Original versions of football songs

[He's here!]

How many, if any, songs which get sung at matches are actually original and not adapted from other songs?

For example, Glory Glory to the Hibees is adapted from the hymn Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, while the Hearts song is (I think) an amalgamation of Sweet Betsy From Pike and a hymn called Blessed Assurance. We Are Hibernian FC is adapted from Lord of the Dance.

Hail Hail the Hibs/Celts are Here stems from an old Music Hall song called Hail Hail the Gang's All Here and the Billy Boys is apparently an adaptation of an American Civil War song called Marching Through Georgia.

Obviously songs like Sunshine on Leith and You'll Never Walk Alone (originally from the musical Carousel) are simply sung in their original form.

[worcesterhibby]

For songs to actually catch on, people need to know the tune. I don’t really see how it’s possible for a football song to not be either a song written and recorded for the club ( hi B Hibernian being an example) or an existing song with changed lyrics. I suppose the only other possible “songs” are just short chants that people can pick up… “ get into them..clap clap clap clap “

[He's here!]

For songs to actually catch on, people need to know the tune. I don’t really see how it’s possible for a football song to not be either a song written and recorded for the club ( hi B Hibernian being an example) or an existing song with changed lyrics. I suppose the only other possible “songs” are just short chants that people can pick up… “ get into them..clap clap clap clap “

Turnbull's Tornadoes was an original I guess, although even that was a bit of a Merry Christmas, War is Over rip-off. Hibernian Give us a Goal might have been a true original though.

Regarding the Hibs and Hearts songs, I think Hector Nicol might have recorded similar for the Dundee clubs but I'm not certain of that.

[BILLYHIBS]

We must have loads of original versions of football songs we are the great innovators pioneers

https://youtu.be/k0lWJklk5kA?si=zwoPKWp32SDqz7Nh

[Bridge hibs]

Your Gonna Get Your ****ing Head Kicked In, from Madam Butterfly

[Kato]

How many, if any, songs which get sung at matches are actually original and not adapted from other songs?

For example, Glory Glory to the Hibees is adapted from the hymn Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, while the Hearts song is (I think) an amalgamation of Sweet Betsy From Pike and a hymn called Blessed Assurance. We Are Hibernian FC is adapted from Lord of the Dance.

Hail Hail the Hibs/Celts are Here stems from an old Music Hall song called Hail Hail the Gang's All Here and the Billy Boys is apparently an adaptation of an American Civil War song called Marching Through Georgia.

Obviously songs like Sunshine on Leith and You'll Never Walk Alone (originally from the musical Carousel) are simply sung in their original form.

The song from which "Glory Glory" comes from is called "The Battle Hymn of The Republic" from the anti-slavery, Civil war era.

https://youtu.be/Jy6AOGRsR80?si=4_6bpgyabfM_UleV

The Hearts song is probably an adaptation of the old Irish folk song "The Old Orange Flute".

https://youtu.be/gSatdW0EfPU?si=wixyzuR05hFeZ1Gc

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[Keith_M]

"We had joy, we had fun
...we had Jam Tarts on the run"

was originally a big hit by Terry Jacks, I think in 1974.


I've no idea how he got it past the censors, with lyrics like that.

[Smartie]

I'm sure there was a football magazine a couple of decades back that would feature amusing lyrics from the terraces over the previous month.

It was quite funny to see them written down to the tune of "Guantanamera" and "Bread of Heaven" and such like, realising that the songs take on a very different life in a football ground to how they were originally meant to sound, or how they can sound elsewhere.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm1anurhbeg

[Smartie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fLiDjLf5c

[Prof. Shaggy]

How many, if any, songs which get sung at matches are actually original and not adapted from other songs?

For example, Glory Glory to the Hibees is adapted from the hymn Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, while the Hearts song is (I think) an amalgamation of Sweet Betsy From Pike and a hymn called Blessed Assurance. We Are Hibernian FC is adapted from Lord of the Dance.

Hail Hail the Hibs/Celts are Here stems from an old Music Hall song called Hail Hail the Gang's All Here and the Billy Boys is apparently an adaptation of an American Civil War song called Marching Through Georgia.

Obviously songs like Sunshine on Leith and You'll Never Walk Alone (originally from the musical Carousel) are simply sung in their original form.

