There was one about a knock kneed chicken and a bow legged hen that ended with WE ARE THE CITY BOOT BOYS. I never did understand the other two lines but I think it was quite rude, I was just an innocent child back then
Most of the ones I remember were from the hooligan 80s, but I can only remember bits. Who can fill in the gaps to this one: Everywhere we go - People wanna know Who the hell the who we are ... Then it gets a bit fuzzy.
Everywhere we go People wanna know Who the hell the who we are Were the boys in Amber and Black Love to sing, love to scrap
That's it! And the whole thing was: Everywhere we go People wanna know Who the hell the who we are Were the boys in Amber and Black Love to sing, love to scrap CITY clap clap clap - clap clap clap clap - CITY So what about: Y.R.A We're Yorkshire's Republican Army we're barmy Wherever we go, be friend or foe We are the Y.R.A. Was that close? The real words c/o Dutch_Mountain_Dog: Y.....R.....A we're Yorkshire's Republican Army, we're Barmy Where ever we go we fear no foe 'cos we are the YRA
I am informed that the Boothferry Roar was a one verse song with its own special tune played and sung only for the few years of the Raich Carter era.That period was from 1948 to 1952. Suggest dem_on makes a video recording in his deep baritone voice and puts it on here after Christmas!
Not a chance Mrs BMB .I go online regularly on Paltalk and sing karaoke in French ,Spanish,Portuguese,Italian,English,Japanese and Maori ,usually in Brazilian or Spanish rooms and have done for 4/5 years but on there I'm anonymous so it doesn't bother me. I wouldn't have the nerve to do a recording and post it on here .
Bloody 'ell dem_on! I'm well impressed. Are you a sort of multi-lingual Bing Crosby in your spare time? Anyway I just want to say have a good Christmas to all of the people who have contributed to this thread (especially The Time Team) and thanks for all of your valuable memories, stories and contributions so far. I hope it's obvious to everyone that this little enclave now contains information about The Tigers that wouldn't have existed without your help. Behind the scenes I'm compiling it all in chronological order as well as gathering every scrap of other info I can get my hands on. The target that UnaBomber and I are aiming for is to give it all a proper home on the web asap, so please keep posting and with a bit of luck fans will still be reading your stories in a hundred years as they add theirs about retaining the Champions League title for the fifth year in succession.
Yes I agree, it was only one verse as I remember, but it was only a few weeks ago that I found out that Daisy Daisy had two verses so my memory is nothing to go by
Boothferry Roar was indeed a one verse song and I have written the exact words as recorded here on other e-mails over the years to the Tigers etc. In my befuddled memory of other Tiger items the tune sticks in my brain very vividly. However singing it on here by me would be a complete disaster - even, I would say, to the shutting down of Not 606!!!
I have some questions for younger Tigers supporters that have puzzled me for some time as these names were not used in my day and should become part of the history of the Club. When did the name Kempton come into being and why? When did supporters start calling Boothferry Park Fer Ark and why? I can probably guess the why on this one. Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to everyone.
Afraid I don't know about the Kempton one Yardley, but the answer (with link) to the Fer Ark one is below. Merry Christmas: "Emblematic of Hull City’s decline and financial strife throughout the 1990′s was the illuminated letters that spelt out BOOTHFERRY PARK above the club’s offices behind the ground’s North Stand terrace. Nightfall gave the increasingly ramshackle stadium a shortened moniker, as only FER ARK was lit up, the bulbs having long given up the ghost in the other characters. Many attempts to fix the red signage were made, alas with but fleeting success, as one by one the lamps winked out, once again leaving just FER ARK visible on an evening. As a result many supporters affectionately referred to the ground as ‘Fer Ark’, sometimes just ‘the Ark’, a practice that began on the Tiger-Chat email group." http://www.ambernectar.org/blog/2009/09/the-soul-of-hull-city-part-two/
Don't be shy Yardley. My husband recalls standing next to you at School assemblies and your rendition of "Forty Years On" was sublime and "Jerusalem" positively angelic! Can you or anyone also remember when "Tiger Rag" ceased being played as the theme song when the Tigers ran on at Boothferry Park? He remembers it starting early in the post-war era but has a memory "hole" as to when it stopped. Also there is a diversity of opinion as to what version of "Tiger Rag" was played with opinions ranging from the Original Dixieland Jazz Band to the Mills Brothers. It is rumoured that the Club still has the original 78rpm recording in its archives.
Kempton because the East stand backed onto Kempton Rd - nothing no more sinister than that. Tip toe thru' the Kempton with yer boots on
Can you or anyone also remember when "Tiger Rag" ceased being played as the theme song when the Tigers ran on at Boothferry Park? He remembers it starting early in the post-war era but has a memory "hole" as to when it stopped. It was still being played in the 1970s.
"Also there is a diversity of opinion as to what version of "Tiger Rag" was played with opinions ranging from the Original Dixieland Jazz Band to the Mills Brothers. It is rumoured that the Club still has the original 78rpm recording in its archives." In the centenary auction in 2004 , there was a lot of old 78rpm records 'used at Boothferry Park' sold. It contained the Turkish, Luxemburg national anthems from when City played Fenerbache, Galtasaray and Progres Niedercorn. It was probably the old records used over the PA. Wouldn't surprise me if Tiger Rag was in among them. Of course the club will know who has it won't they?
Here's a modern memory for ya that might be worth sticking in the archives. I had been gone from Hull for over 20 years and the last game I had seen was at Boothferry Park with my dad. I came home and brought my son Robert Firth with me who was named after him and I took him to see the first game of the season August before last. We walked down Anlaby Rd from town past all the familiar sights like the flats and Hull Royal Infirmary, I stopped for a pint in the Eagle and then headed over the flyover. Walking in the footsteps of me and my dad all them years before it was very emotional for me as my dad has long since past away but I felt he was walking with us that day. Anyway as I walked over the flyover I sang this little song to my son. And when my time has come My son, and perhaps his son At the KC stadium Will look up at the evening sky And think about my dad and I Until the lights go dark We beat Swansea that day and John Bostock fired a rocket in for the winner it was my sons first football match as he was born in America but if Carlsberg did days out that would be how they would do it.
Oh this is the song I sung going over the flyover to him another one that deserves a place in the tiger history blog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_vjobFpWLg
A very touching song that John and obviously a special day for you and your lad. Nice to hear your bringing him up as a true Tiger in the land of glorified softball and rugby with extra padding.
Craig, I think the ownership/shareholding must be well documented for the Needler family era, but I was wondering if information of the clubs ownership in the early years (and up to the Needlers) was known. Ownership, and the type of people who back clubs has a massive effect on their story. It would be interesting to get this included in your history log/thread.