The Roman Centurion's Song - Romano-British Folk Song

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2 жыл бұрын

The Roman Centurion's Song is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling first published in 1911. It follows a Roman Solider who loves and spent 40 years in Britain but is being ordered home to Rome. It's recurring topic in Kipling's writing is that of an "Imperial" which forms an attachment to a colony that equals or surpasses their affection for their homeland.

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@robertcurry389 2 жыл бұрын

Now I wanna hear it in Classical Latin.

@khoshekhthecat 11 ай бұрын

It was written by Rudyard Kipling, so it would have to be a translation

@CHRISTOSANESTI2023 3 ай бұрын

Or Old English even, though Welsh Brythonic would most likely have been the language it would have been sung in at the time

@IAmTheStig32 7 ай бұрын

Noble old soldier of Rome, I do hope that your last plea to your legate was granted. I hope that you got to stay in this land you hunted in, bled in and loved in, and ended a long and contented life lying beside your wife and son under a stone marker bearing a curious foreign name, but no less an unmistakable part of this land than the hills and forests and rivers.

@callmecait 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this song. I've never heard anything quite it before, and I fear nothing truly similar will be produced again.

@PineMartinAmerican Жыл бұрын

I thought Kipling wrote this as a poem. But it powerful!

@janach1305 Жыл бұрын

Yes, the words are by Kipling, and the tune is an English folk song. I love it.

@StarsBarsAndCheese Ай бұрын

Beautiful song.

@carlomagno7092 7 күн бұрын

Long live Roman Britannia, greetings from Rome.

@jer_e4806 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful poem as it is, downright tear-jerking as this song rendition. I think we're all longing for a home again.

@iowsiam2 Жыл бұрын

As someone from "Vectis" its kind of cool to hear it mentioned

@patrioticarchive 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, brilliant find mate!

@RegnumHungariae 6 ай бұрын

love this. makes me miss living in Britain.

@FridayNight-zc4ir 3 ай бұрын

beautiful, I hope many listen to this and apricate the beauty of of this land and the people that live here. It is people that make this land great and love too you all.

@NihilsineDeo1866. 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know there was a song from the Roman period about Britannia. What a pleasant surprise :)

@victorcalleros6347 2 жыл бұрын

It's not from the roman period. It's a verse by Kipling.

@shaunsteele8244 2 жыл бұрын

it isn't, unfortunately. It's only 100 years old

@jonathanwilliams1065 2 жыл бұрын

It’s in English So no it’s definitely not Roman

@theodorereznowski2387 2 жыл бұрын

I was surprised too, the English spoken by the Roman-Anglos is hardly changed from today's English language and is easier to understand than Shakespearean :)

@Loterrach Жыл бұрын

@@theodorereznowski2387 English that was spoken 500 years ago was way different than modern English.

@AppalaShane 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful song! Thank you sir and God Bless you!

@williamrees6662 Жыл бұрын

Is this Peter Bellamy? He sang a lot of Kipling’s poems as folk songs.

@GreatCenteralGlory Жыл бұрын

Sounds a lot like him

@micheleedwin4004 Ай бұрын

This was written by Rudyard Kipling. I learned it as a child and I still have the poetry book.

@vicenteromerovega1480 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent song as always 🇨🇱❤️🇬🇧❤️🇮🇹

@Tea_and_Cake 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you i could only ever find it as a poem

@jorgegandara984 2 жыл бұрын

I just can imagine the Roman Beatles singing in Stonehenge

@spaghettiisyummy.3623 2 жыл бұрын

This is so Niche that i can't even believe that it made it to the Internet!

@biggerthanacadillac Жыл бұрын

Elmer P. Bleaty for sure. His loss was dire to the 'Folk World' and his Young Tradition were beyond superb. Peter Franklyn Bellamy 8/9/'44 ~ 24/9/91 RiP. [He spotted the genius of Kipling early in life.]

@lughiee 2 жыл бұрын

I cried 😭

@pumpkin91ful 2 жыл бұрын

I like to think that the english aplombe and like for efficrncy comes from Roman culture

@Briselance 3 ай бұрын

03:02 😢

@Kingheart5 2 жыл бұрын

Nice song! All roads lead to Rome!

@Glitter_H_Hoof 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know there were roads under the english channel

@jongraswich7292 2 жыл бұрын

@@Glitter_H_Hoof it’s called the chunnel

@Glitter_H_Hoof 2 жыл бұрын

@@jongraswich7292 I could not care less.

@The_Christian_Cavalier Жыл бұрын

@@jongraswich7292 what?

@The_Christian_Cavalier Жыл бұрын

@@Glitter_H_Hoof what on earth does he speak of

@Briselance 3 ай бұрын

Who is the singer, please? Is it John Tams?

@TheLobsterChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Cool song

@christianityistrue777 4 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the book of lamentations…

@scezich6126 18 күн бұрын

Britain has a very diverse history of multiple cultures from the Britons,Romans, Anglos, Normans. To say the English and British identity are not a mixture of different cultures over the time, would be a complete lie. The English language has many different grammatical rules and vocabulary borrowed from different languages that it makes a unique culture distinct from Britains eproupean contemporarys it is truly a modern Latin in the sense that it has connections to other languages but not influencing rather being influenced by the other languages