Though the straits be broad and narrow

[georgeclooney]

I would like the intro of Follow Follow to be sung with more regularity as I find myself really missing this. Opposed to, no offence, the home made and borrowed ditties.

 

[George Goudie]

Good point.

Also.... no 'mad speed' clapping.



Though The Straits Be Broad or Narrow its Follow We Will
Follow We Will
Follow We Will

Though The Straits Be Broad or Narrow
Its Follow We Will
We Will Follow In The Footsteps Of Our Team
God Bless Them

Follow Follow
We Will Follow Rangers Everywhere Anywhere
We Will Follow On.
Dundee, Hamilton, Aberdeen And Back Again.
If They Go To Dublin We Will Follow On

For there's Not A Team Like The Glasgow Rangers.
No Not One.
And There Never Shall Be One.

Celtc know All About Their Troubles.
We Will Fight Till The Day Is Done.
For there's Not A Team Like The Glasgow Rangers
No Not One And There Never Shall Be One!

 

[Talktalk]

It also needs people slapped who sing the word “Streets”

 

[The Royal Standard]

It also needs people slapped who sing the word “Streets”

There would be a lot of slapping going on

 

[mdingwall]

Broad OR Narrow.

 

[George Goudie]

Broad OR Narrow.

Oops.

That's what I get for cutting and pasting lol. Good spot Sir.

 

[gi joe]

Follow Follow
We Will Follow Rangers Anywhere Everywhere
We Will Follow On.
Follow Follow we will Follow Rangers
If They Go To Dublin We Will Follow On

 

[georgeclooney]

Broad OR Narrow.

Me too I am bad also.

 

[Gjs]

Sing every where anywhere on the bus you’ll get slapped!

 

[George Goudie]

While we are at it.... Derry's Walls:

King James and all his rebel ...
men,
band,
scum.

Delete as appropriate, but which is correct?

 

[George Goudie]

Sing every where anywhere on the bus you’ll get slapped!

On the bus.... at the Sash Bash..
. we can sing what we want.

But WHEN strict liability is introduced we will need to know the correct words to all our battle hymns, to ensure The Club don't get fined or docked points.

And our support stay out of jail.

 

[hhss]

Follow Follow
We Will Follow Rangers Anywhere Everywhere
We Will Follow On.
Follow Follow we will Follow Rangers
If They Go To Dublin We Will Follow On

This. Not Dundee etc..

 

[Crouchy]

While we are at it.... Derry's Walls:

King James and all his rebel ...
men,
band,
scum.

Delete as appropriate, but which is correct?

Scum.

 

[hhss]

While we are at it.... Derry's Walls:

King James and all his rebel ...
men,
band,
scum.

Delete as appropriate, but which is correct?

Band

 

[Talktalk]

There would be a lot of slapping going on

You would think that our main anthem would be learned properly, not a lot to ask I would suggest

 

[BillySimpson]

You would think that our main anthem would be learned properly, not a lot to ask I would suggest

for nearly everybody it just gets sung without anyone seeing the words written down. For a long time I also assumed it was Streets, and was surprised to learn my error. Then I had a few arguments.

 

[Midfield General]

While we are at it.... Derry's Walls:

King James and all his rebel ...
men,
band,
scum.

Delete as appropriate, but which is correct?

Band,at least it was in the 70s

 

[EKBB]

While we are at it.... Derry's Walls:

King James and all his rebel ...
men,
band,
scum.

Delete as appropriate, but which is correct?

Band is correct but obviously scum is sung

 

[GR4Dave]

No, no, no. They KNOW all about their troubles.

Not no, know, as in knew, and we know who knew.

 

[George Goudie]

Band is correct but obviously scum is sung

I know, but it's funny, that really annoys me. As I get older I get more annoyed at the basterdisation of our great anthems.

I've turned in to a right old moan lately..... I need to get a life don't I.

Just ignore me lol.

 

[George Goudie]

No, no, no. They KNOW all about their troubles.

Not no, know, as in knew, and we know who knew.

Good grief.

I'm embarrassed now mate.

Don't ever use me as proof reader lol.

 

[Talktalk]

for nearly everybody it just gets sung without anyone seeing the words written down. For a long time I also assumed it was Streets, and was surprised to learn my error. Then I had a few arguments.

Yip when you have the knowledge you can turn into the smuggest gig on the planet knowing you are right. Been there

 

[Beer Belly Loyal]

Same as back in the day when we sang TBB...I was sure me and everybody else were singing "We are the Billy Boys" in praise of King Billy!

Somehow history has been re-written and "We are the Billy Boys" is in praise of some bloke fae Brig'ton Billy Fullerton who beat up catholics for beatin' him up???

Anyone shed any light on that?

 

[irvine96]

I'm guilty of singing "street" instead of "straits" over the years

 

[KirkieRanger]

Broad OR Narrow.

I always had a laugh to myself when I heard anybody singing "and" instead of "or" and wondered how they thought anything could be both broad "and"narrow.

W.A.T.P.

 

[Double D]

Wrong thread

 

[Stanley Yelnats]

Up the falls, derry’s walls

 

[greg366]

There's always a guy who sits behind me. Tries to start follow follow every week.

Streets be...

I correct him under my breath every time. So much that the guy next to me has started it too.

