Celery

[Yorkshire Saint]

Can anyone remember this song on the Milton Road, why it was sung and can someone remind me of the words...something like "celery, celery ....... With a lump of chewing gum celery celery"

Also, why have a lot of songs I loved disappeared is it just no one remembers them, like, " I can't read and I can't write but that don't really matter etc" or "Go down pub have ten pints etc" is it the PC brigade ?

[Toadhall Saint]

Chelsea song?

 

The old songs are not pc anymore

[mynameisthehulk]

Wolfman

[Gemmel]

Can anyone remember this song on the Milton Road, why it was sung and can someone remind me of the words...something like "celery, celery ....... With a lump of chewing gum celery celery"

Also, why have a lot of songs I loved disappeared is it just no one remembers them, like, " I can't read and I can't write but that don't really matter etc" or "Go down pub have ten pints etc" is it the PC brigade ?

 

Celery, Celery, if she don't come, I'll tickle her bum with a lump of celery

[Yorkshire Saint]

No chewing gum lol ? Thanks

[ericb]

Celery and Ten men went to mow were Chelsea songs, never understood why a few of our fans decide to rehash them now, especially ten men went to mow, since every other club in the country (and i guess most of our fans of a certain age) associate them with Chelsea.

 

Not sure it's got anything to do with the "p.c brigade" as they weren't racist and p.c brigade is a term usually used by people who want to get away with being racist or xenophobic.

 

A lot of it is probably down to us older lot not having the memories we once did though, since i tend to forget the old songs from the Milton. Wasn't there something we used to sing about hating Nottingam Forest? Or have i just made that up in the fog of my memories?

[Yorkshire Saint]

I can't read and I can't write was not PC incorrect....and not chelsea, good song

[krissyboy31]

Celery and Ten men went to mow were Chelsea songs, never understood why a few of our fans decide to rehash them now, especially ten men went to mow, since every other club in the country (and i guess most of our fans of a certain age) associate them with Chelsea.

 

Not sure it's got anything to do with the "p.c brigade" as they weren't racist and p.c brigade is a term usually used by people who want to get away with being racist or xenophobic.

 

A lot of it is probably down to us older lot not having the memories we once did though, since i tend to forget the old songs from the Milton. Wasn't there something we used to sing about hating Nottingam Forest? Or have i just made that up in the fog of my memories?

 

Everybody had a version of We Hate Nottingham Forest tp the tune of Pomp and Ceremony. They used to retort by shouting "And Nottingham Forest hate you, you b@st@rds!"

[krissyboy31]

I can't read and I can't write was not PC incorrect....and not chelsea, good song

 

No, but a Norwich song.

[ericb]

Everybody had a version of We Hate Nottingham Forest tp the tune of Pomp and Ceremony. They used to retort by shouting "And Nottingham Forest hate you, you b@st@rds!"

 

that's the one, shows how times have changed that they're not considered important enough to be hated any more!

[Turkish]

I can't read and I can't write was not PC incorrect....and not chelsea, good song

 

It was a dreadful song, pointless and taking the p*ss out of southerners.

[alehouseboys]

good song

 

You are joking, right?

 

Fookin 'ell.

[Dellman]

Everybody had a version of We Hate Nottingham Forest tp the tune of Pomp and Ceremony. They used to retort by shouting "And Nottingham Forest hate you, you b@st@rds!"

 

Can anyone remind me why we used to hate Forest, one of the better clubs in my memory

[jasonb]

More importantly what happened to the mush who appeared 2 minutes from kick off slap bang in the middle of the Milton brandishing a bunch of celery!

 

Funny bloke. Looked a bit like Bon Scott.. Open leather jacket, bare chested the lot. Legend.

[wild-saint]

wasnt there a song sung to a former saints player that went..

 

celery, celery, if she dont come he will tickler bum, with a lump of celery. cant remember who it was though maybe peter shilton rings a bell.

[wild-saint]

Celery, Celery, if she don't come, I'll tickle her bum with a lump of celery

 

 

oh you already had it. was it shilts that we sang it too?

[saintquin]

A lot of it is probably down to us older lot not having the memories we once did though, since i tend to forget the old songs from the Milton. Wasn't there something we used to sing about hating Nottingam Forest? Or have i just made that up in the fog of my memories?

 

We hate Nottingham Forest

We hate Liverpool too

We hate Tottenham Hotspur

But Southampton we love you

All together now

and repeat!

 

I think the only reason it's those 3 teams is their name goes with the tune!

