Chants/Songs from the 1960's/1970's

[Mr. MUJAC]

Need help from the old timers here.....

What were the popular chants from the early days

Skip to my Lou Macari
Willie, willie willie Morgan, on the wing, on the wing
MU..MUF...MUFC OK
Pride of all Europe
Calypso
Glory, Glory Man United
6ft 2, eyes of blue, big Jim Holton's after you!


What were some of the others?

 

[jojojo]

Stepney for England?!
- bangs head quietly on table

La, la, la Tommy O'Neill
- though I may be the only person who sang that

Right side, right side give us a song
- aka left side, left side and scoreboard, scoreboard

Sack Frank O'Farrell
- to the tune of Roll out the Barrel

Come and have a go at United ag-a-ro
- a variant of Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough

You're going home in an ambulance /combine harvester / council dustbin truck

You'll never walk again

I think my favourite was always MU-MUF-MUFC OK

 

[Rednails]

The Busby babes version of Bladon Races

 

[Man Utd Mrs]

Stevie,Stevie Coppell Stevie Coppell on the wing...

We shall not, we shall not be moved,
We shall not, we shall not be moved,
Just like the team, that's gonna win
the Football League - again!
We shall not be moved.

 

[Mr. MUJAC]

Stevie,Stevie Coppell Stevie Coppell on the wing...

We shall not, we shall not be moved,
We shall not, we shall not be moved,
Just like the team, that's gonna win
the Football League - again!
We shall not be moved.

Hi MUM.....not chatted in ages.....good to see you are still around!

The Steve Coppell one was taken from Willie Morgan.

 

[Red_Jamie]

I'm no oldie but this is one i remember my dad singing growing up...

Lou Lou skip to my Lou,
Lou Lou skip to my Lou,
Lou Lou skip to my Lou,
Skip to my Lou Macari!

haha classic!

 

[dicko]

Stepney for England?!
- bangs head quietly on table

La, la, la Tommy O'Neill
- though I may be the only person who sang that
Right side, right side give us a song
- aka left side, left side and scoreboard, scoreboard

Sack Frank O'Farrell
- to the tune of Roll out the Barrel

Come and have a go at United ag-a-ro
- a variant of Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough

You're going home in an ambulance /combine harvester / council dustbin truck

You'll never walk again

I think my favourite was always MU-MUF-MUFC OK

I remember singing that too. I think Tommy got a few Under 23 caps and, as a deluded 15 year old, I thought he'd make the big time (and Paul Edwards before him).

Division One can kiss my arse
We're in Division Two at last
We dont mind and we dont care
We'll keep the red flag flying there
City fans, just out from school
Manchester is yours to rule
But with the Doc and Jimmy Mac
Division One were coming back.

Gordon Hill is the king of all cockneys

Come on without, Come on within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Wyn (Davies)

We are the famous football hooligans

And my favourite:-
Ohh, Man United
The only English team to win the European Cup.

 

[theimperialinn]

didn't eric the king use to be dennis the king

 

[77]

Need help from the old timers here.....

What were the popular chants from the early days

Skip to my Lou Macari
Willie, willie willie Morgan, on the wing, on the wing
MU..MUF...MUFC OK
Pride of all Europe
Calypso
Glory, Glory Man United
6ft 2, eyes of blue, big Jim Holton's after you!


What were some of the others?

5ft 8, underweight, Gerry Daly's fecking great!

 

[77]

And my favourite:-
Ohh, Man United
The only English team to win the European Cup.

Me and a mate were on about this at the weekend funnily enough, going over the origins of where certain songs came from...

This one is the same as...

