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One person I went with today had never been to a match before, she is hooked.

 

Another hadn't been since we were at The Dell, he had the time of his life and can't wait to go again, he loved the singing especiallly the old stuff, in particular the slow OWTSGMI.

 

A fantastic day at the office.

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Was outstanding indeed. It has to be sung at Brentford, and I can see it being sung omore often in block 4 from now on.

 

Knees up Mother Brown

Knees up Mother Brown

Under the table you must go

Ee-aye, Ee-aye, Ee-aye-oh

If I catch you bending

I'll saw your legs right off

Knees up, knees up

Never get the breeze up

Knees up Mother Brown

 

Oh my, what a rotten song

What a rotten song

What a rotten song

Oh my, what a rotten song

And what a rotten singer

Too-oo-ooh

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Was outstanding indeed. It has to be sung at Brentford, and I can see it being sung omore often in block 4 from now on.

 

Knees up Mother Brown

Knees up Mother Brown

Under the table you must go

Ee-aye, Ee-aye, Ee-aye-oh

If I catch you bending

I'll saw your legs right off

Knees up, knees up

Never get the breeze up

Knees up Mother Brown

 

Oh my, what a rotten song

What a rotten song

What a rotten song

Oh my, what a rotten song

And what a rotten singer

Too-oo-ooh

 

Correction.... for the purposes of historical accuracy..."what a rotten song,...sh1t!" repeats.

 

Thank you, but lets keep things correct, if you please!

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Correction.... for the purposes of historical accuracy..."what a rotten song,...sh1t!" repeats.

 

Thank you, but lets keep things correct, if you please!

 

ffs calm down, I cut n pasted it off google ffs. That's about all i can be fooked to do at 1am.

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After a good version of it on The Milton Road Terraces you'd end up about 6 rows down and 10 feet across from away from where you started .... probably doesn't quite have the same effect nowadays ;)

 

I remember it in the Archers, it was used as an excuse to start a bundle and bring your knees up every time the police came in to chock someone out.

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I honestly don't get it. Why sing it.

 

...cos us soppy old gits love it from our Milton days...was everyone bouncing up-and-down aswell...could anyone who remembers still bounce? :) (and I wasn't there to join in).

 

Not enough bouncing up-and-down at football these days.

 

Ahhhh, the memories.

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After a good version of it on The Milton Road Terraces you'd end up about 6 rows down and 10 feet across from away from where you started .... probably doesn't quite have the same effect nowadays ;)

 

It was these songs that got me hooked n the mid 70's - many a time you would end up a good 10 rows down the terraces from where you started. I wondered what was being sung but couldn't quite hear it in the Chapel/Kingsland corner but it looked good fun....

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...cos us soppy old gits love it from our Milton days...was everyone bouncing up-and-down aswell...could anyone who remembers still bounce? :) (and I wasn't there to join in).

 

Not enough bouncing up-and-down at football these days.

 

Ahhhh, the memories.

 

Some of us old uns have a bit more meat on us now that might have protected us a bit when the crush bars came into play on The Milton.

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who remembers the other jump up tunes.

na na na

na na na

na na na na na na na na

na na na na

na na na

na na(repeat)

 

You'll probably need to give us a few more 'lyrics' to work that one out!!

 

Tho' there was a bit of bouncing and 'na-na-ing' late 70s/early 80s to the 'Ricky Lambert/Johnny Comes Marching Home' one...

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Great fun singing that yesterday, back to the 70s almost but without being garotted by a crowd barrier.

I tried to continue to old time theme by singing the Woolston Ferry song, but my timing was out.

 

Oh God, I wish I'd been there! Although the fact I was singing that in the 70's really does make me feel old!!

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This is correct,

 

Unless anyone thinks singing Old East London tunes is apt for SOuth Coast football it should stop.

