Well, here we go again! And to start this season, I’ve chosen a song from the early 1960s, performed in a show called “Wait A Minim”, which comprised a small group of 6 (mostly) South African artists (one of whom I had met at university) singing and playing 57 instruments between them. This song was a hit, outselling Elvis in Sth Africa - the highlight of the evening, mocking the language of the racially charged white minority inhabitants at a time when apartheid not only referred to black/white separation, but also to Afrikaans/English-speakers. It’s also quite funny about youngsters wanting desperately to be taken on an outing (cue Covid references?). Sadly, the name of one of the sweets in the chorus includes the n-word, which I would never use. When singing it (yes!) I have always replaced it with “bullseyes”. In 1961, it caused less of a stir - and was seen simply as the word the kids would use. I couldn’t find a recording of the song with a replacement word, although I know Jeremy Taylor (an ardent, banned anti-apartheid campaigner) changed it during later performances. By the way, I predict a modest but comfortable win to get us going in 2020/21. Cheers, all! AG PLEEZ DEDDY* (Jeremy Taylor) Ag pleez Denny*, how we long to see the stadium, Watch our team, and specially NUMBER TEN! We wanna see a footie match And see our favourite Spurs men - And when the Covid’s over we shall come back in again. Chorus: Moura, Lamela, Davies and Tanganga, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Dier, Foyth, Son - Ag Denny how we miss Bergwijn, Winks, Hugo Lloris, Dele Alli, Sissoko, Lo Celso, Gedson! Ag pleez Denny, how we want to see some football! We wanna see the Tottnam show their class! We’ve bought our seasons - you know us! - We’ll wait a while, won’t make a fuss - Then we'll rock the Paxton when we beat the Ars! Chorus Ag pleez Denny, how we want to see the new men: We wanna meet a guy called Doherty, Say hi to Hojbjerg and Joe Hart - And hope they make a winning start, ('Cos José's gonna change the team and set Rose free!) Chorus Ag pleez Denny, when the Toffees come to Tottnam We wanna show them how the Spurs can play. We’re gonna score through Kane and Son, And when it ends, and we have won, We’ll know the team has given us a great Spursday! Chorus Prediction: Spurs 2 Everton 0 Scorers: Kane, Son Cheers, Spurf! And thanks for getting this going again! * That’s Denny Levy, not Denny Rose!
I am tempted to say, who the **** are you, but I know it's you Spurlock. Could you find a more complicated bloody name? Can I just continue to call you Spurlock because by November I assume you will be back to some kind of normality and Spurlock again.
Likewise I shall continue to call you Bald Archie, because I did not lose a bet and I will have to change it all back again if I go with you 5 year olds name
Spurs 3 - 2 Everton Kane, Son and PEH. Thank you COYS Too early. And too late to change but looking at Everton line up , it's a toffee win
