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Here are the lyrics - this got to number 15, if my sources are correct:
Oh we're all going to Germany for the Cup
Oh we're all going to Germany for the Cup (yee-ha)
Oh we're all going to Germany, we're all going to Germany
Oh we're all going to Germany for the Cup
* Singing ay-yay-yippee-yippee-yay (clap three times)
Singing ay-yay-yippee-yippee-yay (clap three times)
Singing ay-yay-yippee,
the Germans bombed our chippy,
ay-yay-yippee-yippee-yay (clap three times)
Some of us are going on the plane
Others from Dover on the train
A few of us with women
The rest of us are swimming
But we're all gonna get there just the same
We'll be drinking German lager in the pubs
we'll be dancing and singing in the clubs
and there's forty lads from Huyton
who said they won't be fighting
so there won't be any need for boxing gloves
Singing ay-yay-yippee,
the Germans bombed our chippy,
ay-yay-yippee-yippee-yay (clap three times)
Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin
we haven't got a ticket to get in
so we'll take a pick and shovel
and dig a massive tunnel
and smuggle through inside a wheelie-bin (hee hee)
Carragher, Rooney and Gerrard
these lads are tough and very hard
and when they're in a battle
they won't shake or tattle
and they won't get a red or yellow card (card?)
we'll be taking lots of banners and some flags
there'll be thirty lads with ASBOs wearing tags
and when it's all over, we'll be heading back to Dover
so don't forget the 30, 000 fags
Eins, zwei, drei, vier, funf..
Oh we're all going to Germany for the Cup
Oh we're all going to Germany for the Cup (yee-ha)
Oh we're all going to Germany, we're all going to Germany
Oh we're all going to Germany for the Cup
* Singing ay-yay-yippee-yippee-yay (clap three times)
Singing ay-yay-yippee-yippee-yay (clap three times)
Singing ay-yay-yippee,
the Germans bombed our chippy,
ay-yay-yippee-yippee-yay (clap three times)
Some of us are going on the plane
Others from Dover on the train
A few of us with women
The rest of us are swimming
But we're all gonna get there just the same
We'll be drinking German lager in the pubs
we'll be dancing and singing in the clubs
and there's forty lads from Huyton
who said they won't be fighting
so there won't be any need for boxing gloves
Singing ay-yay-yippee,
the Germans bombed our chippy,
ay-yay-yippee-yippee-yay (clap three times)
Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin
we haven't got a ticket to get in
so we'll take a pick and shovel
and dig a massive tunnel
and smuggle through inside a wheelie-bin (hee hee)
Carragher, Rooney and Gerrard
these lads are tough and very hard
and when they're in a battle
they won't shake or tattle
and they won't get a red or yellow card (card?)
we'll be taking lots of banners and some flags
there'll be thirty lads with ASBOs wearing tags
and when it's all over, we'll be heading back to Dover
so don't forget the 30, 000 fags
Eins, zwei, drei, vier, funf..
posted by lukeski at 11:49 am
3 Comments:
It's not actually to the tune of, "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain," is it?
But of course. We've just been talking about the rise of English nationalism here at work. As a kid, the flag was very much associated with the far right for me, but now even the gentle burghers of Ealing are riding round with the flags on their BMWs. And the worst part of it is that it is pure allegiance to the flag. No engagemtn with English culture (if such a thing exists), or history prior to WW2. Dangerous thing, unenlightened patriotism.
Well, the Germans are new to this flag-waving and face-painting lark, and, so far, it's being fairly well received. This World Cup really is carnival, where they can forget their self-flagellation and self-hatred (is Selbsthass a word? Should be) for a few weeks only. Normal service will resume, no doubt, in a massive downer in mid-July. Unless they win, of course, when the joy should be strung out for a few more weeks.
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