Lyrics to Munster's song, Stand Up and Fight

Amazotheamazing

Well there's been plenty of criticism of the Fields so here are the lyrics to Stand Up and Fight, usually it's the chorus gets sung. If you don't know the song. it's the jumpy one they play before matches, to the tune of the toreador song.

STAN' UP AN' FIGHT (TOREADOR SONG)

Thanks a lot! I'm sure glad to be,
To be where I c'n see
So many friends o' mine.
How've I been doin'? How've I been doin'?
If you really wanta know de truth,
I'm doin' fine!
Seventeen decisions in a row,
An' only five on points; de res' was all K.O.
Jackson an' Johnson, Murphy an' Bronson,
One by one dey come,
An' one by one to dreamland dey go.
How's it done? You ask me, how's it done?
I got a trainer man who taught me all I know.
Sure feels good to have him in my corner,
Hear his voice a-whisp'rin' low:
"Big boy, remember, you mus' remember...

Stan' up an' fight until you hear de bell,
Stan' toe to toe, trade blow fer blow,
Keep punchin' till you make yer punches tell,
Show dat crowd watcher know!
Until you hear dat bell, dat final bell,
Stan' up an' fight like hell!"

When you fight out in de open air,
In a patch o' light de ring looks small an' white.
Out in de blackness, out in de blackness,
You c'n feel a hun'erd thousan' eyes
Fillin' de night.
Cigarettes are blinkin' in de dark,
An' makin' polka dots aroun' de baseball park,
People are quiet den dere's a riot!
Someone t'rows a punch
An' plants it right smack on de mark...
Someone’s hurt, you kinda think it's you.
You hang across de ropes
Da's all you want to do.
Den you look aroun' an' see your trainer's eyes,
Beggin' you to see it through,
Dey say, "Remember, big Boy, remember

Stan' up an' fight until you hear de bell,
Stan' toe to toe, trade blow fer blow,
Keep punchin' till you make yer punches tell,
Show dat crowd watcher know!
Until you hear dat bell, dat final bell,
Stan, up an' fight like hell!"

PowerHouseDan

Cant Beat the Fields though!!!

Doc. Hobbit

PowerHouseDan wrote: »

Cant Beat the Fields though!!!

Are you a Galway man living in Cork or something? The Fields of Athenry is appropriate for Galway and perhaps for the rest of Connacht. As far as I am aware, Munster fans, have been singing Stand Up and Fight since before The Fields was even written!

Amazotheamazing

Doc. Hobbit wrote: »

Are you a Galway man living in Cork or something? The Fields of Athenry is appropriate for Galway and perhaps for the rest of Connacht. As far as I am aware, Munster fans, have been singing Stand Up and Fight since before The Fields was even written!

Nope, Stand Up and fight was adopted by Brien O'Brien, Munster manager from 1998 to 2002 (I think), it's one of his favourite songs. The team used to sing it after games when he was in charge and from there in passed to the crowd.

The Fields was written back in the early 1980's. It's an awful song, closer to a dirge than a rousing anthem. But of course, there's an Athenry in Waterford (and when did you ever hear of grain being grown in Connacht?) so no reason Munster folk can't sing it.

EdgarAllenPoo

Always found it funny that Munster fans sing the Fields. Still it does send a shiver up my spine when I hear a large crowd singing it. Tis a grand motivational song for matches.

il gatto

Grain grew in every county. And Athenry in Galway has some of the flattest, most fertile land in Ireland. And the song was written about the Galway Athenry. There's still no reason Munster people can't sing it though. As long as they accept the fact that should Connacht supporters wish to sing it, they have every right to.:D

RuggieBear

stand up and fight is a better song imo...much better than the slightly depressing fields...

old boy

still de fields sung by a crowd is emotional and team lifting, its close tho

Henry Ford III

I've got SUAF in my head all morning. It won't budge.

Think I'll be needing it Saturday in Gloucester!

Tim Robbins

Henry Ford III wrote: »

I've got SUAF in my head all morning. It won't budge.

Think I'll be needing it Saturday in Gloucester!

Have Munster fans ever sung this in the ML or is the ML not serious enough to sing it? :-)

zAbbo

Is it available in English ?

thehighground

il gatto wrote: »

Grain grew in every county. And Athenry in Galway has some of the flattest, most fertile land in Ireland. And the song was written about the Galway Athenry. There's still no reason Munster people can't sing it though. As long as they accept the fact that should Connacht supporters wish to sing it, they have every right to.:D

Corn referred to was seed corn imported from the US for famine relief. (It was inedible anyway). Trevelyan was the British official responsible for famine relief in Ireland and that is why it refers to Tevelyan's corn. BTW - According to Paddy Reilly, the grain was stolen from storage in Cork.

Its a universal song about the downtrodden - I don't see a problem with anyone singing it.

To get you in the mood for the weekend: (Sky commentators loving it at Munster v. Sale game - they obviously don't take it too literally and regard it as entertainment!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJMf6XBS4H8&feature=related

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Recent rendition of Stand Up & Fight in Thomond (Munster v Wasps game - about 40 secs in).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27hhHKg8vvs

G'wan Munster!