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Thread #95723   Message #1864573
Posted By: Azizi
20-Oct-06 - 04:47 PM
Thread Name: football songs are they folk or traditional songs
Subject: RE: football songs are they folk or traditional songs
Captain Birdseye, you wrote that the football Wheelbarrow song uses the "On Top Of Old Smokey" tune.

I found this post in the other thread for which a link is provided:

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: WHEELBARROW SONG
From: GUEST,Ian, Nottingham UK - PM
Date: 17 Jun 05 - 05:04 PM

Infinately better is the chant sung by fans of Notts County Football Club:

The Wheelbarrow Song


We had a wheelbarrow,
The wheel fell off,
We had a wheelbarrow,
And the wheel fell off!!!!!

Ian

-snip-

I'm trying to sense how those words mentioned by GUEST,Ian, Nottingham UK fit with that tune. Are there additional words?

Also, when during the game do fans sing this particular song? Is it when the team is winning or do they sing this at various times during the game to taunt the other team? I gather that each team has a specific song. Would you please post other songs with their respective teams?

Thanks.