fill after world war 1 and none of their promises coming through.
When me and the boys play battlefield 1
SSmEmeKaT 145 yassssss
Woah the servers still active
@@ismkiv588 will be active for a long time
My user name is inferno4200 there's more numbers add me I have b1
yes
Why do the brits sound happier during war??? 😭😭😭
It's their natural state
its written in their genes to march into gunfire
win=more land=bigger empire=happiness
the British like war more than americans
Because they get to leave the ugly weather? 😂
thanks to all the british soldiers fallen in France, we don't forget them." Your names are unknown, yours exploits are eternal".
What a badass quote
@@mr.potato2223 It's on the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier in Moscow. "Your name is unknown, your deed is immortal".
I‘m German, I‘m very proud of all soldiers all over the World. Doesn‘t matter if they fought for Germany or Britain. The soldiers were all human who fought for their Country.
@@theluchadrago facts
@@theluchadrago patriots should be respected
I'm German. Love this song. This army songs have something, that the other songs don't have
This is to help you out and not make fun of your.
I'm German. Love this song.* This army song has something that the others don't have.
*This works when speaking through things like text but a formal way would be "I'm German and I love this song".
@@JohnSmith-fj2yd thanks mate. As you can see I get bad marks in English
@@MP-ge6ik American Learning German, English isn’t too bad, just need a little more practice. Still, This song slaps.
It’s a long way to Mukumbura.
Rhodesia never dies
Battle of the Zambezi
*Cries in Rhodesian*
Long Live Rhodesia.
*spits on Mugabe's grave*
@@naim8982 Serves 'em Right!
My parents sung this along with world law songs when we were in bed in the 1960s so I know all these songs so well (and had a lifetime of pleasure as a solo and choral singer - so always sing to your children - it can be the start of so much)
German war song: sorrow, pain, love for fatherland
British war song: All the streets were paved with gold so, everyone was gay
More like love for the *Fatherland*
I remember there was an old article from the times actually talking about this song. Saying:
"'Tipperary' may be less dignified, but it, and whatever else our soldiers may choose to sing will be dignified by their bravery, their gay patience, and their long suffering kindness... We would rather have their deeds than all the German songs in the world."
@@yousefshahin2654 nein ist das vaterland
@@yousefshahin2654 more like liebe für das vaterland
Sorry german friends if i made any mistakes but your grammar is weird
@@nibbanomicon4905 You're weird.
Petrolling the comment section almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.
Long live the Republic
Death to ncr Caesar forever
@qwertyK 1:13
Tiocfaidh ár lá
ave, true to caesar
As a french, I must admit, you are our Best allies since 1850's era. Thanks for all you did in 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.
No problem mate! Our countries have been enemies for centuries but now we shall protect eachother from threats as comrades, side be side
@@Temerald51 Britain and France are the perfect rivals to eachother
Do we forget the millennia of war prior to those dates?
They weren't our Mates from 1169 to 1921
@@koneko-2562 just friendly banter
"I ain't gay but gold is gold"
People from the uk in the 1900's
Gold is gold innit
Respect to all the Irish who fought for us during WW1.
@@burgerking2783 what?
And many of us Irish continue to fight for the British Crown ☘️🇬🇧
@@jamesthejoker7415 hell naw United ireland incoming 🇮🇪
@@jamesthejoker7415 also aren’t you the guy from the Uk slander video lol
@@ruairimaguire220 Aye, that’s me 😉
So yall talking about the Gay.What about the fact Paddy got cheated on
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Paddy did not get cheated on, someone else already discussed this in another comment. Back then it was common for women to have multiple suitors. Molly is saying that he better not die and to come back and marry her or she'll marry mike. Molly would rather marry Paddy but he's in the trenches
Poor paddy was cheated by the pen and not by Molly. 😀
It’s a long way to
*Mukumbura*
Du Mi no
Rhodesia never dies
Its a long way to jawl
Rhodesians never die.
@@T_Dun then why are they all dead
Gay in the old days: I'm so gay (happy)
Gay today: I'm in love with a man
(why did LGBTQ exist?)
Even beyond that, why did homosexuals have to steal a prefectly good word.
@wendyl I mean they did steal the word gay, they could have just stuck with homosexual or any of the derivatives
Press F for the brave man who fought their in ww1 and ww2
F
F F F
F
F
F
This song slaps harder than Russian husbands after the decriminalization of domestic abuse.
The Duma did WHAT.
*ITS A LONG WAY TO END 2020!*
not really its almost 2021 and the cure is here
@@friedrichdergroe593 6 months ago
@@motygaming2431 yeah ok ok
we did it moty, we ended that miserable year,felt like an eternity but we did it, now we are gay because that
Its 2022 and the world is still kinda shit
But my heart is right There!
🇺🇲🇬🇧
Tipperary is an Irish county
@@RobairtO-Dhoilingta-n16420 i know
100 years late for that. Might want to consider going 🇮🇪 instead?
