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Thread #40016   Message #570389
Posted By: curmudgeon
12-Oct-01 - 07:18 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Football Crazy? / Fitba' Crazy
Subject: Lyr Add: FOOTBALL CRAZY
What wasn't in the Forum link above, is in Ewan MacColl's collection, "Personal Choice." And if you don't happen to have a copy...

He's fitba crazy, he's gaen clean mad.
The fitba's robbed him o' the wee bit sense he had.
It'd tak a washerwoman, his claithes tae rub and scrub
Since oor Jock becam a member o' that awfu fitba club.

The first match he went tae play I gaed tae see mysel,
They'd twa half bricks for the goalposts and a tin can for the ba.
The Prince of Wales was there himsel' wi' a' his ladie fair
When oor Jock cam oot and kicked the ba' richt up intae the air.

Repeat first verse.

Hope this helps -- Tom