OMFG Leinster chants!!!

istep

Leinster chants from the leinster branch web page

http://newsweaver.ie/leinster/e_article000568859.cfm?x=b7f4hKL,b41nD179

Oh MY god, I am loike sooo totaly embarassed.

I can hardly bring myself to go to the game ......Wait ... scratch that have 2 tickets for the east stand loike I'm so totally there man!

istep

Just read that back and can't get Vicky Polards voice outta my head as opposed to the man .....the ledge that is RO'CK

Crash

if anyone tries to start singing any of them i'm going to throw my not so oversized leinster flag at them....WITH GLEE.

istep

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if anyone tries to start singing any of them i'm going to throw my not so oversized leinster flag at them....WITH GLEE.

Crash if you could just put that to a tune we might be onto something !!:D

Snickers Man

I think there's one already. Goes like:

"You're going to get your f^$@ing heads kicked in!"

But hey, that's a bit too 'soccery' for D 4.

Hippo

istep wrote:

Leinster chants from the leinster branch web page

http://newsweaver.ie/leinster/e_article000568859.cfm?x=b7f4hKL,b41nD179

Oh MY god, I am loike sooo totaly embarassed.

I can hardly bring myself to go to the game ......Wait ... scratch that have 2 tickets for the east stand loike I'm so totally there man!

They're serious, aren't they? How did it come to this?

Downtime

Hippo wrote:

They're serious, aren't they? How did it come to this?

They ran a competition to come up with some chants to win tickets for the game. That is all. I doubt you'll be hearing them.


Allez les bleus.

Hermione*

Oh lads, I feel so sorry for you. This particularly stands out:

To the tune of ‘You are my Sunshine’

You are my Girvan,
You're always swervin'
You make me happy when balls are high (when balls are high)
You'll never drop one
You are our top gun
Oh please don't take my Girvan away
LEIN-STER

Not to mention this: Contepomi looks so pretty.

I won't start on the ode to Keith Gleeson, it'd take all day. Truly terrible.

Munster fans on the other hand will just sing the Fields of Athenry. Simple, traditional, and everyone knows it. No confusion. And no terrible puns.

Amz

It was to win tickets to the game I don't think anyone has any intention of singing any of them.

To be fair the sooner Munster learn a song about a place in Munster the better. Its a bit sad that they've to resort to the Fields of Athenry as their "traditional" song.

Leinster have as much claim over that song.

Sundy

If you all have a problem with the chants maybe you should gives ur tickets to someone who will actually support the team. The players have said before that they like to hear chants and songs so why not?

Amazotheamazing

I agree Amz, but these things take time, Stand Up and Fight is growing with every big game. What other song would be as well known? No-one would sing There is an Isle, that's a Shannon song, great and all as it is.

I actually dislike the Fields, but needs must, as they say. We'll keep on singing it until something better comes along.

Surely Leinster would be better off sticking to Molly Malone, I thought that used to be their song?

Hippo

Amazotheamazing wrote:

Surely Leinster would be better off sticking to Molly Malone, I thought that used to be their song?

You're right, it always was and still is the Leinster song, there's really no need for anything else. BTW is 'There is an Isle' an exclusively Shannon song? I was talking to my Limerick relatives over the weekend and they seemed to think it could be used for Munster no problem? (we had been discussing the tricky Fields of Athenry geographical difficulty)

Hermione*

There is an Isle is a Shannon song, has alway been so iirc.

I don't particularly the Felds either, but we don't seem to have a better alternative yet.

Sundy

Athenry is in Galway, which is in Connacht.

Just lettin you know..

Amz

That was my point.

um7y1h83ge06nx

A good rendition of "Limerick, You're a Lady" should shut everyone up!!

Amz

*shudder*

RuggieBear

i've actually chanted that swervin girvan one....on the terrace with the other season ticket holders. it's great fun.

Amazotheamazing

Hippo wrote:

You're right, it always was and still is the Leinster song, there's really no need for anything else. BTW is 'There is an Isle' an exclusively Shannon song? I was talking to my Limerick relatives over the weekend and they seemed to think it could be used for Munster no problem? (we had been discussing the tricky Fields of Athenry geographical difficulty)

I'm not being sarcastic but you'll never get a Young Munster, Garryowen, Boh's, Cresent, or Thomond fan singing "There is an Isle". It just couldn't happen, the Isle is sung whenever Shannon win, afaik, at any age group. So it's associated in the other fans minds with their team losing. I digress but club rugby is actually coming back a bit in Limerick, a Young Munster/Old Cresent game got over a thousand people earlier in the year, not bad for Div2.

On the Athenry being in Galway thing, yeah it's a bit of a problem alright, but worse is the fact that it's a crap song. Like I said, SUAF is getting more popular every game, and the MB are pushing it.

Amz, what's wrong with Limerick you're a Lady? tis a fantastic song that makes me lonesome for home whenever it's sweet melody reaches my ears. (Not a Munster or a rugby song though).

Crash

heheh - actually i had a look at the ode to keith gleeson one - it really doesnt sing very well

Molly Malone's always good, even if i kinda hate the song - Raglan Road would be fun too

Amz

Amazotheamazing wrote:

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Amz, what's wrong with Limerick you're a Lady? tis a fantastic song that makes me lonesome for home whenever it's sweet melody reaches my ears. (Not a Munster or a rugby song though).

Exactly, so what would be worse than a bunch of rugby fans (Who aren't the best singers on a good day) singing Limerick You're A Lady.

Amazotheamazing

Clearly you've never woken in the arms of distant waters, A new day finding you far away from home etc etc.

Still though, the provinces are only finding their identities, songs and chants can take years, anyone remember the classic "Quinnie's going to get you" chant? we could do with him on Sunday too.

Hippo

Amazotheamazing wrote:

I'm not being sarcastic but you'll never get a Young Munster, Garryowen, Boh's, Cresent, or Thomond fan singing "There is an Isle". It just couldn't happen, the Isle is sung whenever Shannon win, afaik, at any age group.

In fairness my late dad was crescent/bohs and he'd have said exactly this.

Amz

Amazotheamazing wrote:

Clearly you've never woken in the arms of distant waters, A new day finding you far away from home etc etc.

Doesn't change the fact that crowds at sporting events are rarely good singers.

Yes, I do count myself in the bad singers group.

Amazotheamazing

People forget that a Shannon-Garryowen match once brought 19,000 people to it. That's nearly a 1/4 of the city going to the game, it's like asking why Leinster don't sing Blackrock's song at games.

Maybe, some time down the line, but it's hard to see.

besty

My God those chants are so embarassing. The Glees Lightning one is hilarious. Imagine people actually trying to synchronise it.

Hermione*

Amazotheamazing wrote:

People forget that a Shannon-Garryowen match once brought 19,000 people to it. That's nearly a 1/4 of the city going to the game, it's like asking why Leinster don't sing Blackrock's song at games.

Maybe, some time down the line, but it's hard to see.

God, I remeber matches that size as a child; my poor dad's rugby heyday ... the garryowen son of shannon man, the provinces could never live up to this in his eyes! And he'd probably cut out his tongue rather than sing There is an Isle! It's just a non-starter as an anthem for most of us, I'd imagine.

Amazotheamazing

They were great days alright.

A lot of people (relatively) are going back to the clubs though, tired of all the crap involved in the provinces, of course, we'll never see the glory days of the early 1990's again but it'd be a shame to see the clubs forgotten all together.