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goodbye to his horse...
letthegoodtimesroll
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got an airing the other night...should be a regular feature imho, if only to bring a bit of variety into the songs (or should that be song) and chants...
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Difficult for new fans to learn the complicated words and many verses, don't you think ;-)0
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I have sung this for years, but where does it come from, why do we sing it??
Anyone shed any light??
Scuse my ignorance!0 -
Who remembers the last game we played at the old Den when the words to this were changed ever so slightly to say farewell to that wonderful old stadium?0
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No, what were they??0
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It was "Saying F*** off to the Den"0
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Lol, nice one.
So henry any ideas where goodbye horse originates??0 -
[cite] 04_MCS:[/cite]Lol, nice one.
So henry any ideas where goodbye horse originates??
I believe a Policeman got knocked off his horse several decades ago at a match against Brighton0 -
"I believe a Policeman got knocked off his horse several decades ago at a match against Brighton"
My understanding as well Valley.0 -
Lol, wish i was there to witness that, thanks chaps.0
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Wondered this aswell after hearing it recently.0
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DA9 and i disagree on this i say it was a night game at QPR. The mounted officer grabbed a herbert`s coller, the herbert then ran dragingthe OB backwards and off his horse.0
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And I think it became popular again at Upton Park when we were stuffed into the away end and a horse unseated a copper to our left. We were one nil up the old boys got the song going and happy days....0
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I remember discussing this on the BBC site, when that was good. There seemed to be several suggestions, but no definitive answer. Someone claimed it was about leaving Whitehorse Lane when we moved to Upton Park, others said that whilst it might have been sung around that time for that reason the song predated that. There was also something about a soldier based in Woolwich who would ride to The Valley and tie his horse up outside.0
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it is without doubt the Brighton away game,although Bolton in the cup quarter final on the station platform gave it a
more up to date airing.0 -
It was the Brighton game.0
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and was released by Splodge as well!0
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Had a brief airing today in my bit0
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And hello to a fire extinguisher.[cite]Posted By: northstandsteve[/cite]it is without doubt the Brighton away game,although Bolton in the cup quarter final on the station platform gave it a
more up to date airing.0 -
I love this song and i remember the fire extinguisher at Bolton funny as f***.0
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[cite]Posted By: fog horn[/cite]I love this song and i remember the fire extinguisher at Bolton funny as f***.
What happened?0 -
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Definetly Brighton away by the bus garage0
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[cite]Posted By: Telnotinoz[/cite]Definetly Brighton away by the bus garage
I knew you would remember as well Tel ... fun day that was ;-)0 -
Nothing abour Bolton away in the cup was funny.
the robbo cops steaming in and hiting the woman on the train ?
our mate planting one of said robo cops and geting nicked ?
the young normal none herbert lad who then got smashed on the head by a COWARD of a copper who did it from behind then quickly walked away. The sound much like you dropping a hens egg on the kitchen floor-- (i thought he had killed him) ?
the fact that the CAFC supporters club refused to back us against the Ob ? even when Sheff Utd and Arsenal had similar incidents and won apologies from Greater Manachester OB ?
Mind you i stand corrected by myself seeing the prick of a mounted copper on the station pushing people back with his trusty stead and not realizing the horse had in fact stradled a bench-- and the urging the horse forward---- yep was funny when the horse had to jump and copper took off like a rocket hit plateform and was dragged away like one of those cow boys in a western ------ yep that was actually funny.0 -
Just found this. It seems that it didn't necessarily start out as a Charlton song, but was adopted.
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=107820&messages=60 -
If it was Brighton away then it would have been about 73 and it was near the bus terminal, Charlton were chasing Brighton, as usually happened from then on, and The mounted police were chasing Charlton, One bloke with a classic Irish Terroist haircut of the time, shouted that he had enough of running and stopped and grabbed hold of the nearest horse and pulled the copper off, I don't know remember if Goodbye Horse started up then but remember the event clearly.0
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At Carlisle yesterday, my son asked what was the Goodbye Horse song all about? I can sing along with some of the words but not all.
Can anyone tell me the words to the song and the proper history behind it?
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Well for the history read this and the other threads on the song.
"Saying goodbye to his horse.
And as he was saying goodbye to his horse,
saying goodbye to his horse.
Goodbye horse,
goodbye horse
goodbye horse."0 -
I can't be sure but in the mists of time I seem to remember hearing that this was sung in the trenches of the First World War. Seems to fit in its meaning at being simplistic but I would love to find out for sure. I think it sporadically pops up at various football clubs which also implies it has a broad origin. I doubt we will ever find out now.0