"Hail hail" must be from the Pirates of Penzance, no?

[BILLYHIBS]

Who could forget Bye Bye Blackbird ?

Eddie Turnbull thought that he was dreaming when Arthur Duncan hammered number three in

The Hibee choir sang for more and Alex Cropley made it four

Jambo’s bye bye

[pollution]

Good thread this !

The flip side of Turnbull's Tornadoes must be an original, by Tom Hart's wife ?

[Joe6-2]

"We had joy, we had fun
...we had Jam Tarts on the run"

was originally a big hit by Terry Jacks, I think in 1974.


I've no idea how he got it past the censors, with lyrics like that.

Seasons in the sun, huge hit

[gbhibby]

There was the Turnbulls Aces song to the tune of The Blaydon Races.

[malcolm]

We sing the best original song in football - SoL and in the same league Kilmarnock sing the worst song ever sung in football - Paper Roses. :greengrin

[Ringothedog]

Who could forget Bye Bye Blackbird ?

Eddie Turnbull thought that he was dreaming when Arthur Duncan hammered number three in

The Hibee choir sang for more and Alex Cropley made it four

Jambo’s bye bye

The Hibs fans thought they were in heaven when Alan Gordon headed number seven. The jam tarts fans had had their fill the final score was seven nil jam tarts bye bye

[gbhibby]

The Hibs fans thought they were in heaven when Alan Gordon headed number seven. The jam tarts fans had had their fill the final score was seven nil jam tarts bye bye

Remember it Ŵas Eddie Turnbull thought he was in heaven rather than The Hibs fans thought they were in heaven being sung on the buses to away games.

[hibeerealist]

The Hibs fans thought they were in heaven when Alan Gordon headed number seven. The jam tarts fans had had their fill the final score was seven nil jam tarts bye bye

The jam tarts fans made for the gate, before the Hibees make it eight
jam tarts bye bye :greengrin

[He's here!]

We sing the best original song in football - SoL and in the same league Kilmarnock sing the worst song ever sung in football - Paper Roses. :greengrin

I quite like the way they sing Paper Roses. They managed to get Marie Osmond to come and sing it a few years back.

Think it's maybe Hull City who sing Elvis's 'Cant help falling in love'.

Do Everton still run out to the Z Cars theme?

Another which springs to mind is 'We hate Glasgow Rangers etc' (Land of Hope & Glory).

[tamig]

There was the Turnbulls Aces song to the tune of The Blaydon Races.

Included the immortal line -

“We’re only here to drink your beer and s@*! your f’n women”.

Different times. Apologies for any offence.

[tamig]

The jam tarts fans made for the gate, before the Hibees make it eight
jam tarts bye bye :greengrin

Kenny Garland shut the gate before the Hibees made it eight - in the version I know. The hertz fans were long gone well before the end.

[gbhibby]

Included the immortal line -

“We’re only here to drink your beer and s@*! your f’n women”.

Different times. Apologies for any offence.

And see the Hibees winning was sung if you didn't want to offend.

[Smartie]

We sing the best original song in football - SoL and in the same league Kilmarnock sing the worst song ever sung in football - Paper Roses. :greengrin

Killie used to play a great song when they scored.

Obviously you’d be pissed off because Hibs had just lost a goal but I always remember it sounding great.

They’d properly blast it out and have an animation thing on their score board - decades before we’d do that sort of thing.

Iirc it was also some sort of American military song.

[LoaningCrHibbie]

A classic chant heard on the terraces in the early 70's was (Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na Na Na Na), ('Cause "It Beats As It Sweeps As It Cleans) usually sang when teams were winning easily. It was the theme tune of a TV advert for (Hoover) vacuum cleaners

[superfurryhibby]

All we are saying is give us a goal-to the tune of John Lennon's Give Peace a Chance.

IRA, all the way, **** the Queen and the UDA-Rod Stewart's Sailing was popular in the late 70's-early 80's

Same era, King Billy had an army of 100,000.....repeat, and the whole ****ing lot got shot, bang-bang-to the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic was a popular ditty when the Huns came to ER, as was Die, die die ya Hun, die die die ya Hun.....Mary Hopkin's Those were the days was well used when one of the aforementioned Hun was injured.

