Old songs

[Zico Murphy]

Don't know if this has been done before but can anyone recall songs from the past that are not heard at Palace anymore.I started going in the early eighties and off the top of my head can remember...

Gary Stebbing is Alan Mullerys bum chum
na na na na heh heh heh Zico Murphy
he's here,he's there,he's every f**king where,Vince Hilaire Vince Hilaire
one man went to war,went to war with Brighton
Gerry Ryan walks on crutches
Eagles sh*t on seagulls

Clearly remember singing all these whilst standing in the Arthur Waite enclosure.Anybody remember anymore ?

[Vic Eagle]

There was one top song I remember hearing to the tune of the theme of 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum', 'The Boys to Entertain You'.

This was sung at around the time Palace were coasting to the First Division championship in the early 90's and banging in the goals like they were going out of fashion. Sounded like somebody had taken a bit of time to sub in the names of the then Palace players Southgate, Armstrong etc...

[Sandowneagle]

He's only a poor little seagull
His face is all tatty and totn
He makes me feel sick
So I hit him with a brick
Now he don't sing anymore

[baroli]

I remember singing

"Oh Gerry Gerry,
Gerry Gerry Gerry Gerry
Gerry Queen"

to the tune of Chicory Tips' "Son of My Father".

Alas they do not write football chants like that any more.

[SteveB]

The "He's here, he's there" song was previously sung for Roger Hoy (1968-1970): I don't know if the Palace fans of the time borrowed it from someone else.

[interested in sydney.]

On Gerry Queen .Gerry Gerry, Gerry,
Faster than lightning
No one you see
Is faster than he.
All sung to the Flipper tune.Another song like thst thst they don't write any more. Eh

[Mat ov CPFC]

" Micky Droy is Rambo, Micky Droy is Rambo, lalalala, lalalala, "

And my old favourite, which is still occassionally sung at away games...

" Lets go ******* mental, lets go ******* mental, lalalala, lalalala. "

[baroli]

My favourite, because it was so ridiculous went as follows:

Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly
"Have you heard of the North Bank, Highbury?"
Shanks said "No, I don't think so
But I've heard of the Holmesdale Boot Boys"

La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
We are the Holmesdale Boot Boys

It brings a tear to my eyes

[tomario]

One of my old favorites is:
When I was Just A little Boy,
I asked my mother,
Should I be Brighton, Should I Be Palace
Heres what She Said To Me,
Go And Wash Your Mouth Out Son
And o And Get Your Fathers Gun,
And Shoot all The Brighton Scum

[Lakeside HHH Glazier]

Prior to beating Burnley a while back to clinch the title a good 'un was:

"We aint won the Championship, we aint won the Cup,
We aint won the league, not even runners up,
We aint very good in fact we're bad,
We are the Palace, we're mad"

Also if the game got boring (pretty much each week) back in the 70s, someone would start a longrunner, as much as I can recall is:
"I found an old handbag
And I filled it with lead
I hot an old lady right over the head

So up came a copper
And he asked me my name
I gave him the answer
With a bicycle chain

The judge said sit down boy
And dry up your tears
You're going to borstal
For 2 or 3 years

I counted the moonbeams
I counted the stars
I counted 10,000
through those prison bars

Now if I were the warden
and the warden were me
I'd wake up one morning
and set myself free

But I aint the warden
and the warden aint me
so I have to stay here
till my liberty - LIBERTY ! LIBERTY etc etc"

There's loads more verses of that.....there was also (to the tune of Bonnie and Clyde) another longrunner that started:
"Palace FC
Have got a reputation
For trashing every station
on the Southern Region..."
Can't recall the other verses.....

Three of my personal favourites - one from the initial Div 1 (Premiership ? Pah !) days when we were so bad we celebrated each corner with the John Inman-esqe "Oh ! It's a corner, Oh ! it's a corner !" which somehow mutated into "Oh ! It's a tiger" etc etc - gawd knows how. Next up does anyone remember the freezing Xmas game in the 80s (I think) when we were 1-0 down at home at half time and the DJ played Hot Buttered's Popcorn (as ever, up to the minute) which got pretty much the whole Holmesdale bouncing up and down to keep warm (I was in the Whitehorse that day, great view !) ? Finally everone on the rail travellers club trains (that would be 4,000 on 3 different trains) on the 1976 day out/win in the FA Cup at Leeds will remember singing the "Leeds and Leeds and Leeds, we all phuqing hate Leeds !" constantly to the tune of Damnbusters (complete with goggle and outstretched arms actions). I think I started my first verse as the train pulled out of Euston at 8am and didn't stop till my voice ran out on the homeward run. Maurice who ran the rail club wasn't impressed !

Finally I'm far too polite to mention "he shot, he come, all over Mullery's bum, Peter Ward, Peter Ward" at the diminutive Brighton striker of the 70's (have to admit he was a cracking player though). I'd much prefer to recall the murderous Arabic shrieks of "Raaasschhhiiiiiddd !" from the CP hordes after Mr Harkouk had danced around the entire Brighton defence twice whilst coming backwards from the Brighton goalline and netting from an impossible angle for a late equaliser at the Gallstone two decades or so back (despite the entire CP following "suggesting" to the greedy ******* that he may like to pass to one of his better-placed teammates)......ah, happy days.

[Hugh Cheddyk]

Great posting Lakeside, the song about the handbag filled with lead was sung to "On Top of Old Smokie" and members of the away travellers club all seemed to know it.

Do you also recall?
Five foot two
Eyes of Blue
Alan Whittle's after you
La La La La La La La La

from the same classic era

[Lakeside HHH Glazier]

Sure do ! From the same stable as "Der der der der Don Rogers, der der der der Don Rogers, la la la la". Inspirational ! We want Whittle ! We want Whittle !

[Away Day Eagle]

Originally posted by Lakeside HHH Glazier


Also if the game got boring (pretty much each week) back in the 70s, someone would start a longrunner, as much as I can recall is:
"I found an old handbag
And I filled it with lead
I hot an old lady right over the head

So up came a copper
And he asked me my name
I gave him the answer
With a bicycle chain

The judge said sit down boy
And dry up your tears
You're going to borstal
For 2 or 3 years

I counted the moonbeams
I counted the stars
I counted 10,000
through those prison bars

Now if I were the warden
and the warden were me
I'd wake up one morning
and set myself free

But I aint the warden
and the warden aint me
so I have to stay here
till my liberty - LIBERTY ! LIBERTY etc etc"

There's loads more verses of that.....

Heard the full rendition of that at Barnsley away last season

Good work HHH

[Billy Rhino]

I remember some older Palace boys singing a song in a pub in Victoria before the 97 playoff game which was funny as fuk but I cant remember the words.
It was to that French song 'Alouette' and went something like :

Eric Cantona is a Man U w@nker
Eric Cantona is a Man U ****
His wife's a slag
His garlic breath
His etc etc (cant remember but obviously abusive!)

Does anyone know it?