Ohh Frankie Frankie!
Frankie Frankie Frankie Stapleton!

and the Teddy one... Came to Man United and he won it all!

all to the tune of Chickory Tip's 'Son of my father'

 

[friendlytramp]

you cnut
you cnut
you are a fecking cnut

you cnut
you cnut
you are a fecking cnut

 

[77]

1977 Cup Final....

"You'll never walk alone"

 

[Classy Cannon]

Most of the ones I remember have already been mentioned, some others:-

Stuuuuart - Stuuuuart - I'd walk a million miles for one of your goals - Oh Stuuuuart! (Pancho Pearson)

Oh Arthur Arthur, Arthur Arthur Arthur Arthur Albiston

Joe Joe, Joe Jordan, Joe Joe, Joe Jordan

You're gonna get your feckin eds kicked in

United Aggro, United Aggro, Ello, Ello!

We are the scoreboard, the scoreboard paddock

2-4-6-8 Reds are great

 

[77]

She wore! she wore, She wore a scarlet ribbon...
She wore a scarlet ribbon in the merry month of May
and when, I asked her why she wore that ribbon...
She said it's for United and they're off to Wemberley

WEM-BER-LEY, WEM-BER-LEY... We're the Famous Man United and off to Wemberley!

 

[MJLD]

I remember singing that too. I think Tommy got a few Under 23 caps and, as a deluded 15 year old, I thought he'd make the big time (and Paul Edwards before him).

Division One can kiss my arse
We're in Division Two at last
We dont mind and we dont care
We'll keep the red flag flying there
City fans, just out from school
Manchester is yours to rule
But with the Doc and Jimmy Mac
Division One were coming back.

Gordon Hill is the king of all cockneys

Come on without, Come on within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Wyn (Davies)

We are the famous football hooligans

And my favourite:-
Ohh, Man United
The only English team to win the European Cup.

That's great that is.

 

[dicko]

I went down to Wembley one fine day in May
The fans they were many and they were gay (this word needs changing!)
And when it was over and when it was done
We'd beaten Benfica by four goals to one
The first was by Bobby who outjumped the rest
The second was scored by wee Georgie Best
The Stretford End sang like the Kop never did
And the third goal was scored by young Brian Kidd
The crowd they were chanting for more and for more
And Bobby obliged by making it four
And when it was over and when it was done
We'd beaten Benfica by four goals to one
A team to remember a team to recall
Is the great Man United the best team of all.

And

We are the great supporters, Man United is our team
And as you all know, into Europe we will go
In the colours of the team supreme.
We're off to Europe in the red (in the red)
Georgie Best will dazzle in the sun (in the sun).
As the goals are scored
The crowd will roar
Especially the Stretford End.
So all you City fans remember this -
We are the greatest side.
And as Charlton goes up
To receive the cup
You'll surely hear this cry -
United!
United!
United!

 

[jojojo]

O Sammy, Sammy
Sammy, Sammy, Sammy Mc'Ilroy

U-N-I T-E-D
United are the team for me
With a nick nack paddy wack
Give Francis Lee a bone (an alternate to "give a dog a bone")
Why don't City feck off home

We hate Nottingham Forest
We hate Liverpool too (and Leeds)
We hate Manchester City
But United we love you
- I think I even remember that from before we had to squeeze in the shuddering "and Leeds" amendment

 

[jdmufc]

She wore! she wore, She wore a scarlet ribbon...
She wore a scarlet ribbon in the merry month of May
and when, I asked her why she wore that ribbon...
She said it's for United and they're off to Wemberley

WEM-BER-LEY, WEM-BER-LEY... We're the Famous Man United and off to Wemberley!

beat me to it........loved singing that one

 

[jojojo]

La, la, la Tommy O'Neill

I remember singing that too. I think Tommy got a few Under 23 caps and, as a deluded 15 year old, I thought he'd make the big time (and Paul Edwards before him).

Ah, OK - maybe it's not just my imagination playing tricks then.

In which case does anyone recall a chant that ends in the chorus:
Because he beats as he sweeps and he cleans
- or something like that

 

[Barry Red]

In the bad old days there were also a lot of anti-police songs, I remember....
(although not exclusive to OT, I think..)

such as..

