Tuesday, 4 September 2007

Chants

Brighton's best known song is "Sussex by the Sea", which is the song played when the players run out on to the pitch. The full song is not sung, however, just the chorus. The words were also changed in 1983 when Brighton reached the FA Cup Final. The words sung are:
Good old Sussex by the sea
Good old Sussex by the sea
And we're going up, to win the cup
For Sussex by the sea
Another song often sung at home and away games is along the lines of the Blaydon Races:
All the lads, should have seen us coming
Everywhere was blue and white and everyone was running
All the lads and lasses, all with smiling faces
Going down Old Shoreham Road
To see the Brighton Aces
(Previous home, The Goldstone Ground was situated on the Old Shoreham Road)
Brighton fans are also known for the chant "C-C-Seasiders" as well as many various versions of the clubs name and nickname. They are also known for chanting "You dirty Northern bastards" at clubs as far south as Reading and London.
Brighton fans sing many songs about their, archrivals, Crystal Palace.
P-A-L, A-C-E
Stevie Coppell's got VD
With a nik nak paddy wak, give the dog a bone
Crystal Palace fuck off home
When I was just a little boy
I said to my Mummy, what should I be?
Will I be Brighton, will I be Palace?
Here's what she said to me
Wash your mouth out son, and go get your father's gun
And shoot the Palace scum, shoot the Palace scum
Hark now hear, the Brighton sing
The Palace run away, (again)
And we will fight for evermore
Because of Boxing Day
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
The Little Lord Jesus looked up and he said…
We hate Palace oh we hate Palace [et cetera]
Midfielder Dean Cox has a couple of comical chants about the his height.
We've got Tiny Cox
We've got Tiny Cox
We've got Tiny, We've got Tiny
We've got Tiny Cox
We've got 5 foot Cox
We've got 5 foot Cox
We've got 5 foot, We've got 5 foot
We've got 5 foot Cox

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