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We shall not be moved
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Boro on Sunday is a massive game for us and if we beat them we're going to Wembley...
Evertonians have a great affection with Wembley and, as we all know, one of our cup songs is We Shall Not Be Moved... I'm slightly distressed that the younger generation who sing this never include the start of it, so I just thought I'd post the official words and see if we can belt it out on Sunday, and then hopefully in the pubs and bars of London town...
Onwards Evertonians,
Onwards For To See,
To See The Old Twin Towers And Sing For Wembley,
See The Royal Blue Jerseys,
As Graceful As Can Be,
Forging Onto Victory, And Fighting Constantly.
Onwards Evertonians,
Don't Let Your Pride Be Moved........
Remember Our Song For Wembley is:
We Shall Not Be Moved!!!!
Steve Murray, Posted 02/03/2009 at 14:40:28
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Michael is spot on: the words were made up later on as a precursor to We Shall Not Be Moved ? both different tunes but connected by the lead-in from "Onwards Evertonians......".
I always preferred "The Banks of the Royal Blue Mersey" myself but, there again, what could beat "hanging Kopites one by one"???
It?s a shame the younger lads are not a bit more inventive as we seem to have lost our initiative in bringing out new songs.
"If you know your history" is a bit too luvvie for me and is also a bit dated (no comments please).
They?ve done a fair bit of redecorating since last we were at Wembley... may not recognize the place.
You know, perhaps there never really was such a thing as friendly rivalry lol.. it never was very friendly in mine,
Mum and Dad kopites, brother a blue, and rest of the family evenly split.
I just happened to be taken the match by my Uncle Jimmy who, thank god, incurred the wrath of my parents by bringing me home with a blue and white scarf and a wooden rattle (remember them? offensive weapons now..lol)
Although not counting chickens an all that, I need to look at time off work and flights.
I was in the Queens pub after the Liverpool game and that above was what was being sung.
I wore it for the Final but unfortunately chucked it out last year when moving house. Wish I?d kept it now ? even if it started to look like a nightie!
To See The Old Twin Towers And Sing For Wembley
was, I think
To See The Old Twin Towers, Our Team at Wemb-er-ley
but well-remembered Steve
How?s about the other golden oldie from 66?
It?s a long way to Wembley stadium
It?s a long way to go (optional ?without yer kecks on!)
It?s a long way to Wembley stadium
To the greatest team we know
Goodbye Upper Parly
Farewell Clayton Square
It?s a long, long way to Wembley Stadium
But Everton will be there!
We?re the lads from Goodison that you all know
We?re the boys from the banks of the Mersey
And we sing this song
As we go along
For the boys in the Royal Blue Jersey
Oh! we...
Won?t be able to sing that in future if BK has his way... can?t rhyme jersey with Alt
Hello, Hello, you tell us by are noise,
We are Evertonians, fanatics everyone,
And we're in love with the Everton!
I still had my wooden one (rattle that is) until I moved house in the 90’s.
It was from the 60’s.Quite a few of us had them in the "boy’s pen" (I guess it would now be called "the young person’s pen)and what a noise they made.
Football hooliganism hadnt been invented then either.
Onward Evertonians, Onward for to see Beneath the Royal twin towers, our team at Wembley See the royal blue jerseys as graceful as can be Forging ahead for victory and fighting constantly Onward Evertonians, don't let your brows be grooved remember our song for Wembley WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED!!Then we obviously would start singing We shall not be moved. Does anybody remember this shout we had at the time: "Everton for the Cup, Wednesday for the middle of the week!" Also, "What's our name? EVERTON!" ? Mohamed Ali was here at the time.
My ticket cost me £5 for a ten bob ticket, and it was well worth it! My eldest lad was born exactly 3 weeks to the day, after the final. His name? Derek Temple Trebilcock, and his birth certificate is signed by all of the Everton team that played that day, all except Brian Harris, somehow I missed him and he was transfered to Cardiff City not long afterwards.
Thanks once again, Steve.
I met Cassius Clay (as he was then) before the Fulham game when Bally made his debut and I remember the "What's Our Name" chant breaking out at the ?67 Cup game at Goodison.
At the away games before kick off, while having a beer, (when you can get one), a rendition of ?Oh Everton -oh- we love Everton -oh- Everton-oh-we love Everton. And we love our Tricky Trev (Tricky Trev), Peter Reid (Peter Reid),...............? (Alueta tune), everytime.
Brilliant.
COYB
Tell me ma me ma
To put the champagne on ice
We?re going to Wembley Twice
Tell me ma me ma
To Que Sara
I can?t thank you enough for your reply. I thought maybe people may have forgotten by now. I?m 70 now and it brought a tear to my eye, to think people are singing it in such far flung places. Cheers, my Friend!
Colin, to an older Evertonian from a younger Evertonian, I shall be singing your great song on Saturday with everything I've got mate. A boss song written by a boss Evertonian.
COYB ? It?s gunna be our year.
"You are my Everton, my only Everton,
You make me happy when skies are grey,
You'll never know just how much I love you,
So please don't take my Everton away,
Nah, Nah Nah, Nah Nah... and so on.
And this: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,
If Lyons doesn't get ya, Pejic must." Classics eh.
Me mate Stevie made one up in the pub in Jersey last year for Manny Fernandes to Abba's tune Fernando:
"There was something in the air that night, the ball took flight, from Fernandes;
and when the ball hit the net, I won my bet with Fernandes....."
Belter!
Remember this one, chaps:
"We are the team, we are supreme,
The finest team we've ever seen,
A team that plays the Everton way,
And wins the league the end of May."?
About 20 of us sing these all every week in the Boot & Ball pub (Jersey) ? like being at home ? come and join us next time your here. 10 thousand Evertonians live in Jersey. Best supported club on the island.Our favourite tho is:
"I've never felt like singing the blues,
When Everton win and Liverpool lose
ooh Everton, you got me singing the blues.
And I've never felt more like laughin' all night,
?cos Everton's great and Liverpool's shite,
Ooh Everton, you got me singin' the blues."
By the way, Peter Howard, I lost my tee shirt from 95 as well with Onward Evertonians on the back. Dogs of war team, brilliant it was. Every team we played had an animal in their emblem: Bristol City (robbins); Norwich (canary); Newcastle (magpie); Tottingham (cockerl). In the middle was our Everton staff bull terrier and in his mouth was a red devil. Pure class that was. We had to beat the Mancs wearing that, mate. And it pisses me off just remembering I lost it, I should have framed it.
Can anyone see anything significant about this Cup run we're on? I hope a top tee-shirt comes out for this year eh; and some new songs too. And I'd give a hundred quid for anyone who can replace that 95 tee-shirt for me. You can email me: colin.riley38@yahoo.co.uk.
Keep singin' blues and remember the last time we played Borough; replay after replay. We beat them, Trevor Steven header, last minute of extra time. We had ten thousand with us, classic match that was.
"Make some noise for the Everton boys;
We got Mikel Arteta and our ginger Davie Moyes,
King Louis and Anichebe, although he's just a pup,
He won't come back from Wembley without the FA Cup."
I just made that up. Hope someone can put it to a tune cos I can't cos it's 1 in the mornin and I'm cabbaged. Good luck. goin to bed now me fingers are hurtin, see ya at Wembley.
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