[Pecho Lobo]

Celery was the "hilarious" pastiche of "Wember-lee" because it had the same number of syllables. Same goes for the Nottingham Forest song- it just scanned rather than us hating Forest, since as I recall that chant was sung by a lot of clubs.

[VectisSaint]

We hate Nottingham Forest

We hate Liverpool too

We hate Tottenham Hotspur

But Southampton we love you

All together now

and repeat!

 

I think the only reason it's those 3 teams is their name goes with the tune!

We hate Nottingham Forest

We hate Liverpool too (and West Ham)

We hate Man United

But Southampton we love you

 

We used to hate Forest because they nearly always beat us including twice at Wembley. They were ****ing annoying, and the modern day equivalent of ManYoo *****il recently).

[LGTL]

You can bet if any of these were sung these days, the utter helmets would clap along at 200mph and totally ruin them.

[Toadhall Saint]

You're going home in a Hampshire ambulance sticks in my mind along with bring on the dustbin - oh and Milton aggro.

[millbrooktonian]

You're going home in a Hampshire ambulance sticks in my mind along with bring on the dustbin - oh and Milton aggro.

 

Golden wonder there jungle fresh, golden wonder there jungle fresh , PEANUTS ! Does anyone remember that also one that had the words with a hand grenade and a walking stick we are the Milton aggro . The muppets tune was also one that drove me mad !

[benjii]

Great thread.

 

Never heard "celery".

[John Cool]

I heard "Hello, Hello, Milton aggro, Milton aggro" (to the tune of Gary Glitter's Hello, I'm back again) at The Dell quite often when I was a wee lad.

[ericofarabia]

In the 70's ..... about 2 seconds after the away team had scored .... all heads turned towards the away support and an almighty "You're gonna get your phucking heads kicked in" would ring out.

It took ages before MOTD got around to thinking that it might be a good idea to edit it out!!

[rick1976.4.38]

we hate Nottingham forest

we hate Liverpool to

we hate man utd

but Southampton we love you

 

sure that's how it went,no mention of spurs

[saintstriumph]

Take a bow legged chicken from the Liverpool kop, he walks with a wiggle he walks with a hop, with a hand grenade and a walking stick, we are the Milton boot boys.

We hate Tottenham hotspur, we hate Liverpool too, we hate man united, but Southampton we love you. Would be more appropriate theese days.

[svetigpung]

"You're gonna get your phucking heads kicked in" proper 70's and 80's classic

 

"whos the b4st4rd in the black?" used to be popular

 

but dont forget the totally cringeworthy "here we go , here we go , here we go"

[SaintRichmond]

Celery, Celery, if she don't come, I'll tickle her bum with a lump of celery

 

 

On record by Chas 'n Dave A line from "Mr Woo" Chinese Laundry song

[sussexsaint]

we come from southampton

the pride of the south

and we hate all those b*stards

who come from portsmouth

we only drink whisky

or newcastle brown

Southampton boys are in town

la l ala alalalalalalalala oi

 

never really understood why we drank newcastle brown

[alehouseboys]

we come from southampton

the pride of the south

and we hate all those b*stards

who come from portsmouth

we only drink whisky

or newcastle brown

Southampton boys are in town

la l ala alalalalalalalala oi

 

never really understood why we drank newcastle brown

 

Don't like to be picky but it was "We are Southampton..."

 

And I've never heard " Newcastle Brown" before. More stupid 'lyrics' but it did start out as "We only drink brown" as back in the 70s when this was first sung we were sponsored by Watneys, famous for Watneys Brown, and drunk in the bar down the side of the old Milton terrace. Somehow over the years it got changed to "rum", even more bizarre!

 

Got a bit of a runout in our corner at the Emirates last week, the same weirdos were also singing " Come on you reds".

[Trumush]

I think it had more to do with brown rhyming with town rather than what we drunk back in the day.

 

Don't like to be picky but it was "We are Southampton..."

 

And I've never heard " Newcastle Brown" before. More stupid 'lyrics' but it did start out as "We only drink brown" as back in the 70s when this was first sung we were sponsored by Watneys, famous for Watneys Brown, and drunk in the bar down the side of the old Milton terrace. Somehow over the years it got changed to "rum", even more bizarre!

 

Got a bit of a runout in our corner at the Emirates last week, the same weirdos were also singing " Come on you reds".

[VectisSaint]

I think it had more to do with brown rhyming with town rather than what we drunk back in the day.