 

I agree we should ban it. We should also ban The Rickie Lambert song as Liverpool have a version similar for Torres. We should stop singing come on you reds as every club sings come on you xxxxx this has ne relevance to South coast football as reds could also be anyone from Man Utd to VT FC. "lets all have a Disco" we'll you can **** off with that on too, how has a disco got anything to do with South Coast football? The simply song of "Southampton" should stop to as although the club is based in the city they actually represent the area which also covers Eastleigh, Winchester, New Forest etc so is not really right to limit singing to just one city and alienate the other boroughs. Also Spurs now sing "oh when the spurs go marching in" How is this relevant to Spurs, shall we petition the FA to get this song outlawed at WHL? Its disgusting. All anti Pompey songs can go., sick vile, not related to us and for the narrow minded bigots with no idea about football. So with all that gone we are left with............Well i suppose you can clap when we score if you like.

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was there a load of new people in their starting it off or was it the usual crowd!

 

Pretty much the usual suspects, but bunched together more, best laugh I've had at a game all season, as we were singing it, and at a guess I recon the average age of the main culprits was 40-50, there were huge grins on our faces as the craic was lost on all the younger ones who joined in with a bemused look on their faces.

:drinkers:

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Pretty much the usual suspects, but bunched together more, best laugh I've had at a game all season, as we were singing it, and at a guess I recon the average age of the main culprits was 40-50, there were huge grins on our faces as the craic was lost on all the younger ones who joined in with a bemused look on their faces.

:drinkers:

 

Classic ... wish I'd been there to see that. :D

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How about we sing the chorus of that Saints Aid song?

 

We all need these colours,

we all bleed these colours,

when our hearts are on the line we cry tears of red and white,

when I need a friend I go down to and we sing for these colours till the end.

'Southampton *clap clap clap* Southampton etc..

 

It would actually give us something unique as all the chants we use are used by other clubs...

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i agree we should ban it. We should also ban the rickie lambert song as liverpool have a version similar for torres. We should stop singing come on you reds as every club sings come on you xxxxx this has ne relevance to south coast football as reds could also be anyone from man utd to vt fc. "lets all have a disco" we'll you can **** off with that on too, how has a disco got anything to do with south coast football? The simply song of "southampton" should stop to as although the club is based in the city they actually represent the area which also covers eastleigh, winchester, new forest etc so is not really right to limit singing to just one city and alienate the other boroughs. Also spurs now sing "oh when the spurs go marching in" how is this relevant to spurs, shall we petition the fa to get this song outlawed at whl? Its disgusting. All anti pompey songs can go., sick vile, not related to us and for the narrow minded bigots with no idea about football. so with all that gone we are left with............well i suppose you can clap when we score if you like .

 

 

you sir are an arsenal fan!

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This is correct,

 

Unless anyone thinks singing Old East London tunes is apt for SOuth Coast football it should stop.

 

"You'll never make the station" with an attitude like that Hatch. ;)

 

Re 'Woolston Ferry' I was teaching the little bit I know to the others as we drove over the Itchen Bridge, it started a whole new converstion amongst the oldies with me about places and things that have gone now. I told them not to get me started but then the those two emortal words ejaculated from my lips

 

 

 

"Arundel Towers" anyone?

 

Anyone got a pic for me?

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How about we sing the chorus of that Saints Aid song?

 

We all need these colours,

we all bleed these colours,

when our hearts are on the line we cry tears of red and white,

when I need a friend I go down to and we sing for these colours till the end.

'Southampton *clap clap clap* Southampton etc..

 

It would actually give us something unique as all the chants we use are used by other clubs...

 

Gay.

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I'm pretty sure you're supposed to sing "Knees up Mother Brown" directly after a rendition of "You're going home in a Hampshire ambulance" and before a chorus of "Six foot two, eyes are blue, Jimmy Steele is after you" :)

 

Wind your neck in and enjoy yourselves, if it's a laugh and adds atmosphere then why worry?

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Every single time they start those Godawful Pompey Chimes we will take over and make them our own.

 

'Pay Up Pompey' will be heard across the World. You really could not write this stuff.

 

 

With the occasional Knees Up it colud be a fantastic day all round.

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Every single time they start those Godawful Pompey Chimes we will take over and make them our own.

 

'Pay Up Pompey' will be heard across the World. You really could not write this stuff.

 

 

With the occasional Knees Up it colud be a fantastic day all round.

 

Yeah, but I'm worried that "Pay up Pompey" just sounds like "Play up" on the TV and on the pitch.

Better to keep to the "Pomeys going down with **** all in the bank" (to the tune Yellow Submarine).

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