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The Green Hills Of Tyrol

Posted on | May 9, 2010 | 18 Comments

by Smitty

They say the Highland Pipe is in the key of the human heart. Gateway Pundit links a BBC clip of the 3 Rifles and 1 Scots cruising the Royal Mile. The tune the band is playing in the clip is “The Green Hills Of Tyrol”. Now, the band no doubt played an awful lot more than that during the parade, but this selection is mildly ironic, since that march refers to a corner of Austria. The song “A Scottish Soldier” resolves the tension.

Here is a slightly cleaner recording of the march:

Bagpipes have got sack.

Category: Music, Video

Comments

18 Responses to “The Green Hills Of Tyrol”

  1. Robert Stacy McCain
    May 9th, 2010 @ 6:52 pm

    Ah, the skirling of the pipes!

  2. Robert Stacy McCain
    May 9th, 2010 @ 1:52 pm

    Ah, the skirling of the pipes!

  3. Obi's Sister
    May 9th, 2010 @ 7:24 pm

    Hubby, who is educated in these things, says you play the pipes in only two keys, E flat and B flat, but they sound in D and A, respectively.

    Complicated music theory stuff. And a big kilt.

  4. Obi's Sister
    May 9th, 2010 @ 2:24 pm

    Hubby, who is educated in these things, says you play the pipes in only two keys, E flat and B flat, but they sound in D and A, respectively.

    Complicated music theory stuff. And a big kilt.

  5. smitty
    May 9th, 2010 @ 7:29 pm

    Yeah, and you only have a diatonic scale. Hence the fact it all sounds like bagpipes.

  6. smitty
    May 9th, 2010 @ 2:29 pm

    Yeah, and you only have a diatonic scale. Hence the fact it all sounds like bagpipes.

  7. JeffS
    May 9th, 2010 @ 8:15 pm

    Pipes are da bomb!

  8. JeffS
    May 9th, 2010 @ 3:15 pm

    Pipes are da bomb!

  9. Dandapani
    May 10th, 2010 @ 1:02 am

    I dare you try and listen to Amazing Grace as played on the pipes without getting a catch in your throat and a little teary eyed…

  10. Dandapani
    May 9th, 2010 @ 8:02 pm

    I dare you try and listen to Amazing Grace as played on the pipes without getting a catch in your throat and a little teary eyed…

  11. The Osprey
    May 10th, 2010 @ 5:30 am

    “The Green Hills of Tyrol” and “The Scottish Soldier” are the same piece of music. The music was written during the Crimean War by a pipe major and was based on a tune from Puccini’s William Tell. The lyrics “The Scottish Soldier” were written by the Scottish music hall performer Andy Stewart.

  12. The Osprey
    May 10th, 2010 @ 12:30 am

    “The Green Hills of Tyrol” and “The Scottish Soldier” are the same piece of music. The music was written during the Crimean War by a pipe major and was based on a tune from Puccini’s William Tell. The lyrics “The Scottish Soldier” were written by the Scottish music hall performer Andy Stewart.

  13. Agnes B. Bullock
    May 10th, 2010 @ 4:34 pm

    Smitty- THANK YOU!!!!! Your wife is one LUCKY woman!!!!! Perfect music for Mother’s Day

  14. Agnes B. Bullock
    May 10th, 2010 @ 11:34 am

    Smitty- THANK YOU!!!!! Your wife is one LUCKY woman!!!!! Perfect music for Mother’s Day

  15. Sean Slater
    May 18th, 2010 @ 6:51 pm

    Rossini wrote ‘William Tell’.

  16. Sean Slater
    May 18th, 2010 @ 1:51 pm

    Rossini wrote ‘William Tell’.

  17. Carl Westergreen
    September 10th, 2010 @ 12:16 pm

    Who sang the song Scottish Soldier???

  18. Carl Westergreen
    September 10th, 2010 @ 8:16 am

    Who sang the song Scottish Soldier???