 

We only drink whisky

We never drink rum

were the words usually, in deference to our Navy friends down the road.

[Wurzel]

I vaguely a quick chorus of "I'm singing in the rain" which would morph into some weird dance routine always resulted in someone finding themselves dangling at the end of a long arm of the law. Can't remember exactly how it went, or the relevance. Clockwork Orange reference possibly?

[No 2 to Maybush]

I used to like the Southampton chant, spelling out the name, reminded me of the scene in the Italian Job when Noel Coward came down the steps in Jail. Inoffensive, and intimidating when repeated over and over.

[scotty]

I heard "Hello, Hello, Milton aggro, Milton aggro" (to the tune of Gary Glitter's Hello, I'm back again) at The Dell quite often when I was a wee lad.

 

To be honest, the words "Gary Glitter" and "when I was a wee lad" really don't belong in the same sentence nowadays.

[tpbury]

You're going home like Sandy (?) Richardson (?) - the bloke in a wheelchair out of Crossroads. Charming. Can't claim to have heard it at Saints, but was not oggy oggy oggy oi oi oi a bit of a staple?

[Toomer]

I'm for ever blowing bubbles

Pretty bubbles in the air

They fly so high, never reach the sky

And like West Ham they fade and die

Tottenham always running Arsenals running to

Southampton always running, running after you

 

Then it went into the chant of Southampton clap, clap, clap.

[eelpie]

that's the one, shows how times have changed that they're not considered important enough to be hated any more!

 

They might be playing us next season

[cambsaint]

I always used to like

"If I had the wings of a sparrow,

If I had the a#se of a crow

I'd fly over fratton tomorrow

and s#it on the bustards below, below,

S#it on, S'it on the bustards below.

 

Rather pathetic that I still remember it.

 

Also a nasty one from a QPR mate at Uni:

 

Limp on, Limp on with our boots in your heads,

And you'll never walk again

 

Utterly disgraceful but for some reason I remember it and I wasn't a hooli.

 

I can still remember when in the early sixties we were the only team singing

Oh When the Saints.

Spuds seem to have borrowed it when they had Glory, Glory

 

I trust those going sing something on the lines of your singing our song,

or perhaps

You've taken our song and our manager too but you can keep the manager

The latter could possibly be worked on and made into something decent.

[sussexsaint]

conga gillingham cup game away

 

football , marvellous isn't it

[Marsdinho]

I seem to remember some Yogi bear song, with Boo boo mentioned, WTF was that all about and where did that come from !!!

[mynameisthehulk]

More importantly what happened to the mush who appeared 2 minutes from kick off slap bang in the middle of the Milton brandishing a bunch of celery!

 

Funny bloke. Looked a bit like Bon Scott.. Open leather jacket, bare chested the lot. Legend.

 

I mentioned him above, Wolfman his name was.

 

If your are called Jason, have you got a forehead shaped like the front of a Renault Van?

Edited 30 September, 2014 by mynameisthehulk
because

[jasonb]

I mentioned him above, Wolfman his name was.

 

If your are called Jason, have you got a forehead shaped like the front of a Renault Van?

 

I don't think so :-)

[ericb]

The other one i'm not sure why but has changed is We all follow Southampton.

 

In my day (**** i sound old!) it was

 

We all follow Southampton,

Over land and sea

AND WATER

 

etc.

 

Now the AND WATER seems to have changed to AND PORTSMOUTH. No idea when that changed but it sounds a bit tin pot to me that we mention them in that song (and i'm not adverse to some skate bashing).

 

One of the nastiest i remember from us was about guy whittingham,

 

Whittingham is illegitimate,

he ain't got no birth certificate.

He's got aids and can't get rid of it,

dirty pompey scum.

[cellone]

Strawberry growers?

[Special K]

I'm for ever blowing bubbles

Pretty bubbles in the air

They fly so high, never reach the sky

And like West Ham they fade and die

Tottenham always running Arsenals running to

Southampton always running, running after you

 

Then it went into the chant of Southampton clap, clap, clap.

 

Remember it well. Took me back to the Milton reading that, cheers!!

 

And the simple, but effective "Give me an S", etc with the elongated P and T.

[Toadhall Saint]

Knees up mother brown.

[Mustapha Fag]

got thrown out of the Milton for a knees up mother brown during the 5-0 win v Derby in the League Cup somewhere wayyyyy back

[krissyboy31]

Referee, referee, your ole lady us a whore! Mind you as a kid I thought they were singing your ole lady is a horse