 

[greg366]

I always had a laugh to myself when I heard anybody singing "and" instead of "or" and wondered how they thought anything could be both broad "and"narrow.

W.A.T.P.

Fat hole

 

[del68]

My 10 year old daughter has been arguing the case for straits with her school pals and one of her teachers.

 

[Mr Bear]

My 10 year old daughter has been arguing the case for straits with her school pals and one of her teachers.

Great to hear that cultural tunes are still being taught as part of the curriculum in some schools mate........ ‘OK children, turn to page 25 for a full and gusto rendition of Build my Gallows’

 

[Renoranger]

Same as back in the day when we sang TBB...I was sure me and everybody else were singing "We are the Billy Boys" in praise of King Billy!

Somehow history has been re-written and "We are the Billy Boys" is in praise of some bloke fae Brig'ton Billy Fullerton who beat up catholics for beatin' him up???

Anyone shed any light on that?

Time of the razor gangs as in No Mean City.

 

[MarkWayneHateley]

Follow Follow
We Will Follow Rangers Anywhere Everywhere
We Will Follow On.
Follow Follow we will Follow Rangers
If They Go To Dublin We Will Follow On

Correct but for me it's also " even into Europe we will follow on" no mention of Dublin . That's from an old single from the 60s I have in the loft.

 

[MarkWayneHateley]

I'll just add I honestly reckon nearly 50 per cent of bears seem to sing " May the streets be broad and narrow " so wrong on so many levels . Soul destroying.

 

[Noddy]

I'm 46 and always sang "streets" and I reckon 99% of my mates are the same. Every day is a school day I suppose.

 

[kclarkhall]

I’m 29 and have always known it’s “straits”.

I do know many who sing it as “streets” though.

 

[Ali Baba]

I've got the wee man singing “Aberdeen and back again” part.But his sounds like when the tv turns down the offensive parts.Give him a chance he’s three.

 

[temperance]

Good point.

Also.... no 'mad speed' clapping.



Though The Straits Be Broad or Narrow its Follow We Will
Follow We Will
Follow We Will

Though The Straits Be Broad or Narrow
Its Follow We Will
We Will Follow In The Footsteps Of Our Team
God Bless Them

Follow Follow
We Will Follow Rangers Everywhere Anywhere
We Will Follow On.
Dundee, Hamilton, Aberdeen And Back Again.
If They Go To Dublin We Will Follow On

For there's Not A Team Like The Glasgow Rangers.
No Not One.
And There Never Shall Be One.

Celtc know All About Their Troubles.
We Will Fight Till The Day Is Done.
For there's Not A Team Like The Glasgow Rangers
No Not One And There Never Shall Be One!

Is it not "others" instead of Celtic?

 

[TN8]

It also needs people slapped who sing the word “Streets”

To be fair they can sound quite similar when getting sung.

 

[Talktalk]

To be fair they can sound quite similar when getting sung.

So when you sing along to Eton Riffles by the jam you Sing “eat your right foot” because it sounds the same ?

 

[Sam English]

Reminds me of the story of the young neds singing' Four lads had a dream'

'They had no money, no chips, not even a ball'

 

[jimbear]

While we are at it.... Derry's Walls:

King James and all his rebel ...
men,
band,
scum.

Delete as appropriate, but which is correct?

On the subject of Derry's Walls and those particular lines:

King James and all his rebel band
Came up to Bishops Gate
With heart and hand and sword and shield
We forced them to retreat

The final line above has not been sung correctly by the majority of our supporters for years.

 

[BlueHaze]

Straits Streets it's hardly a crime,Personally at 63 I've always sang straits but I make an arse of myself singing the wrong words to other songs from time to time.

 

[dublinbluenose]

Same as back in the day when we sang TBB...I was sure me and everybody else were singing "We are the Billy Boys" in praise of King Billy!

Somehow history has been re-written and "We are the Billy Boys" is in praise of some bloke fae Brig'ton Billy Fullerton who beat up catholics for beatin' him up???

Anyone shed any light on that?

In NI they were up to there knecks in 19th Century Terrorist blood as opposed to Scotland where we were only up to our knees!!!!

 

[dublinbluenose]

On the subject of Derry's Walls and those particular lines:

King James and all his rebel band
Came up to Bishops Gate
With heart and hand and sword and shield
We forced them to retreat

The final line above has not been sung correctly by the majority of our supporters for years.

As a nipper I thought it was “we’ll guard old Derek’s walls” lol

 

[Mearns Ranger]

On the subject of Derry's Walls and those particular lines:

King James and all his rebel band
Came up to Bishops Gate
With heart and hand and sword and shield
We forced them to retreat

The final line above has not been sung correctly by the majority of our supporters for years.

This is the way I was taught.

Still pisses me off that everyone at Ibrox, and I mean everyone, changes that to “we’ll guard old Derry’s walls”

 

[Walt Longmire]

So when you sing along to Eton Riffles by the jam you Sing “eat your right foot” because it sounds the same ?

Eton Rifles?

%^*&, I've been singing E2 Rifles for years.

 

[Noddy]

My lassie used to sing "down the house of commons in your granny shoes" instead of "brand new shoes." Was kinda funny at the time.

 

[BlueHaze]

Aberdeen And Back Again or F. The Pope and the Vatican,