As JD says, " AAAAAAAAAAA. RUFFORD PAAAAAARRRRRKKKK. AAAAAA"

When you forget the lyrics...

🤣🤣🤣 Oh man.... I've been absolutely losing it at all of the comments talking about JD's long bass note. TLJ's fans have the best senses of humor!

after you're finished he resumes: "uhh, mate, you lost your wallet, didn't wanna interrupt; here you go"

I still don't know how JD was able to hold that note for that long... Phew! That was impressive!

:D

AHHHHHHHHHHH

Nowhere is safe

Can't tell you how many times that's happened to me, but this is Western Pennsylvania so they're usually polka bands

Kaido Vesternin These guys are like a random encounter in RDR

I'd fucking join them instantly, at this point I know about half their songs by heart and yt didn't show them to me until a month ago 😂

I'd join them with a liter of rum in my hand

I can join in with the ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

We once took the transit train from north Atlanta to the airport, at the end of the like. Somewhere along the way, a large group of black women boarded, filling the train. There was a gospel convention in town, and they all started singing. I am neither religious of a fan of gospel, but it was great! Nothing like live music! And of course, against the rules. A few stops later, security came aboard and made them stop. What a jerk!

And now, the lyrics for JD: *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* (great song lads!)

Thanks

Yepppp I believe its about E or E Flat

It still makes me happy every time I hear him sing it. :)

😂 I initially thought of "Night of the Living Dead", but it's daytime. 🤣

You are correct :)

@@thelongestjohns Well it worked!

Wow, that's incredible planning!

It's funny. If you watch the video at double speed, the walking looks natural but God damn my ears.

1.75 actually looks the most natural to me, and I can imagine singing this song at that speed, which 2x sounds more Oingo Boingo "Goodbye" style

it's not even the length that impresses me but that he just holds it absolutely perfectly, pitch, volume, it's just baffling. JD's bass is just fucking amazing!

His entire torso is one giant lung

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​@@oyblech8671I know. He's so good. They're all so good. Some of the best voices I've ever heard. 👌👌

So accurate! 😆😆 I had a good long belly laugh after reading your comment.

TL/DR - We don't actually know who wrote it, Grainger was just the first to record it. It's based on true events and was passed down through word of mouth and singing. Grainger didn't actually write this one, although I really do like his arrangements of folk tunes like this. He was the first to record it however, when he heard it sung by a man called Joseph Taylor in 1908. Before then folk songs like this were passed on through their singing and often changed quite a bit depending on who you learned it from. Even today you can hear a few different versions of Rufford Park Poachers. The coolest thing for me though is that this whole song is based on true events. There is a country house in Nottinghamshire called Rufford Abbey. It's set in 150 acres of parkland - Rufford Park. In 1851, around 40 poachers trespassed in the park, protesting at the landowner monopolising the hunting rights there. They really did get into a brawl with a smaller number of game-keepers and fractured the skull of one of them who died a few days later. He really was called Roberts although we don't know if he actually was head keeper. Four of the poacher ringleaders were convicted of manslaughter and transported, although they were only sentenced to 14 years (not 40). They actually got lucky as if they were found guilty of murder, they would have been sentenced to death and hung. Poaching is a weird one historically. The rights to hunt on the land were (and still are) granted by the landowners, who in the case of Rufford Park had been granted the land by King Henry VII back in the 16th century. However, they often kept the right for themselves or limited the numbers to ensure that there was plenty of game they could hunt for sport. Those who poached were almost always doing so to put enough food on the table to stop their families starving; either keeping the meat themselves or selling it on. There is a sort of counter-culture in the UK around poaching as a way of life, so British folk songs about poachers being convicted of manslaughter or murder are pretty common. I suppose they are part memorial, part protest, and part warning to those who would poach. All passed down through generations in song.

@@Eoin15Connolly This was a fascinating read. Thank you so much for the info, both on the song and it's inspiration!

😲 Wow… just, wow. That’s… amazing. I didn’t know (but maybe should’ve guessed) this song has a legitimate historical basis. It’s been very deeply moving to me before knowing this, but now even more so because of you sharing this. Thank you.

Year late to the party but man I *never* get tired of JD just absolutely flexing on those bass notes. Dude's a beast!

Many thanks mate :)

The Longest Johns: yes! A creator that actually looks through the comments! :)

🙂 Me, too. It’s like a beautiful a cappela bagpipe drone.

That's me when my choir teacher says I can go low for a song, she makes me sing in a higher register a lot so when I'm allowed to, I milk it for all it's worth

Damn, didn't even realize that they must have done that. The lip-sync is so good I kind of ignored the slow-mo effect.

No they just moved in slowmo and sung normal the whole time 😁 Lest I hope.

@@Jennifer_Devote They responded to another comment asking a similar question, they did indeed sing it in double the normal tempo and then slow down the footage, honestly amazing how well it all synced up!

2 years later, and still not added :(

Lol what if it's one of the band🤔

Some will be appearing in an upcoming vlog. Was a bizarre experience but lots of fun :)

The Longest Johns awesome I can’t wait!!