Sussex by the Sea

[Notters]

Right, here we go... I think, though many of you may disagree, that it would be fantastic if we sang the full words to Sussex by the Sea when the teams come out at Peterborough... So here they are, please print and distribute everyone:



Now is the time for marching
Now let your hearts be gay
Hark to the merry bugles
Sounding along our way
So let your voices ring , my boys
And take your time from me
And I'll sing you a song as we march along
Of Sussex by the Sea.

For we're the men from Sussex
Sussex by the Sea,
We plough and sow and reap and mow,
And useful men are we:
And when you come to Sussex,
Whoever you may be,
You can tell them all that we'll stand or fall
For Sussex by the Sea.

Oh Sussex, Sussex by the Sea
Good old Sussex by the Sea
You can tell them all that we'll stand or fall
For Sussex by the Sea.

Light is the love of a soldier
That's what the ladies say
Lightly he goes a wooing
Lightly he rides away
In love and war, we always are
As fair as fair can be,
And a soldier boy is the ladies' joy
In Sussex by the Sea.

Chorus & Refrain

Far o'er the seas we wander
Wide through the world we roam,
Far from the kind hearts yonder
Far from the dear old home,
But never shall we forget my boys
And true we'll every be
To the girls so kind that we've left behind
In Sussex by the Sea.

Chorus & Refrain

ALL TOGETHER NOW

Good old Sussex by the Sea,
Good old Sussex by the Sea,
For we're going up and we'll win the cup
For Sussex by the sea.

 

[fatboy]

And lets speed up with each line.

 

[Artois]

And lets speed up with each line.

HA HA

If we did that, it would be completely incoherient by the second verse.

 

[Rougvie]

It was hysterical when Sussex won the Cricket this summer when everyone tried to sing the words off the back of the scorecard to a marching band. It was like those embarrasing hymms at a wedding when everyone is in monotone except your gran who is 4 pitches above everyone else.

OK most of us were pissed but it sounded awful.

I love GOSBTS, but now let your hearts be gay ??

 

[Notters]

To the top

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

 

[Citrus]

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Now is the time for marching
Now let your hearts be gay
.

I ain't singing that

 

[michellethornfanclub]

fair play for writing that lot out man....

 

[albiongirl]

we could always make our own words up!!

 

[Rougvie]

we could always make our own words up!!

Didnt we not do that circa 1983 !!!

 

[Notters]

Those are THE words though, written around the turn of the 19th/20th century. PS Hope my avatar is OK, literally the only image small enough that I could find.

 

[Northstander]

ALLLL TOGETTHHHHER NOWW!!!

 

[Brovion]

... ALL TOGETHER NOW

Good old Sussex by the Sea,
Good old Sussex by the Sea,
For we're going up and we'll win the cup
For Sussex by the sea.

Well done Notters. 'Going up AND WE'LL win the Cup!' None of this ridiculous 'Going up to win the Cup' nonsense which DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE UNLESS WE'RE ACTUALLY PLAYING IN A CUP FINAL!

 

[Kent Seagull]

fair play for writing that lot out man....

err, never heard of cut and paste!

 

[Yorkie]

Those were the days when GAY meant happy



It only derived from posters that homosexuals used to get the law changed in 1967. Campaigners (what a great word!) carried placards saying

Good
As
You

The press picked up on that and call them the GAY protestors and another lovely English word was hijacked

 

[Notters]

 

[Notters]

ahem,

this is is a serious idea lads... let your voices ring for Sussex by the Sea!

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Very interesting Yorkie. Mind you the word was hardly in common usage by the 60's.

 

[Bald Gull]

ahem,

this is is a serious idea lads... let your voices ring for Sussex by the Sea!

Notters, I think it's a good idea but it's too long and we may just be shooting ourselves in the foot with lines like 'let your hearts be gay'....

Time to make up a new GOSBTS methinks.....


We are the boys from Brighton, Sussex by the Sea
We play at the fortress Withdean, other teams' enemy
When Coppell f***ed off to Reading, we brought in Mark Mcghee...
And (now) we're going up and we'll win the cup for Sussex by the sea

Altogether now.....