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==Regimental marches of the foot guards== Below are links to words and music of the [http://www.trooping-the-colour.co.uk/trooping/marchpast.htm regimental marches of the five foot guards regiments]. '''Slow marches''' *Grenadier Guards: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzUTpyquTMA "The March from Scipio"], composed for the First Guards (Grenadier Guards) by [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]. It was presented by Handel to the Regiment ''before'' its inclusion in his opera [[Scipione]] which was first performed in 1726. (The title and composer's name are anglicised by the Regiment.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grengds.com/static.php?content_id=60|title=Grenadier Guards|website=grengds.com}}</ref> *Coldstream Guards: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F8yWMzka2Q "Figaro"] (the tune is "[[Non piu andrai]]" from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'') *Scots Guards: "[[The Garb of Old Gaul]]" [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/scotreg/bwatch/bw11.htm Lyrics] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNxyxt6MFz8 Music] *Irish Guards: "Let Erin Remember" [http://cityofoaks.home.netcom.com/tunes/LetErinRemember.html Lyrics] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA7cwcp0f1U Music] *Welsh Guards: "[[Men of Harlech]]" [http://www.contemplator.com/wales/harlech.html Lyrics] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCqNWftzhUI Music]. '''Quick marches''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iP1r9Kbj_M Music for all five regiments' quick marches] * [[Grenadier Guards]]: "[[The British Grenadiers]]" [http://www.yorkshirecorpsofdrums.com/British-Gren.html Lyrics and melody-notation] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0h_0LAZ22s Music] * [[Coldstream Guards]]: "[[Milanollo]]." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrFakUic9ho This march] was composed by J V Hamm in honour of a pair of violin-playing child prodigy sisters, Teresa and Maria Milanollo, who performed in England in the mid-19th century during their extensive European tours. * [[Scots Guards]]: "[[Hielan' Laddie]]" <small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy965HvXK5Y (Listen)]</small> * [[Irish Guards]]: "[[Saint Patrick]]'s Day" <small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAJskH_AWv4 (Listen)]</small> whose lyrics were the poem [http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=24652 "Pulse of an Irishman"] ([[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] composed an arrangement of the march as part of a song cycle of Scots and Irish tunes). * [[Welsh Guards]]: "The Rising of the Lark" <small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42vAqLSxQSE (Listen)]</small> [http://www.contemplator.com/wales/oweng.html Lyrics] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPQrhq8Jf_g Music]
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