If you are from Hull then shame on you!!!!!!! I'm old enough to remember the Kingston Peridot, the Ross Cleveland, and the St Romanus. not to mention The Gaul all sunk with all hands, all brave fishing lads from Hull just trying to make some money best they could. Maybe you prefer some crappy little Elvis Presley song blaring out before kickoff to be your anthemn, personally I think it's a stupid song that means nothing to Hull and I do'nt recall it ever being sung at boothferry park. I think it's a new plastic fan invention but be that as it may, do'nt call a song that celebrates our history in our city **** please.
the respective reactions on here and on CI are interesting....on CI we have more traditional fans who would love the anthem, on here there are some lesstraditional discenters who would prefer City'Ull, City'Ull, etc or the well used falling in love song. the latter have never known anything else
Adopting this song has nothing to do with whether you like folk music or not(for the record, I don't like folk music), this is about adopting a song written by a proud Hull bloke and a song about the city of Hull's heritage. For many of us, the sight of fleet of trawlers is still clear in the memory, I even considered going to sea when I left school as it was the best paid work around at the time, that was until I found out quite how grim it was and how many people still didn't come back(it was already a dying industry by then too). I think we should try and narrow it to one verse/chorus and try and get it going at away games first, it will be easier than getting the KC massive on-board.
On the subject of our sea-fairing tradition, I think the Childrens Homes around here, such as Newland, speaks silent volumes for Hull's stoicism, pragmatism determined work ethic. There can't be many industries that would build a home for children that needed one because there was such a strong possibility that their dad wasn't coming home from work. I suspect H&S would be getting them to address these safety issues these days. The sight of friends getting taken aside by teachers to be told their dad's ships gone down is a sobering one, even as a raggy arsed kid. Perhaps our stoicism is our downfall as it leads to a lack of recognition? When the Government killed the industry, there was no bleating like the miners or steelworkers, just a shrug and a look at what else we can do.
My Grandad got very ill when I was young and was unable to work, so he passed his time going to the docks and doing oil paintings of the trawlers. On occasion, when a trawler was lost at sea, the HDM would run his painting on the front page, as it was deemed more respectful than a photograph. I wish the family had kept hold of those paintings, I tried to track them down, but nobody seems to know what happened to them.
Thought I'd join in this one. Being of an age which would put me in the play-off paces in Febbos' table (great thread) and from the west of the City I rememeber the fishing industry well. Although my family weren't fishermen I remember the grief of classmates who lost fathers and brothers when the Peridot, St Romanus and Cleveland went down and the general depression and devestation when the industry died. I also remember the Watersons in the Olde Bluebell and Three Day Millionaire has been a favourite of mine for many years. It sums up for me the fishing industry that has been such a part of Hull and in particular the attitude of the Hull people. The sad thing is when some people on this board call it **** music. It's not. It's a clever song by one of our own for a way of life that's disappeared but is still remembered by many, many thousands. You may not like it but it's not ****. I don't like Man Utd but you have to respect them (grudgingly). I realise that for most under 40 it won't mean very much and it's difficult to see it catching on as an anthem but if I hear it home or away I'll join in!
Start work on learning the(slightly amended) words to the shortened version........... Why I left school Friday And I started work on Saturday To catch the early tide And be a galley boy's me plan On the fishin' grounds to roam Eighteen hundred mile from home I couldn't give a bugger, I'm a City fan And when I get to skipper I'll get married, have a nipper I s'll take the lad to sea wi' me And teach him all I can I'll be a different sort of fella Have a house out in Kirk Ella And I'll show the bleedin' neighbours who's a City fan
sorry No. 1 great effort but the key lines for me are: Brylcream in me 'air Three day millionaire....