[Billy Whizz]

We’ve had some memorable songs over the years, to name a few

That’s entertainment - The Jam- Neil Lennon and Gary Parker
10 men couldn’t carry Nade
Cheer up Jimmy Jefferies

[badabing67]

Your Gonna Get Your ****ing Head Kicked In, from Madam Butterfly

So that was the inspiration for The Specials - Concrete Jungle (2015 Remaster) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrmSm52E-sc)

[blackpoolhibs]

We used to sing, Bobby Seith shut the gates before we made it number 8.

[BILLYHIBS]

Jones ( Gold ) 2007 League Cup

Stokesey’s on Fire 2016

Jimmy Jimmy O’Rourke Rupert The Bear

Mighty Quinn

If I had the wings of a sparrow If I had the arse of a crow I’d fly over Tiny tomorrow…….

Hibees ! Hibees! Hibees!

David David Gray

Hibernian Hibernian

Standing on the corner swinging ma chain ( Shed )

Our songs are miles better and more original than the usual Hun Diet Hun offering from our competitors throughout Scotland

[badabing67]

Anybody remember this tune Tom Hark - The Piranhas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPNpKz-ASXg)

When I was Young, I had no sense
I bought a flute for 50 pence

:flag:

[superfurryhibby]

Anybody remember this tune Tom Hark - The Piranhas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPNpKz-ASXg)

When I was Young, I had no sense
I bought a flute for 50 pence

:flag:

The only tune that I could play was ......

[Carheenlea]

https://youtu.be/Jm1anurhbeg?si=kxB-Y5dBZehasOFi

[Bushwoof]

A personal favourite - Go Home, Ya Huns (Auld Lang Syne), sung when they slither off towards the end of a doing.

[JimBHibees]

Your Gonna Get Your ****ing Head Kicked In, from Madam Butterfly

:faf:

[BILLYHIBS]

We’ve had some memorable songs over the years, to name a few

That’s entertainment - The Jam- Neil Lennon and Gary Parker
10 men couldn’t carry Nade
Cheer up Jimmy Jefferies


We are the peepul !


0-3 up at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup :greengrin

[superfurryhibby]

We are the peepul !


0-3 up at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup :greengrin

To the tune of bring out the Branston

[Carheenlea]

https://youtu.be/CgTvSAMp4Ec?si=M_e52Pc_oJ-p0Dqx

[Carheenlea]

https://youtu.be/7mgvzwXTpM4?si=mAktU-RGaHpTdlQQ

[Cardinal G]

Included the immortal line -

“We’re only here to drink your beer and s@*! your f’n women”.

Different times. Apologies for any offence.

Aye recall that one, talking of different times and I apologise for it now but as a young 16 year old who knew no better I recall in 1982 singing to the Tom Hark Pirahana tune, "the sky is blue the grass is green, micael Fagans %%%%%% the queen" apologies for any offence here too.

[Alfred E Newman]

Son of my Father - Chickory Tip

“Oh, Hibby Hibby, Hibby Hibby Hibby Hib-ernian”

[Kato]

Son of my Father - Chickory Tip

“Oh, Hibby Hibby, Hibby Hibby Hibby Hib-ernian”Spotted.

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[gbhibby]

The quickened version of YNWA was sometimes changed to you'll never walk again when there was trouble at the game.

[snooky]

Good thread this !

The flip side of Turnbull's Tornadoes must be an original, by Tom Hart's wife ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXdQB-mR4tg

[superfurryhibby]

Son of my Father - Chickory Tip

“Oh, Hibby Hibby, Hibby Hibby Hibby Hib-ernian”

or oh Mikey, Mikey, Mikey Mikey, used to be a Jambo but he's alright now.

[Bushwoof]

Son of my Father - Chickory Tip

“Oh, Hibby Hibby, Hibby Hibby Hibby Hib-ernian”
Am I mistaken or was there also, way back, "Spot spot the loony". No idea what that might have been about.

[CropleyWasGod]

Am I mistaken or was there also, way back, "Spot spot the loony". No idea what that might have been about.

The phrase came from a Python sketch.

It could be applied to lots of things..... other team missing a chance, ref having a mare etc.

