Chants we may never hear at the Etihad again?

[allan harper]

How's your father
Wheres your father
How's your father referee

Haven't got one
Never had one
You're a bastard referee

Might make a come back that one.

 

[levets]

Anyone out there remember "You're worse than Leeds United"?

Leeds came once and were incredibly defensive, so that chant was aimed at anyone deemed as playing boring football.

I'd guess around 82.

Yep... of course :-)

Leeds horrible defensive display at Maine Road early 80's 81-82... every trick in the book to stop us scoring... Kevin Reeves volley wins the game in injury time.. majestic!<br /><br />-- Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:16 pm --<br /><br />

One of my favourites from the Kippax days was :-

My only City
My only City
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You'll never now just
How much I love you
So please don't take
My City away
Na na na na na na

It may have been sung away but I've never heard it at the Etihad (:

YOU ARE MY CITY,
My only City, you make me happy...

get it right mate FFS!

 

[levets]

In 1963 my friends we went to Division 2
The Stretford End cried out aloud its the end of the sky blue
Joe Mercer,we played the game ,we went to Rotherham
We won one nil and we were back into Division One
Since then we`ve won the cup we`ve won the league
We`ve won in Europe too and when we sing this song to you
CITY,CITY,CITY,CITY

You`ll never take the Kippax

Wrong, wrong, wrong.... been debated to high heaven on here....

In 1963 we went, into division two,
The Stretford End cried out aloud "it's the end of you sky blue"
Joe Mercer came, we played the game, we went to Rotherham,
We won 1-0 and we were back into division one.

since then... we've won the league, we've won the cup,
we've been (bin) to europe too,
And when we win the league this year,
we'll sing this song to you....

 

[Griff27]

In 1963 my friends we went to Division 2
The Stretford End cried out aloud its the end of the sky blue
Joe Mercer,we played the game ,we went to Rotherham
We won one nil and we were back into Division One
Since then we`ve won the cup we`ve won the league
We`ve won in Europe too and when we sing this song to you
CITY,CITY,CITY,CITY

You`ll never take the Kippax

Wrong, wrong, wrong.... been debated to high heaven on here....

In 1963 we went, into division two,
The Stretford End cried out aloud "it's the end of you sky blue"
Joe Mercer came, we played the game, we went to Rotherham,
We won 1-0 and we were back into division one.

since then... we've won the league, we've won the cup,
we've been (bin) to europe too,
And when we win the league this year,
we'll sing this song to you....

I thought it was...

In 1963 we FELL into division 2,

 

[awaydayblue]

Barry, Barry Conlon........:-)

John Bond We love you,........

So come down to Maine Road, and do us all a favour, that footballs lost its taste so try another flavour, Man City......:-)

 

[Didsbury Dave]

In 1963 my friends we went to Division 2
The Stretford End cried out aloud its the end of the sky blue
Joe Mercer,we played the game ,we went to Rotherham
We won one nil and we were back into Division One
Since then we`ve won the cup we`ve won the league
We`ve won in Europe too and when we sing this song to you
CITY,CITY,CITY,CITY

You`ll never take the Kippax

Wrong, wrong, wrong.... been debated to high heaven on here....

In 1963 we went, into division two,
The Stretford End cried out aloud "it's the end of you sky blue"
Joe Mercer came, we played the game, we went to Rotherham,
We won 1-0 and we were back into division one.

since then... we've won the league, we've won the cup,
we've been (bin) to europe too,
And when we win the league this year,
we'll sing this song to you....

It amazes me how many get this wrong, Gary James actually started the trend din his one of his books!

For me it is "fell" into division 2 , the end of "the sky blues" and we'll sing this song "for" you, but apart from that I make you right levets. Don't foget the "And won!" after "Europe too"

Not saying I'm right and you're wrong, I don't think there is a definitive version, but that's what I've always sung.

 

[levets]

In 1963 my friends we went to Division 2
The Stretford End cried out aloud its the end of the sky blue
Joe Mercer,we played the game ,we went to Rotherham
We won one nil and we were back into Division One
Since then we`ve won the cup we`ve won the league
We`ve won in Europe too and when we sing this song to you
CITY,CITY,CITY,CITY

You`ll never take the Kippax

Wrong, wrong, wrong.... been debated to high heaven on here....

In 1963 we went, into division two,
The Stretford End cried out aloud "it's the end of you sky blue"
Joe Mercer came, we played the game, we went to Rotherham,
We won 1-0 and we were back into division one.

since then... we've won the league, we've won the cup,
we've been (bin) to europe too,
And when we win the league this year,
we'll sing this song to you....

