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Thread #100339   Message #2012899
Posted By: Jim Dixon
31-Mar-07 - 06:40 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Hooligans
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hooligans
Joan Bimson, of Southport, Merseyside UK, has written a thesis called Hard Wired for Heroes: A Study of Punk Fanzines, Fandom and the Historical Antecedents of the Punk Movement (a pdf document) which explores, among other things, hooliganism, and contains the following quote:

"The word [hooligan] was Irish in origin and came from a music hall song of the 1890s performed by comedians O'Connor and Brady, about a fictitious Irish family:I found a few references to a music-hall song called HOOLIGAN'S FANCY DRESS BALL by John H Wagner (T. B. Harms & Co, 1894), but I have no lyrics and I'm not sure it's the right song.