[Kato]

Am I mistaken or was there also, way back, "Spot spot the loony". No idea what that might have been about.The phrase "Spot the loony" came from Monty Python (or some other TV show) iirc.

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[Kato]

The phrase came from a Python sketch.

It could be applied to lots of things..... other team missing a chance, ref having a mare etc.[emoji106]

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[Hibrandenburg]

Surprised "Jingle Bells" hasn't had a mention.

[Trinity Hibee]

Not a football song but Euro 96 was the first tournament I have proper memory of. I remember bbc/ITV having ode to joy in their opening credits and every time I hear it I think of Euro 96.

[portohibee]

We sing the best original song in football - SoL and in the same league Kilmarnock sing the worst song ever sung in football - Paper Roses:greengrin
Surely Killie's worst song was the CIS Cup Final one a crap song and I think they got Rolf Harris to sing it :no way:

[BILLYHIBS]

We are Hibs

Run Around Sue

Class !


https://youtu.be/nUI5QNWWVSc?si=GWWWAb_IbfICMX99

[Carheenlea]

Not a football song but Euro 96 was the first tournament I have proper memory of. I remember bbc/ITV having ode to joy in their opening credits and every time I hear it I think of Euro 96.

I read something the other week about the Three Lions song and the line “30 years of hurt”.

While Euro ‘96 was 30 years after the ‘66 World Cup win, next year will have seen another 30 years pass since Euro ‘96 and the Three Lions song.

[Bushwoof]

The phrase came from a Python sketch.

It could be applied to lots of things..... other team missing a chance, ref having a mare etc.
Cheers for that, wasn't sure if I had imagined it all. A very mild rebuke of a chant compared to some of the more vitriolic numbers that came later.

[Green_one]

No-one mentioned the Banana Spilts yet. HIB ERN IAN Hibernian. Young folk will not have a Scooby what that is about and explaining would be interesting :na na:

[Alfred E Newman]

Yankee Doodle
You have to be a certain age to remember this one, sung in the 60's as the polis used to walk along in front of the covered terracing .
"
"Who's that man with the helmet on , Dixon, Dixon
Who's that man with the helmet on, Dixon of Dock Green
On the beat all day, on the wife all night
Who's that man with the helmet on, Dixon of Dock Green.

[s.a.m]

Your Gonna Get Your ****ing Head Kicked In, from Madam Butterfly

Years ago I read a piece about football songs using classical tunes, and the writer imagines, frustrated at not being able to pin down the classier original, going into a classical records department and humming the tune to the assistant, who clears his throat and says... "I think you'll find that's, 'Can you hear the scousers sing, Sir.."


Included the immortal line -

“We’re only here to drink your beer and s@*! your f’n women”.

Different times. Apologies for any offence.

See also: She's here! She's there! She's..... [you know the rest :greengrin]

[Kato]

"My Bonnie". trad Scottish.

"If I had the wings of an eagle....."

...etc.

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[blackpoolhibs]

No-one mentioned the Banana Spilts yet. HIB ERN IAN Hibernian. Young folk will not have a Scooby what that is about and explaining would be interesting :na na:

I have it in my head that we copied that from Liverpool after playing them in the early 70s????

[superfurryhibby]

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, by Jimmie Davis, Johnny Cash and many others.

better know at ER as the tune to " You are a weegie, a smelly weegie, you're only happy on giro day."

[Glory Lurker]

We are the mental Hibees, baby, we've got class...

Doing ma nut trying to remember what song that took off.

[CropleyWasGod]

We are the mental Hibees, baby, we've got class...

Doing ma nut trying to remember what song that took off.

Urban Spaceman. Bonzo Dog Doodah Band.

[Glory Lurker]

Urban Spaceman. Bonzo Dog Doodah Band.

Thank you! That was driving me mad!

Cracking chant, too.

[CropleyWasGod]

Thank you! That was driving me mad!

Cracking chant, too.

:greengrin

Here's one for you, and other oldies.....

The Mighty Quinn.

[gbhibby]

Send the Rangers to Vietnam hallelujah

Spirit in the Sky for the George Best song copied that one from Man Utd.

[Carheenlea]

https://youtu.be/Vg2Ik3Hwczc?si=x1iwi3ZI8GD6t9Rc