Who's that twat in the big black hat? DIXON DIXON
Who's that twat in the big black hat? DIXON IS HIS NAME
On the beat all day, on the wife all night
Who's that twat in the big black hat, DIXON IS HIS NAME

Sung to the tune of the Camptown Races. Can't remember the rest of the lyrics but there were a couple of nasty anti-referee songs, too.

 

[Crumpsall Red]

Can you hear us on the telly over there
Can you hear us on the telly over there
Can you hear us on the telly
Hear us on the telly
Hear us on the telly over there


Webb's got an head like a feckin' coconut (David Webb - Chelsea)

If I die in the Kippax street whoa
If I die in the Kippax Stree whoa
If I die in the Kippax Street
I'll have 10 blue bastards at my feet
Whoa whoa

Bertie Mee said to Don Revie .....


Nobby Nobby
Nobby Nobby Nobby
Nobby Nobby
Nobby Nobby Stiles

Middy Middy Middy Middy Middelton - 'Shit'

You're going home in a wooden overcoat

You've only come in a taxi

Ay Ay Ay Ay
Bobby is better than Pele
Cos Pele is a no good bum
and so is Eusabio

 

[77]

We won the cup, we won the cup... EE-AYE-ADIO... we won the cup


Kiddo Kiddo
I don't know why Eusebio
and I say Kiddo

 

[french88devil]

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=IRPUrmST8zI

 

[Crumpsall Red]

We're off to Europe in the red, in the red
Denis Law will dazzle in the sun
and when we score the croed will roar
Especially the stretford end

E for B and Georgie Best (E for B = eggs for breakfast)
Dennis Law and all the rest.

da da
da da da
da da da da
KIDDO!

Who's that team we call united
Who's that team we all adore
they're the boys in red and white
and they fight with all their might
and we're out to show the world the way to score

Bring on Sunderland and Arsenal
bring on spaniards by the score
Barcelona Real Madrid
they will make a gallant bid
But they'll only know the reason why we roar

 

[Crumpsall Red]

Oh Dennis, Dennis
I'll walk a million miles for one of your goals
Oh Dennis

 

[Crumpsall Red]

5ft 8, underweight, Gerry Daly's fecking great!

I remember singing this away at Leicester after he equalised from a pen (about 1977 I think) it finished 1-1

 

[jojojo]

If I die in the Kippax street whoa
If I die in the Kippax Stree whoa
If I die in the Kippax Street
I'll have 10 blue bastards at my feet
Whoa whoa

Ah that takes me back.

My first away, stood in the Kippax

The United fans started up the song and a couple of the City lot were asking what they were singing.

I was that close to answering before I realised what a bad idea that might be

 

[jojojo]

Who's that team we call united
Who's that team we all adore
they're the boys in red and white
and they fight with all their might
and we're out to show the world the way to score

I think I remember another variant of that, ending with the line:
And we're bound to see Georgie Best score

There's a City-baiting variant of that one as well, something like:
Who's that standing on the doorstep
Who's that knocking at the door
It's Joe Mercer and his mate with a turkey on a plate
Because they can't get into Europe any more

Sometimes the things I remember worry me more than the things I forget

 

[77]

Who's up Mary Brown
Who's up Mary Brown

 

[jojojo]

In which case does anyone recall a chant that ends in the chorus:
Because he beats as he sweeps as he cleans
- or something like that

I'm not replying to myself because I've completely lost the plot, I do have an excuse. I've just remembered another next line (but not of course the preceding one that I'm trying to recall!)

.....
Because he beats as he sweeps as he cleans

We are great, we are cool,
We're United and we rule
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

Maybe we could revive it for Rio?

 

[Mr. MUJAC]

Who's up Mary Brown
Who's up Mary Brown

Ha ha ha

I forgot about that one completely!

 

[kf]

And my favourite:-
Ohh, Man United
The only English team to win the European Cup.

Used to love singing that at the Scousers. Happy days.

