[Archived] old songs

[rigger]

We are the pride of Lancashire,The cock of the north,

We hate the brummies and cockneys of course,

We only drink bitter and bottles of brown,

The Blackburn boys are in town.

[waggy]

WE,VE GOT WAGGY WAGGY WAGGY WAGGSTAFE ON THE WING

DAVID DAVID WAGSTAFFE ON THE WING,repeat last rendition with jack hope one easter monday in the wam in rishton

[JC4LAB]

Jim Reeves classic..I hear the sound of distance bu...s Over there..Over there and if they come..

[tomphil]

Who's your father,

who's your father,

who's your father referee,

you haven't got one,

you've never had one,

your a b######d referee !

[JC4LAB]

A real oldie but cant remember our players names..

"We all agree ..is better than Yaschin..is better than Eusebio and Burnley are in for a thrashin.."

[waggy]

:rover:it was on that famous saturday.the 2nd day of may . we met a bunch of a swansea fans on the moterway

they said they would win promotion

we said they would win fook all

on that famous saturday

when preston fooked it up

[Exiled in Toronto]

A real oldie but cant remember our players names..

"We all agree ..is better than Yaschin..is better than Eusebio and Burnley are in for a thrashin.."

I believe it was Barton and Douglas

[iacok]

There's a tavern in the town,

In the town,

Where Bob Lord, he is a clown,

Is a clown,

And he sings and he dances

And he looks a proper ######,

There's a tavern in the town!

[Roost]

My one skin lies over my two skin

My two skin lies over my three

My three skin lies over my ****skin

So roll back my ****skin for me, for me

aaaahh, the memories!

[Alanf]

Theres a circus in the town, in the town

Frankie Casper is a clown, is a clown

Burnley barstewards to division 4

And we wont see them any more, any more!!!!!!!

[Neal]

And then there was the guy who used to stand on tables at away pubs - particularly remember Southampton - to lead us in a military stylee song. I'm afraid all I remember of it was the 'Go left, go right, go pick up a stick, go left, go right, go le-eft!' bit. What ever happened to him?

That's my dad! He saw this thread and told me, he and my mum were laughing as everyone seemed to be talking of him like he was dead! His name is Nidge Burton, we both still have season tickets and STAND in the Darwen end. We moved there from years of boredom in BBurn End... The occasional "Barmy army" chant just wasn't enough for us. My dad's mob used to sing that at every away game, the others don't seem to have the passion for our once great Rovers anymore... Shame.

We both miss those days.

[Neal]

One of my favourite songs was another of my dads:

"They called him Jack Walker... They called him the king of the land, on that bright summers day, on the 14th of May... Stood there with that cup in his hand".

It goes on, but it's one song that always brought a tear to my eye, feels very heartfelt and has a great melody. Really wished we sang that one.

[sambo]

One of my favourite songs was another of my dads:

"They called him Jack Walker... They called him the king of the land, on that bright summers day, on the 14th of May... Stood there with that cup in his hand".

It goes on, but it's one song that always brought a tear to my eye, feels very heartfelt and has a great melody. Really wished we sang that one.

This is one of the old Rovers video's, and I think also on one of the tribute videos you can find to Jack Walker on Youtube ('The Club That Jack Built').

A few fans are singing it at Crewe, it's a great song!

[waggy]

were mental were barmy

were howard kendalls army.

i,ve never felt more like hitting the town

burnley are a load of clowns

oh rovers you,ve got me singing the blues

[waggy]

i,m a knock kneed chicken and a bow legged hen

i,ve not had a fight since i do,nt know when

i walk with a wiggle and a waggle and a woo

we are the BLACK BURN ROVERS

[Sparky Marky]

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

[m1st]

Is my memory playing tricks, but in the late 60s & 70s didn't we used to sing the old Elvis song, "Can't help falling in love with you"?

[alexanders]

That's my dad! He saw this thread and told me, he and my mum were laughing as everyone seemed to be talking of him like he was dead! His name is Nidge Burton, we both still have season tickets and STAND in the Darwen end. We moved there from years of boredom in BBurn End... The occasional "Barmy army" chant just wasn't enough for us. My dad's mob used to sing that at every away game, the others don't seem to have the passion for our once great Rovers anymore... Shame.

We both miss those days.

Fanstic song!

[iacok]

Is my memory playing tricks, but in the late 60s & 70s didn't we used to sing the old Elvis song, "Can't help falling in love with you"?

Yes we did.

[Mattyblue]

We sang that till not long ago.

[ABBEY]

Tonights song about the bin dippers .. Look in a dustbin for something to eat

[Kelbo]

Is my memory playing tricks, but in the late 60s & 70s didn't we used to sing the old Elvis song, "Can't help falling in love with you"?

The New Seekers, 'Never ending Love' and Cilla Blacks 'Somethings gonna happen tonight' were always played aound that time,

maybe 'somethings gonna happen tonight is quite appropriate for today!

[m1st]

We sang that till not long ago.

Thanks for that, Matty - I feared my memory was going. If I'm ever on "Desert Island Discs", that'll be one of my 8 [not sung by us, though!].

[thenodrog]

You are my sunshine. Then at the end the back of the Blackburn End all pushed forward, woe betide you if you weren't paying attention and ran forward

I rem that the day we were relegated at Boundary Park. It was sung like a sombre funeral dirge, it was amazingly effective and would be highly appropriate right now.

[thenodrog]

That's my dad! He saw this thread and told me, he and my mum were laughing as everyone seemed to be talking of him like he was dead! His name is Nidge Burton, we both still have season tickets and STAND in the Darwen end. We moved there from years of boredom in BBurn End... The occasional "Barmy army" chant just wasn't enough for us. My dad's mob used to sing that at every away game, the others don't seem to have the passion for our once great Rovers anymore... Shame.

We both miss those days.

That vid was before the FA Cup SF at OT v Chelsea.

Top footballer was Nig, one of the six best players that I played against in the Sunday League when there just were some good uns turning out. Quite a few with solid professional experience too. I seem to rem Nig played for Morecambe on Saturdays too didn't he?

I believe it was Barton and Douglas

Fred Else