@@tempejkl My man Marx!
@@tempejkl yeah
Up to mighty London came
An Irish man one day
All the streets were paved with gold
So everyone was gay!
Singing songs of Piccadilly
Strand, and Leicester Square
'Til Paddy got excited and
He shouted to them there:
It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly
Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary
But my heart's right there.
It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly
Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary
But my heart's right there.
Paddy wrote a letter
To his Irish Molly O'
Saying, "Should you not receive it
Write and let me know!
If I make mistakes in "spelling"
Molly dear", said he
"Remember it's the pen, that's bad
Don't lay the blame on me".
It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly
Farewell Leicester Square
It's a long long way to Tipperary
But my heart's right there.
It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly
Farewell Leicester Square
It's a long long way to Tipperary
But my heart's right there
I love people who pit lyrics underneath patriotic songs, but, the lyrics are on the screen. Still good job!
@@designation7395 pit?
Teacher: We will be going to Ireland!
Girls: EW Everyone there is drunk!
Boys:
Boys: ireland “United shall never be at peace”
@@cian4561 wut
@Sean Noone It's 32.... Not 1. What do you mean?
@@CaptainX2012 it’s an Irish joke
@@CaptainX2012 I'll give ya some context lmao, 3 months late but even so.
The UK still controls 6 counties of ireland, and the other 26 belong to the republic of ireland. S O the 26 counties plus the 6 northern irish counties = one united Ireland.
Me:
*Smelling Mustard while hearing this song*
OH F***
Uh oh I smell ketchup.
@@gonsthegoat k e t c h u p g a s
@@ilasq
The ultimate weapon
K E C H U P G A S
The British are so gentle, benevolent and friendly compared to most Americans today. :)
@Yass BA agreed
quite the opposite sir
Me hearing dis at school and I forgot to plug in the headphones
My English teacher be like :
🤔🤔🤔🤔
With that representation of the British isles I wouldn’t be surprised if some cars exploded.
Don't be so dramatic...
Gerry Adams is fuming
FLRS: The term "British Isles" is a geographical description, not a political one.
Well it was accurate at the time of the song
It's accurate for this video because this song was written before Ireland gained its independence
That beat drops hard than the German Artillery.
This was one of the first WW2 songs I learnt from watching Das Boot (1981), the atmosphere was always jolly in the movie when this song played but the movie ending...damn.
WW1 Actually
@@serenade4926nerd ass
It's WWI but it could probably work for WWII (as long as you ignore the Irish bit, not many Irish fought in WWI, excluding NI, but Tipperary is in the republic
*ww1
"everyone was gay"
-British army
Gay didnt mean homo..it meant happy!
@@aarondaw3405 yeah, but i think the joke flies over your head mate
Y'know
IRA's Kinky Boots says it all
@@youraveragereloader649 i sung that at school for a grade in music class
obma
Obunga
Up to mighty London came
An Irish man one day
All the streets were paved with gold
So everyone was gay!
Singing songs of Piccadilly
Strand, and Leicester Square
'Til Paddy got excited and
He shouted to them there:
It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly
Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary
But my heart's right there.
It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly
Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary
But my heart's right there.
Paddy wrote a letter
To his Irish Molly O'
Saying, "Should you not receive it
Write and let me know!
If I make mistakes in "spelling"
Molly dear", said he
"Remember it's the pen, that's bad
Don't lay the blame on me".
It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly
Farewell Leicester Square
It's a long long way to Tipperary
But my heart's right there.
It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly
Farewell Leicester Square
It's a long long way to Tipperary
But my heart's right there.
Nice 20 likes
✝️😇
🍔😈
@@maxtex60n40 Bout Ye 🪶
@@ResilientAlpaca Good and you?
Listening to this song makes me feel like I'm in Disneyland
SuperMarioMatt Disneyland: the new Western Front
It's a long long long way to Disneyland, but my heart's right there
its probably because they actually play an instrumental version of this song in disneyland
You arw
@@evanf.4801 where?
fun fact: the meaning of gay before was "cheerful" so everyone was "cheerful"
We aren't drunk sir
@@hiimryan2388 oh cool
we are not gays
-Robert Mugabe
yes
Teacher:We are going on a school trip to Ireland.
Girls:Whatever
Boys: "It's A Long Way To Tipperary"
Boys are so quirky amirite
Yaaaaaaaaasssssssss
Let's hope we can mend relations with the Republic of Ireland
English girls love Irish boys and Vica vercia 😉 find your own way to tipperary boys
@@mumflrpumble9107 where u from?
The good days when gay meant happiness.
Yeah
Even in french lol
Makes me Proud to be British born to Irish parents 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀 Tiocfaidh ar la fuck the queen and the UVF
@@conyer8104 I never said I like the Queen or the UVF??!