There was a time when a passage of particularly thrilling attacking play would be greeted by:

Hey hey hey United - football!

Which was pretty cool.

You're going home by combine harvester (to Norwich or Ipswich fans) was good.

My own particular favourite, which I've posted on here before.... When the IRA were at the height of their mainland bombing campaign in the mid 70s, almost every home game there would be a bomb scare at Old Trafford. Fortunately it was always a hoax, almost certainly perpetrated by the Scousers or City fans. Anyway, United in a spirit of civic duty, used to signal the fact that there was a bomb scare by putting a flashing light on top of the dugout. So anyone of a nervous dispostion could leave. I've never met anyone who actually left... However, the sight of the light was always heralded by the Stretford End with:

We're gonna get our fecking heads blown off!

 

[wolfshead]

totenhams always running
chelseas running too
but we're the stretford enders and we're running after you
united!
united!
united!

 

[ralphie88]

As someone who only remembers United from 1980 onwards, I'd like to say -

THIS IS A QUALITY THREAD.

Keep it up please. :thumbs up smilie:

 

[Crumpsall Red]

After Frank McGee of the Daily Mirror printed that United fans shouldn't be allowed to go to Wembley for the 1976 cup final just because we'd tore some ground down somewhere -

Kiss my arse Mcgee
Whatever will be will be
We're going to Wemb-er-ley
Kiss my arse McGee

 

[Crumpsall Red]

From the banks of the river Irwell to the shores of Sicily
We will fight fight fight for United till we win the football league
To hell with Liverpool
To hell with Man City (they're shit!)
We will fight fight fight for United till we win the football league

 

[gerrydaly]

You're going to get your fecking heads kicked in was popular, usually after we'd let a goal in.

We hate humans was another I heard, but I think that was from some Sunderland fans during the time when fans weren't segrated so much.

 

[Crumpsall Red]

Every time the attendance was announced the Stretford end would chant

Loyal Supporters

My mate thought they were singing 'Royal Supporters' so we let him for about 5 years!

 

[gerrydaly]

Here are some others I remember, but I have to be honest and say the full lytrics come from:

www.m-u-f-c.co.uk/songs/song.php?songid=26

From The Banks Of The River Irwell

From the banks of the River Irwell,
To the shores of Sicily,
We will fight, fight, fight for United,
'Till we win the Football League,
To hell with Liverpool,
To hell with Man City (they're shit!),
We will fight, fight, fight for United,
'Till we win the Football League.


We Are The Busby Boys

Hello, Hello, we are the Busby Boys,
Hello, Hello, we are the Busby Boys,
And if you are a City fan,
Surrender or you'll die,
We will follow United.

The Blaydon Races

Oh, my lads,
You should've seen us coming,
The fastest team in the land,
Just to see us running,
All the lads and lasses,
With smiles upon their faces,
Walking down the Warwick Road,
To see Matt Busby's Aces

About Stuart Pearson

I'd walk a million miles for one of your goals,
oh-oh-oh Stuart,
I'd walk a million miles for one of your goals,
oh-oh-oh Stuart.


The City Family Tune:"The Addams Family"

The live in a museum
And people pay to see 'em
They make you want to scre-am
The city family....

Der ner ner na.......

Their goals are made of plastic
The nets are all elastic
And Colin Bell's a spastic
The city family.............

Der ner ner na.......

The ABUs are all taught
of MASSIVE local support
But we know they're from Stockport
The city family......

Der ner ner na.......

Their star player George Weah
Has disappeared from here
After asking "where's me Red gear"
The city family..........

Der ner ner na.......

Their ground is a museum,
Nobody goes to see 'em,
They really are a scre-um
The city Family.....

Der ner ner na.......

The ground is made of plastic
the fans are fecking tragic
Joe Mercer is a spastic
The city Family

Der ner ner na......

 

[BahamaRed]

John Connerly John Connerly the winger to watch