Club Anthem

Bit folky but happy to lend a hand... :unsure:


I was born in a northern town.
Between the steel river
and the North Yorks moors
a jewel in England's crown.

I live on the edge of a cruel sea
Cold and harsh
a mistress with no heart
she calls to me.

I was born in a Northern Town.

I was forged by industry
cast in iron
blood of molten steel
it beats through me

the world was built
by a northern town
we bridged the rivers
we laid the rails
we touched the clouds

I was born in a northern town.

I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.


We were raised with dignity
and a northern grit
that saw us through
the worst
that life could be

then the soul got sucked
from our northern town
a country's back was turned
as the works
were all shut down

I was born in a northern town

I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.

We'll rise again
and that northern town
on the river tees
that infant hercules
will stand her ground

So fight hard for
that victory
shout it loud
and shout it oh so proud
"We shall be".

I was born in a northern town

I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.

I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
 
atypical_boro said:
We Shall Overcome has barely been sung since 2004, I bet we have fans in their mid/late-20s who don't even know it or its loose connection with our club.
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I'm trying to remember the 1st time I heard it and sang it at a Boro match and it must at the end of of Notts County away in the FA cup in 83.
I was certainly never told about it's just something the more old timer Boro fans know and when to use it which makes it a shame if it stops because people don't know about it, or it comes under a cultural appropriation cloud.
 
sweet_left_foot said:

We are not makers of history, we are made by history"- MLK

this is a far older song than I knew, I thought it was a slave song.
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That's fantastic. I always loved hearing it at Ayresome, even though I didn't know a whole lot about it. I heard it at Ayresome before I heard Joan Baez doing it.
 
exeterboro said:
I'm trying to remember the 1st time I heard it and sang it at a Boro match and it must at the end of of Notts County away in the FA cup in 83.
I was certainly never told about it's just something the more old timer Boro fans know and when to use it which makes it a shame if it stops because people don't know about it, or it comes under a cultural appropriation cloud.
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I think it stopped when the song lost its relevance and we won a cup. The one or two occasions I’ve heard it since it hasn’t sounded right to me.
 
YMCA - End of thread.

I did notice West Ham had a DJ in the stadium ahead of their Conference League game last week.

Bring back that Iceland clap from the Euro's find a song and finish with the stadium doing that as the ref blows the whistle
 
atypical_boro said:
I think it stopped when the song lost its relevance and we won a cup. The one or two occasions I’ve heard it since it hasn’t sounded right to me
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I understand this point of view but conversely I've not heard it sung with more feeling than when we were leaving the Millennium Stadium.
 
Scrote said:
Bit folky but happy to lend a hand... :unsure:


I was born in a northern town.
Between the steel river
and the North Yorks moors
a jewel in England's crown.

I live on the edge of a cruel sea
Cold and harsh
a mistress with no heart
she calls to me.

I was born in a Northern Town.

I was forged by industry
cast in iron
blood of molten steel
it beats through me

the world was built
by a northern town
we bridged the rivers
we laid the rails
we touched the clouds

I was born in a northern town.

I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.


We were raised with dignity
and a northern grit
that saw us through
the worst
that life could be

then the soul got sucked
from our northern town
a country's back was turned
as the works
were all shut down

I was born in a northern town

I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.

We'll rise again
and that northern town
on the river tees
that infant hercules
will stand her ground

So fight hard for
that victory
shout it loud
and shout it oh so proud
"We shall be".

I was born in a northern town

I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.

I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
I was born in a northern town.
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Quality that scrote , got the hairs standing on my neck .
The last verse is US , full song would be hard , but the last verse from
We'll rise again
WOW . 👍
 
Simply red said:
it was sang in the hol gate
‘ Tiptoe through the hol gate
With a flick knife
And a sawn off shotgun
Tip toe through the hol gate with me ‘
Not really appropriate these days 😌
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I thought it went:

Tiptoe through the Holgate,
with your flick knife
and your hob nailed boots,
Go tip toe through the Holgate with me.
 
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