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Words to Sussex by the Sea going up on the big screens!!!
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Another Berkshire Seagull
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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 the time from me,
And I’ll sing you a song as we march along,
Of Sussex by the Sea!
They were the words I've always sung
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
Sorry are you suggesting the club are trying to do something entirely against the tradition of the football club, isn't that exactly the opposite happening here, going right back to the tradition of the club.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I can guarantee there are no mature men like me! Besides, what has a colour of a kit, or a team name got to do with singing our anthem properly?
Those were the lyrics on the screen
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Those are the EXACT words that were on display. What are you going on about?
The Andy Naylor Fan Club
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And yet, no mention of being embarrassed about living in Reading....
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
And take YOUR time from me
( it's marching time, not time on a clock)
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
No they weren't as I've already posted. The words on the screen were right. ANB has got it wrong.
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- #172
The poster I've got from the West Sussex Records Office with the original words, it says "Take THE time from me". I know it's not time of day, it means "Take the (marching) time from me", it still makes sense.
Another Berkshire Seagull
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Afraid not...the club wanted to get the words Stand or Fall in so mixed this in instead of sing you a song as we march along.
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- #174
No, I'm sure "Stand or Fall" was in the refrain part, not the verse.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Stand or fall is in the chorus. You have posted the verse.
Another Berkshire Seagull
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Take it all back then. Great idea.
Gilliver's Travels
Peripatetic
Before this gets any more confusing, ALL of the original words - taken from the first-ever published manuscript, dated 1907 - have been posted many times before. They appear in this NSC article, along with a short history of the song and William Ward-Higgs, its composer..
For the record, the words in the original manuscript consistently include the line "And take THE time from me" - obviously referring to the pace of the marching, for which purpose this "Military Marching Song" was composed.
For the record, the words in the original manuscript consistently include the line "And take THE time from me" - obviously referring to the pace of the marching, for which purpose this "Military Marching Song" was composed.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
One effect of having the words on the screen was to slow down the clapping and keep it in time with the tune.
I'm not fussed about people singing about going up and hoping to win a trophy while others sing the words to SBTS. The really important thing is that the first verse gets sung, rather than Der Der Der Der Der ...
And it did. At least in my bit of the North Stand.
I'm not fussed about people singing about going up and hoping to win a trophy while others sing the words to SBTS. The really important thing is that the first verse gets sung, rather than Der Der Der Der Der ...
And it did. At least in my bit of the North Stand.
Captain Sensible
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It worked! And if it's done everytime, more and more will know the words and sing them, it will only get better.
This. I listen to all the games on seagullsplayer and the number of fans singing the words and in time was a HUGE improvement compared to other home games. Those saying that it is embarrassing really need to get a life and find something a lot more important to get embarrassed about.