Who's that coming up the hill....

[BWFCFan1923]

I was talking to a mate of mine about this Wanderers song and how it gets sung at away games by a few lads and that there are a few slightly different versions...

He told me about where the song comes from and I thought I would share as I had no idea (apologies if it is common knowledge).

It's basically the regimental song of The Kingsman, known as 'The Kingo'.

Words/tune here - http://militarymemories.co.uk/about_the ... kingo.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Song being sung by regiment here: - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yERtNBz_hY8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's an excellent BWFC song so hopefully this is of interest!

[boltonboris]

My favourite chant that

[officer_dibble]

An oldie, but a goodie

[boltonboris]

My favourite chant that

That, or "YOURE GOIN HOME IN A ST JOHNS AMBULANCE"

[scotty]

My favourite chant that

Mine too

[coffeymagic]

My favourite has to be...

'I breed Chickens in my back yard and feed 'em on savoury corn.
But one's a bugger for giving the other a piggy back over the wal.
'Cos we're the barmy Bolton army nah-nah'll-nah-nah!'

Plus you'll struggle to match the lyrical genius of

The Yorkshire Ripper's My Dad.

Lennon and McCartney couldn't have writ that one.

[Bruce Rioja]

'I breed Chickens in my back yard and feed 'em on savoury corn.

I've always had that down as;

"We keep chickens in our back yard and feed 'em on Indian corn".

[bobo the clown]

"I'm a knock-kneed chicken,
I'm a bow-legged hen.
I ain't had a sh@g since I don't know when,
I walk with a wiggle & a squiggle and I squawk ....
Doing the Burnden Boot Walk".

There. THAT takes me back to my Lever-End Days.

[William the White]

"I'm a knock-kneed chicken,
I'm a bow-legged hen.
I ain't had a sh@g since I don't know when,
I walk with a wiggle & a squiggle and I squawk ....
Doing the Burnden Boot Walk".

There. THAT takes me back to my Lever-End Days.

Made me laugh... About the same time as the slightly less lyrical:

Boots n braces; boots n braces
We'll make a mess of your f*ckin faces...

they were very keen on semi colons on the Lever End...

[coffeymagic]

'I breed Chickens in my back yard and feed 'em on savoury corn.

I've always had that down as;

"We keep chickens in our back yard and feed 'em on Indian corn".

You idiot.

We once caught a mate singing....

'Oh me lads, you should have seen 'em running.
Ask 'em what the fuss was about....'

He didn't get any further as we all turned and started laughing.

We should have let him carry on to see what a mess he made of the rest.

'Indian Corn' indeed.

*does 'Oliver Hardy' harumph*

[Harry Genshaw]

"I'm a knock-kneed chicken,
I'm a bow-legged hen.
I ain't had a sh@g since I don't know when,
I walk with a wiggle & a squiggle and I squawk ....
Doing the Burnden Boot Walk".

There. THAT takes me back to my Lever-End Days.

I remembered the 3rd line as "I aint had such fun since I dont know when
& the 4th line as "I walk with a wiggle and talk with a squawk"

I'm with Bruce on the Indian Corn.

Caught my wifes mate singing along to Bruce Riochs Superwhite army once. You may remember there was an added chant of "Bruce, Bruce" after each verse. She was shouting "Boots, Boots" !

[Bruce Rioja]

'I breed Chickens in my back yard and feed 'em on savoury corn.

I've always had that down as;

"We keep chickens in our back yard and feed 'em on Indian corn".

You idiot.

We once caught a mate singing....

'Oh me lads, you should have seen 'em running.
Ask 'em what the fuss was about....'

He didn't get any further as we all turned and started laughing.

We should have let him carry on to see what a mess he made of the rest.

'Indian Corn' indeed.

*does 'Oliver Hardy' harumph*

Come on, admit it, it was you that spawned "Wanner, wanner, wanner, wanner, wanner, der, Wander-er, er, er, ers...." to the tune of Karma Chameleon, wasn't it? That was your magnum opus, that was. That was your Bohemian Rhapsody.

[coffeymagic]

Mate's wife couldn't work out why everyone was singing....

'We live in Bolton we do.
'We live in Bolton we do.
'We live in Bolton we do...
'Oh Bolton we live in you.'

I'm sure it was only the ones who DID in the town that we're actually allowed to sing this.

My favourite all time song mash-up appeared on a documentary about miners wives.

They were marching somewhere when one of them piped up with the Roy (or was it 'Ted'?) Rogers theme...

'A coal mining man, a coal mining man.
He'll never let you down.' (so far, so good).
'He's honest and faithful right up to the end...

the look that crawled across the faces of about thirty women as they simultaneously realised they were about to sing

'That wonderful one, two, three, four legged coal mining man' Will last with me forever.

Pure gold.

Or Nutty Slack if you prefer.

[malcd1]

The only time I took my daughter to the match she was more interested in the crowd than the football (it was the Allardyce era not recently). She asked after every chant what the crowd were singing. This was fine until the "The referee's a wanker" chant. I told her they were calling the referee a winker because he was always winking at the opposing players, much to the amusement of the people around me.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

For the record, I'm with Brucey on the Indian/savoury debate. Soz, TC.

[KeyserSoze]

For the record, I'm with Brucey on the Indian/savoury debate. Soz, TC.

Where the hell's dibble to settle the matter.

[Puskas]

For the record, I'm with Brucey on the Indian/savoury debate. Soz, TC.

Indeed.

Indian corn.

Without a doubt.

[KeyserSoze]

psh. Feckin gareth farrelly all over again.

[coffeymagic]

go to your local corn wholesaler and ask him for some Indian Corn like what you heard about in a song at a football match to feed your piggy backing chicken on and he'll laugh in your face.

Don't you mean 'Savoury Corn?' he'll say wiping away the tears.

Look, I'm right - I know I'm right.

I'm always right.

When I first started going to the game I could never quite catch (Insert Manager X name here) Superwhite Army.

I always thought it was 'something something TWO PINTS OF GLORY'

Does anyone have Peter Kay's phone number?

[Puskas]

go to your local corn wholesaler and ask him for some Indian Corn like what you heard about in a song at a football match to feed your piggy backing chicken on and he'll laugh in your face.

Don't you mean 'Savoury Corn?' he'll say wiping away the tears.

Look, I'm right - I know I'm right.

I'm always right.

When I first started going to the game I could never quite catch (Insert Manager X name here) Superwhite Army.

I always thought it was 'something something TWO PINTS OF GLORY'

Does anyone have Peter Kay's phone number?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indian%20corn" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Which intrigued me, as until a few minutes ago when I read that, I had assumed it was an Asian type of corn.

Hey-ho.