Not necessarily something to sing at a game, but there are parts of this that translate pretty easily over to soccer. Other America Rock vignettes include "Fireworks," "The Preamble," and "No More Kings." From Schoolhouse Rock's "Shot Heard Round the World," available on iTunes (TV shows). Now, the ride of Paul Revere Set the nation on its ear, And the shot at Lexington heard 'round the world, When the British fired in the early dawn The War of Independence had begun, The die was cast, the rebel flag unfurled. And on to Concord marched the foe To seize the arsenal there you know, Waking folks searching all around Till our militia stopped them in their tracks, At the old North Bridge we turned them back And chased those Redcoats back to Boston town. And the shot heard 'round the world Was the start of the Revolution. The Minute Men were ready, on the move. Take your powder, and take your gun. Report to General Washington. Hurry men, there's not an hour to lose! Now, at famous Bunker Hill, Even though we lost, it was quite a thrill, The rebel Colonel Prescott proved he was wise; Outnumbered and low on ammunition As the British stormed his position He said, "Hold your fire till you see the whites of their eyes!" Though the next few years were rough, General Washington's men proved they were tough, Those hungry, ragged boys would not be beat. One night they crossed the Delaware, Surprised the Hessians in their lair, And at Valley Forge they just bundled up their feet! And the shot heard 'round the world Was the start of the Revolution. The Minute Men were ready, on the move. Take your blanket, and take your son. Report to General Washington. We've got our rights and now it's time to prove. Well, they showed such determination That they won the admiration Of countries across the sea like France and Spain, Who loaned the colonies ships and guns And put the British on the run And the Continental Army on its feet again. And though they lost some battles too, The Americans swore they'd see it through, Their raiding parties kept up, hit and run. At Yorktown the British could not retreat, Bottled up by Washington and the French Fleet, Cornwallis surrendered and finally we had won! The winner! Hurray! From the shot heard 'round the world To the end of the Revolution The continental rabble took the day And the father of our country Beat the British there at Yorktown And brought freedom to you and me and the U.S.A.! God bless America, Let Freedom Ring! *********** Proud to be part of the Continental Rabble.
TO the tune of "If You Are Happy and You Know It" If you are english and you know it, kiss my @$$ If you are english and you know it, kiss my @$$ If you are english and you know it and you really want to show it If you are english and you know it, kiss my @$$ as you can imagine there are many funny variations to this one.
I grew up to Schoolhouse Rock. Pretty much everyone my age memorized the Preamble to the Constitution by learning the song... Oh, I'm on the third page and I haven't seen anybody mention "OVER THERE" yet. C'mon, that one's a gimme that just has to be done.... (The Sam's Army U-S-A is ready for retirement, IMO.)
Alrighty, I'll post the classic myself. Many of you know the words, but in case you don't.... Over there, over there Send the word, send the word over there That THE YANKS ARE COMING THE YANKS ARE COMING The drums rum-tumming everywhere So prepare, say a prayer Send the word, send the word to beware We'll be over, we're coming over AND WE WON'T COME BACK 'TILL IT'S OVER OVER THERE
True story: My league soccer team has a few Englishmen, so of course, we've been trading barbs during the post-match beer drinking about the upcoming game. I called one of them a POME, and he said, "Why are you calling me a potato? And why do so many Australians call us potatoes?" I laughed my @$$ off. "POME" is an Australian acronym for "prisoner of mother England." To the tune of "Rock of Ages" POME bastards, Limey freaks Lukewarm beer and ugly teeth Scones are dry, blood pudding blows Drive the wrong side of the road Tellies, spanners, chips and loos English women with small boobs
Take me out to the ball game Take me out with the crowd By me some peanuts and cracker jacks I don't care if I ever get back For it's root root root for the Yankees If they don't win it's a shame Cuz it's **** those filthy redcoats At the old ball game
It's a nice idea, but there's no way I'm singing Take Me Out To The Ballgame and saying "root, root, root for the Yankees."
How about to the tone of Johnny comes marching home. Except you guys change johnny for Jozy and sing it when he scores. "When Jozy comes marching on again, hoorah hoorah..." I'm just throwing it out there, because I generally don't like some of the more obscure random chants and I think using some more traditional themes might be cool. I'm sure we can insert a lot of names in for Johnny too.
Do you know WHY the rest of the world does not like it? Because it is so unspeakably boring and repetitive!
If my vote as the OP for this thread counts for anything, I would say that this one is the best. I even tested it on an Englishman today who said it was both catchy and would piss him off both of which I believe are qualities of a good stadium song. I think if we substituted BP for English it would add a bit of variety but its fine the way it is. Good one.
Glad I'm not the only American who thinks so. Fit only for drunken fools who are equally fools when sober. We don't need a 10 verse song or anything, but almost anything is better than that. Even "we love you, we love you and you know it, 'cause we support the US, and that's the way we like it..." is better than that. Ones I kinda like that I haven't heard nearly enough of: "Over there," which really should be the song for the England match, and "When the Yanks go marchin' in" which is sung sometimes, but not as much as that horrible old "ooooooooooh USA..."
I kinid of imagine this with us doing a Braveheart-like William Wallace exposing of our collective arses. I'd do it. If public nudity was legal, of course ...
I'm not sure which one of two you guys are referring to. You few that dislike it are going to have to put up with it. A few notes that apply regardless of which song you both are talking about. It's not a "Sam's Army" chant. It started after Sam's Army had virtually no presence left. Can't remember when it started but I know it was in an MLS city whose's club supporters adapted their club song. Multiple MLS clubs sing their own version (as do supporters overseas). Because of this it's one of the easiest to get everyone going that is not just a spoken chant and is usually sustained for the longest time. Which is a good thing. There is this huge myth out there that we should be having wordy songs of greater length. Fact is that doesn't happen much anywhere at the national team level. For a simple reason... supporters aren't regularly gathered and organized and on the same page like you have for club games that are at least every few weeks. I have fond memories of us sustaining both for a LONG time in C-Bus vs Mexico in 05 and 09. And moments like this: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCcirGy9RPU"]YouTube- Go USA!! Soccer Chant[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHpGezdBV_E"]YouTube- Kaiserslautern "Oh, Oh-oh, Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh"[/ame]
The first one....ugh, I just can't understand how so many people can get behind that chant. But in South Africa, anything is better than those damned plastic horns.