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Thread #36298 Message #1924242
Posted By: GUEST,Big Tam
01-Jan-07 - 04:48 PM
Thread Name: hall and mcgregor
Subject: RE: Hall and Mcgregor : Fitba ' Crazy
I've been researching 'Fitba' Crazy ' for my son and come up with this version which combines the original Music Hall theme of the late 19th Century with Hall and McGregor's modern version.
Noo ye a' ken my big brother His name is Jock McGraw He's lately joined a fitba' club For he's mad about fitba' He's twa black een already an' Three teeth oot by the root Where his face became connected wi' Some other fellow's boot
Chorus
Oh he's fitba' crazy He's fitba mad His fitba' capers robbed him O'the wee bit sense he had It would take a dozen servants His claes tae patch and scrub Since oor Jock became a member O'that terrible fitba' club
Noo the first match that he ever played I went masel' and saw They'd twa hauf bricks for goal posts And a tin can for a ba' The Prince o' Wales was there himsel' Wi a'his ladies grand So our Jock he got an egg box And erected a grandstand
Chorus
Of a' the fitba' clubs there are Jock swears they are the best Ye ought tae hear him brag aboot How time has stood the test They've challenged a' the ither clubs But nane'll tak' them up Since they beat the Blind Asylum For the Silver Plated Cup
Chorus
In the second half at Hampden The Captain said 'McGraw Ye'd better tak' this penalty or we'll never win at a' He took forty paces backward and shot off from the mark The ba' went soarin' mightily And landed in New York
Chorus
His wife says she'll divorce him That's if he disnae keep Frae kickin' up a rumpus Playin' fitba' in his sleep He cries oot it's a corner kick Mair nonsense just as droll He kicked her oot o' bed last nicht And shouted 'It's a goal '