Tks for your service Sir.

Nothing wrong with that it shows you care.

Don't worry about that. The same happens to me, with a lifetime interest in military bands

Still gives me goose bumps

While it is used as the theme for Sharpe (and no doubt made the song popular), the tune of it is from the late 16th century and as a military song, dates back to 1706, before you people in the isles united into being the UK.

@@lembitmoislane. I meant the whole, I guess "medley", of the single verse of "Over the Hills and Far Away" and the part right after it where the music transitions from the old tune to a contemporary tune with drum kits and electric guitar, which is Sharpe's opening theme. This combination plays at the end of every Sharpe's episode. Typically accompanied with a scene of the protagonist and the gang walking away from us, Sharpe stopping and looking back at us for a second, and then resume walking. Like this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fa54nJR4sLfcaYk.htmlsi=9tdGUb0sqiHzQQlS&t=99

Lol I was gonna say did I imagine dixie or is there just a british march I don't know about that dixie ripped off

Maybe someone did not get the message across the sea. The Confederate States of America no longer exist and the USA is a strong ally. Do not poke the bear

Yes, this is the tradition of UK Rifle regiments

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@@johnsabini2330 140 is for standard infantry not the rifle brigade

@@adamqmarcinko3880 Hello 120 is The All Arms Drill pace, 140 was rifle regiments and light infantry. I was in 3rd Green Jackets & 3RGJ and confirm 140 was the regimental pace, this has now been carried over to The Rifles. C et A.

@@adamqmarcinko3880 7 years in 3rd Green Jackets & 3RGJ definitely 140 was the regimental pace.

They also played part of Marching through Georgia so it may have just been that they chose them as a good little civil war medley, but I was kind of wondering the same thing. Maybe it's just that those songs had good arrangements for Buglers, the Americans were rather fond of the Bugle from that period on.

To me they separated themselves nicely whilst marching around

@@oml81mm yes the Ulster Rifles.

@@oml81mm Ulster Rifles Moto.

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If you mean Dixie, I think it was very often performed at light infantry tempos in the US and had bugle parts already so it's just a fun piece of music. It's a marching song that was very much associated with the US Army as much as the Confederacy (Obviously it was a Confederate song to a degree but it was written before the civil war and remained popular afterwards) up until pretty recently when everyone started getting offended about everything. I'm glad they played it, it's a great bit of music.