Right, this is a concerted effort to get some new songs together for our lads, we've got to start of with some tunes that everyone knows. ie, Yellow Submarine.

First off: can anyone, dare i say it, change the words to Cushie Butterfield? - that should be a tune that most of us know and it's local.

Second - more tunes. There's one that the Italians use a lot but i can't for the life of me remember it - and it's something bleedin' obvious as well, but something that hasn't been used much here. Anyone watching Gazzetta Italia enlighten us...?

Beatles songs are a good one to rip to pieces. As are current chart hits. Gav - get yer Britney Spears album out...

Heads together, lads and lasses...

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Answers

Good idea Min.

I particularly like Cushy Butterfield but the hest I can come up with for now is:

He's a big lad and a bonny lad, and he likes his beer, and the caal him Phillipe Albert, and I wish he was here!

Plenty of other names fit. It just seems appropriate to Rupert. :o))

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

He's a young lad , and a skinny lad and he likes his beer , Kieron dyer's in a porno vid so we know he's not queer ...

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

excellent Pilgrim.

Sting, get back to work.... ;-)

C'mon people...

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Here's the HTML for all the words you might need.

http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~dc920/HomePage.priests.html

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

This one's probably better.

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/5863/alsang.html

The other one is linked from here.

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

For Saturday, how about....

Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, Aa'll tell ye aall and aaful story, Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, An' Aal tell ye 'bout the chimp.

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Have we had this one? - Lola:

"Alain, Alain Go-ma..." etc

Currently working on "D'yer Maker" by Led Zeppelin...watch this space...or not...

; o )

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Actually Sting I fucking like it! i'm gonna be singing that one come this weekend.... ;)

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

I know you're not kidding either : - ) Getting excited already .

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

To the tune of Copacabana .. his name was Clarence , Clarence-acuna he'll get to the ball slightly soonerthanya , woooahhhhhhh Clarence .......

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

I'm getting dead excited and nervous as well....already convinced we're gonna get beaten which has to be a good sign after I was convinced we'd beat Everton at home!

a 1 and a 2 and a 3....he's a young lad and a skinny lad and he likes his beer, Kieron Dyer's been in a porno vid so we know he's not queer....

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

He's a young lad, he's a shy lad and he loves the Toon They call him wee Aaron Hughesie and he'll score this afternoon.

I may have trouble making that scan.

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Sting, luv yours, BTW. Are you and Gav coming up by train?

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

I'd rather beat the mackems than go to Europe, I'd rather beat the mackems than go to Europe

oh I'd rather beat the mackems,

rather beat the mackems,

rather beat the mackems than go to Europe. MONKEY HEED!!!!!

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

"Bassedas sounds like a bubble bath..."

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Nope I'm flying up on Friday.....wouldn't go near a train at the minute....not cos it'd crash just cos I couldn't handle the go slow and all that bollox....I've got friday off so I can get fucking hammered on friday night and then kick it off again on Saturday....

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Of course, what I really want to hear, THREE times, is "Same old Shearer. always scoring".

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

I think Sue's up on the Friday, too. Don't blame you re train - it took me from 5.45pm til 2am to get to Newcastle last weekend...

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Im this weeks chauffeur , leaving Lavly 'ol Lahndahn at 7.00 am .. hopefully avoid silly mackems on the 'ra , then stay at the Mal Maison n drive back Sunday , afetr having a cultchad afternoon and evening with Gav me bro and all youse lot ;-) Up the 'ra doon the 'ra ower the hill me canny bairn : - )

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Where's everyone having their pre-match pints ?

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Now I'm the king of the whingers, the one and only MONKEY HEED The team I've got is a load of crap and that's what's botherin' me I wanna be a manager of a decent team instead of feeling down, And be just like the other managers, I'm tired of monkeyin' 'round, oh

CHORUS:

Ooh, ooh, ooh, I wanna be like Bobby I wanna walk like Bobby, talk like you Bobby, ooh, ooh You'll see it's true ooh, ooh, an ape like me, ee, Can learn to be hu-ooh-ooh- like Bobby too, ooh, ooh

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Better with some formatting!! Now I'm the king of the whingers, the one and only MONKEY HEED

The team I've got is a load of crap and that's what's botherin' me

I wanna be a manager of a decent team instead of feeling down,

And be just like the other managers, I'm tired of monkeyin' 'round, oh

CHORUS: Ooh, ooh, ooh, I wanna be like Bobby

I wanna walk like Bobby, talk like you Bobby, ooh, ooh

You'll see it's true ooh, ooh, an ape like me, ee,

Can learn to be hu-ooh-ooh- like Bobby too, ooh, ooh

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Like it a lot : -)) Unfortunately i have a feeling the lads awya from home may have a bit of trouble with that one after a few beers ... mebbes release it as a post match / christmas single .. with Peter Reids got a fu(kin monkeys heed on the B-side .. you may laff but i bet youd sell a canny few of them : - ))

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

(Cushie Butterfield)

He's got long arms and a hairy back and he (ee) eats fleas, they call him Peytar Reyd and he jangles his keyse.

Right, back to work. Ahem

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Right! One more. Excuse formatting 'cos I can't wor it.

I'm a broken hearted monkey, an' I'm o'er head in love,

With a munchkin from London, an' I caal him me dove.

His name is Kevin Philips, an' he yells BSell us eh?B,

Cos ah canna stand Mackems and aah want away. CHORUS: He's a big ass, heBs got no class, an' heBll nivvor stop here,

Bcos heBs off to Arsenal by the end of the year .

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

I see it doesn't like quotation marks and italic apostropes.

chorus should read:

He's a big ass, heBs got no class, an' heBll nivvor stop here,

Bcos heBs off to Arsenal by the end of the year .

- It this works!

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Ah Bollocks!

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Second Verse! Same rubbish formatting.

HeBs well balanced player his colleagues agree.

WiB a chip on both shoulders an a heed big as me.

But noo heBs stopped scorin, an he wanta away.

Aad swap him for Shearer or Cole anyday.

He's a Big Ass..........

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

How the hell do I format this????????

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Also excuse typos. One of them days.

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

nice effort but ; - )

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

If we're giving them a tonking surely there can be nothing better than a rendition of "Cheer up Monkey Heed, oh what can it mean to a....."

I know it was they're song but that'll rub them up even more! Everybody knows it and if half the stadium sings it it'll be amazing.

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2000

Oh DeBuilder....what do you mean their song!"?!?!?!?!?!

WE STARTED IT to take the piss out of them and then it was quickly aborted into Sad Geordie Bastards....well at least that's the way I remember it?!?!?

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2000

Gav,

I thought they starter it as a wind up to Peter Reid during their promotion season, who despite romping home in the league was still a miserable little ape. Of course the words were different and a little more complimentary!

Many other teams then cottoned on to it and used it in a derisory manner.

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2000

Kinda got this idea from reading Garcie's posting to Ken on a different thread....how about...

Who let the chimps out....Ooh Ooh Who let the chimps out....Ooh Ooh Who let the chimps out....Ooh Ooh

To the tune of who let the dogs out....

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2000

That would be a great reposte to their tune of "Who let the Don out" as in Don Hutchison. They've been harping on the RTG about this and if we immediately reply with the chimps edition it'll soon piss them off.

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2000

Consider it done....

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2000