world war II songs mp3

[werderwayne]

Originally posted by Baldrick
I've seen the word printed as 'brauch' i.e, need, use, handy or serviceable und so veiter.




>BTW, kind of a funny side note to "Ob's Sturmt oder Schneit" (the Panzer Lied) the last line of the 1st verse is
"Es braust unser Panzer..." Which was supposed to mean "It roars, our tank, ..." but the word "braust" also means "brews", which,<

I don't know where you found "brauch", but I have found 4 sources that read "braust", including a very old looking copy of the sheet music.

-WW

[werderwayne]

Originally posted by RockinHarry
great war music links, thanks! I´m particularly interested into the very martialic sounding scottish bagpipe´n drums stuff! Does anybody know the song "Cock of the north"??
Who knows more about brit and scottish war songs and what combat units had their own?

I know "Cock o' the North"...good tune. I have played the bagpipes for rather quite a few years. I have a "Scots Guards Book" which contains all of the regimental tunes of the Scots Guards and then some. The regimental tunes of the Scots Guards are as follows:
Regimental Quick March: "Heilan' Laddie (The Highland Laddie)"*
Regimental Slow March: "The Garb of Old Gaul"
1st battalion:
Right Flank (A company?): "Greenwood Side"
B Company: "The Drunken Piper"
C Company: "The Back of Benachie"
Left Flank (D company?): "Scotland the Brave"
HQ: "The Black Bear" (Also called "the Black bear hornpipe")
I have the info for the other 2 battalions also, and if you care, I can post them also.

*I find this tune very annoying and had to play it WAY too many times in parades and band concerts! The tune is written in the key of B and the drones are tunes to A, making it sound at the end that it isn't over yet.

The following list is ALL SPECULATION, I think it would prove quite accurate:

Units and tunes named after them or regimental tunes are: "King's Own Scottish Borderers"..."All the Blue Bonnets Over the Border". It is a terrific 6/8 march and has a great lilting melody...one of my favorites. "The Black Watch" (was the 42nd Highlanders Black Watch)..."The 42nd Highlanders". It is a catchy 2-part march that starts just like "Scotland the brave". "The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders"..."The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders" (Yep, the name of the unit is the same as the name of the tune).

I hope this helps.

-WW

[RockinHarry]

Originally posted by werderwayne
I know "Cock o' the North"...good tune. I have played the bagpipes for rather quite a few years. I have a "Scots Guards Book" which contains all of the regimental tunes of the Scots Guards and then some. The regimental tunes of the Scots Guards are as follows:
Regimental Quick March: "Heilan' Laddie (The Highland Laddie)"*
Regimental Slow March: "The Garb of Old Gaul"
1st battalion:
Right Flank (A company?): "Greenwood Side"
B Company: "The Drunken Piper"
C Company: "The Back of Benachie"
Left Flank (D company?): "Scotland the Brave"
HQ: "The Black Bear" (Also called "the Black bear hornpipe")
I have the info for the other 2 battalions also, and if you care, I can post them also.

*I find this tune very annoying and had to play it WAY too many times in parades and band concerts! The tune is written in the key of B and the drones are tunes to A, making it sound at the end that it isn't over yet.

The following list is ALL SPECULATION, I think it would prove quite accurate:

Units and tunes named after them or regimental tunes are: "King's Own Scottish Borderers"..."All the Blue Bonnets Over the Border". It is a terrific 6/8 march and has a great lilting melody...one of my favorites. "The Black Watch" (was the 42nd Highlanders Black Watch)..."The 42nd Highlanders". It is a catchy 2-part march that starts just like "Scotland the brave". "The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders"..."The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders" (Yep, the name of the unit is the same as the name of the tune).

I hope this helps.

-WW

thank you very much!:) quite valuable info!

I read about the "Cock of the North" tune in Whittakers "Rhineland: The battle to end the war" book and was curious what it sounds like! IIRC it was mentioned with actions of 51. Highland division. (SPWAW scenario in preparation)

Actually I never was interested in bagpipe music, but after hearing some of the tunes from the mentioned websites, I was pretty impressed about the mood and could well imagine what the tunes had to sound like on the battlefield! I think the german soldiers were impressed as well! Very martialic...,..not to be compared with any of the german march music stuff.

Russian war music also sounds very moody!

[Belisarius]

RockinHarry: I know what you mean. I wasn't too found of bagpipes either, but since then I've been reading about that the Brits actually put these guys onto the battlefield - El Alamein must have been an eerie experience for the Germans. All that empty space and lots of bagpiping going on.

And also that I, by coincidence, have met quite a few lovely girls that plays the bagpipe (!!). :p

Werderwayne's list is cool. 42nd Highlanders and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders are indeed catchy tunes.