@@itsme-sn5gi It's Irish
Leave him alone
@@zereingm8323 I never realised the Irish were so Anti-British
Anthony ignorant comments like such in this comment section tends to rub some of us the wrong way
These boys fought for us, thank you from the people in the uk
Morgan I had 2 relatives that died in the Great War, one was gunned down and another one was flying over a trench and got shot
LIVERPOOLRESPEC 96 they died for more colonies
@Chilly Chick In ww2 yeah, but ww1 they died for colonies and the interest of the king or whatever :D
@@acaibulgaraib1321 no? are you a dumbass
@@acaibulgaraib1321 disrespectful turkish snob
Lads! Gay means also happy ... do you understand now?
0:15 Time travellers describing 2024 to their friends
To anyone that don't know what is gay mean back then, it mean "Happy"
Dragon_ Nite 500th comment to mention this
Yes
Dragon_ Nite shut the fuck up holy shit you patronizing schmuck. I'd rather get trench foot that hear another fucker comment this
TheSmithersy you should shut the fuck up too
Okay BOOMER
Hehe he said gay please laugh
United Ireland... Under British rule!
That’s a good thing
God Save the Queen 😹👎🪑
@Fíonán Murphy Your people want a united Ireland, unionists want to remain in the U.K. everybody wins!
@Fíonán Murphy
1.Rule Britannia
2.The British isles are united
3.A Stronger European Country
4.Less Border Gore
5.An English speaking country in England
6.Leaving the Eu(If Ireland joined the Uk then Ireland leaves the EU)
7.More People In Uk
8.History Buffs Like it
9.Less confusion over the Uk england Great Britain and Ireland Map Thing
10.The Irish Live in a more Powerful Nation
@Fíonán Murphy 1.Britannia rules the island of Britain, NI, the crown dependencies and fourteen overseas territories scattered across the globe.
2. The British isles is the name of the archipelago we live in encompassing the islands of Ireland,Britain and various smaller islands. I understand that the Irish are allergic to the term “British” but that is its most commonly held name.
3. Are you sure? The Nazis,Soviet Union and Khmer Rouge were all better? 4. No
Who here in 1914?
Me
Bruh let’s blast this at the Somme
Lets jail you for that pfp
German war songs: “war is a endless cycle of pain, costing us men and morale. We may never get to see our families again as we die in unmarked graves
British war songs: alright lads. We need to spend some time in those rat infested trenches but keep calm and it’ll be over before you know it!
u forgot erika the 1899 alte kameraden and darkbrown hazel nuts german songs they are way happier than the tone
His voice kinda reminds me of Gaston.
Nobody runs out of shells like Gaston!
@@iratepirate3896 Nobody commits warcrimes like Gaston!
Gaston you mean Hanz?
You mean My son Hanz? nah he did not sound like him
Lol I can’t unsee him singing it now
The best military song.
What about over there
Wo alle straßen enden...
Respect to everyone grandparents who fought for this country and the empire
Love to your country not so much love to thr empire
IndiaBall RohanDalvi yeah sorry about the whole empire but without the empire most of the world wouldn’t even be at the level they are at now. Without the empire their is no democracy in the world and no real freedom, I know it did a lot of bad things but it also did a lot of great things which made the world the way it is today
@@sherlock9397 thats true bud , even if millions were ruthlessly slain during colonialism, there is a silver lining to the dark cloud.
IndiaBall RohanDalvi yeah like making the western world, ending slavery, and making countries democracy, and ending Islamic rule over India
Reading this thread was so heart warming lol.
God bless the Great Britain ✊
*in a whisper* (and Ireland for they are not Great Britain but they were fighting in the world war anyway and this song is about them, yaaaaay)
*LOUD IRISH NOISES*
Ye but they aren’t GB is my point
Charles Martel, oh yeah, I get they were in the U.K., and served in the British Army, just they weren’t GB
@@blargmoocow7067 Yes Irish people aren't British but they fought under the Union jack so they were dubbed "British"
European Union saying goodbye... 0:44
Picadilly is in ireland
@@huehufen2 It is just a joke dude
@@ponchorivera4603 i know
"and everybody was gay"
IRA: Yes, everybody in Britain gay
🤣Real
BEAUTIFUL rendition--and the pictures are great too. Even after 100 years it's still as catchy and energizing as ever. It's an unpretentious little tune but there's no denying it carries a lot of force and conjures up enough mental images to fill a book with.
American army songs: We're the best
Polish army songs: Things are terrible but we will persevere
British army songs: Irish man gets cucked
French army songs: We eat onions because we like it and we're not gonna give it to the Austrians
@@Kalashnikov413 link?
@@someguy8365 ua-cam.com/video/p3BHyOhVXmE/v-deo.html
@@someguy8365 just search for "le chant de l'oignon"
@@someguy8365 no problem m8
Make europe great again.
Make London British again.
Every person shown in this video is dead let that sink in
Very sad, brave men
T - experiencing
I - shell shock
P - in
P - the
E - trenches
R - of passchendale
A -
R -
Y - heh the song said gay