It amazes me how many get this wrong, Gary James actually started the trend din his one of his books!

For me it is "fell" into division 2 and we'll sing this song "for" you, but apart from that I make you right levets. Don't foget the "And won!" after "Europe too"

Definitely as written up there mate... originally. I'm talking 1970 mate!!!!
We added 'and won' after Gornik Zabre were defeated.

mancs wouldn't use the word fell... 'we went'... (you only need to review the vocab used on 'ere to see what I mean :-))

'And when (hoping) we win the league this year, we'll sing this song to you

 

[mancityvstoke]

City,,,City ....City

 

[EaglesFan]

oooooooooohhh-oooooooooh - Edin Dzekooooooo

:-)

People trying to "steal" that one for the NT.

 

[Gary James]

In 1963 my friends we went to Division 2
The Stretford End cried out aloud its the end of the sky blue
Joe Mercer,we played the game ,we went to Rotherham
We won one nil and we were back into Division One
Since then we`ve won the cup we`ve won the league
We`ve won in Europe too and when we sing this song to you
CITY,CITY,CITY,CITY

You`ll never take the Kippax

Wrong, wrong, wrong.... been debated to high heaven on here....

In 1963 we went, into division two,
The Stretford End cried out aloud "it's the end of you sky blue"
Joe Mercer came, we played the game, we went to Rotherham,
We won 1-0 and we were back into division one.

since then... we've won the league, we've won the cup,
we've been (bin) to europe too,
And when we win the league this year,
we'll sing this song to you....

It amazes me how many get this wrong, Gary James actually started the trend din his one of his books!

For me it is "fell" into division 2 , the end of "the sky blues" and we'll sing this song "for" you, but apart from that I make you right levets. Don't foget the "And won!" after "Europe too"

Not saying I'm right and you're wrong, I don't think there is a definitive version, but that's what I've always sung.

Lots of people have got this wrong over the years, but I don't think I can claim credit for starting a trend I'm afraid. I'm obviously responsible for what I write in my own books, but not for others using words that I've never said. For example, I've never said 'my friends' in any version I've written about.

The only books of mine that include any of the song are my biog of Joe Mercer and Farewell To Maine Road. In the original 1993 version of Mercer I only quoted one section:

"Joe Mercer Came, We played the game, We went to Rotherham, We won one-nil, and we went back into Division One"

In the 2010 version I included more: "In nineteen-sixty-three we went into Division Two, The Stretford End cried out aloud, 'It's the end of you Sky Blues', Joe Mercer came, We played the game, We went to Rotherham, We won one-nil and we wemt back into Division One."

Some time back on a BM thread I posted this, which included details of an error that appeared in the 1994 Kippax Last Stand prog which talked of In 1962 rather than 1963! This uses the line 'the boys in Blue fell into Division Two' and that is what, I believe, DD, Levets and others rightly corrected me on (see below; this wording also made it into the 2003 published FTMR - only 2000 copies were printed). That's why the 2010 Mercer book starts with the DD/Levets wording (for which I remember thanking all who contributed to the thread at the time).

Like everyone else I do get things wrong, but I corrected the error (which in itself was based on other fans' views) and can hardly be responsible for every incorrect version ever sung. If only I had that much influence... I'd use it to bring back white shorts (don't get me started on that one).

When I put together the words for the Kippax Last Stand tribute in the City programme in 1994 (with Mike Donaldson) I spoke with various other fans to get some definitive chants in there. We included this one and the words were agreed by a group of fans. There were different versions, and so there could be a few minor alterations ("went to Division Two" could be "fell in to Division Two"). The version the majority suggested was 'the boys in blue went in to Division Two'.

We also tested the chant with the right tune to make sure it scanned (not that that means much with football chants normally, but this is more lyrical than most).

There was a slight misprint with the year in the programme (63 became 62!) but other than that the words printed were:

In '63 the boys in blue went to Division Two,
The Stretford End cried out aloud 'it's the end of the Sky Blue',
Joe Mercer came, we played the game,
We went to Rotherham,
we won one nil and we were back into Division One,
Since then we've won the League,
We've won the cup,
We've been to Europe too (and won),
And when we win the League again we'll sing this song to you.... CITY!

I was never certain when 'And won' was added but it does make sense that this came when City defeated Gornik in the 1970 ECWC final. So when did the original chant start? The end of the 1968-69 season I guess, when we won the FAC Cup. It'd be good if we could date a lot of our chants.