Did we actually get him free from Derby?

[AlanWrightsShinyHead]

I was sure we paid a fee for him

Can we re-write the song?

"Got him for an undisclosed nominal fee from Derby in a double deal with Freeman, plus agent fees and a small signing on fee

....he never gives the ball awaaaaaay"

 

[Smirth]

Yep we paid for him.

 

[niktheblade]

"For a fee from Derby"

 

[WhiteHawk]

It's "we signed him from the Derby"

 

[8lade]

Did we get him for free?
Did we get him for free?
Coutts came from Derby
We got him for free.

Pretty much any set of words fits in to the 'Sloop John B' tune.

 

[Carlton Blade]

Freeman and Coutts for almost nothing. That's £5m+ of player

 

[Eric Cartman]

If people weren't thick enough to sing the wrong song we would also be factually correct whilst singing it.

'Our centre mid is Couttsy' (his second name is NOT Couttsy, is it?)
'We brought him in from Derby' (therefore not quoting fee's, when he actually wasn't free)
HE NEVER GIVES THE BALL AWAYYY

 

[AlanWrightsShinyHead]

"For a fee from Derby"

That's what I always sing, but get drowned out by the factually incorrect version

 

[WeltonBlade]

Hang on.

When did we ever let the truth get in the way of a good song?

I mean, does anybody actually know how much money there is in a barrel?

And we haven't had Woodward for a while - although I will allow that Currie is still on the staff - but Eddie Colquhoun, bless him, must be 70's if he's a day.

And don't get me started about the practicalities of swinging a pig across Park Square round-a-bout - with the fannying about at the end of the Wicker, its no longer a simple porcine dangle down the hill and up Penistone Road - you'd have to take Derek Dooley Way - it'd be all over by Fat Cat - you'd just end up dumping it in the Don.

 

[ZoneManWilf]

Some nonsense on this thread. Someone'll be along next saying Jack Charlton is still alive...

 

[I should coco]

Pretty much any set of words fits in to the 'Sloop John B' tune.

I see what you mean, but please be gentle with my first attempt:

We come on the Sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up, I want to go home

 

[Benny and the Blades]

Is this some sort of newer version of the original ?

 

[Pinchy]

I see what you mean, but please be gentle with my first attempt:

We come on the Sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up, I want to go home

Wilsonian. Truly Wilsonian.

 

[IOM Blade]

Freeman and Coutts for almost nothing. That's £5m+ of player

Think you missed a '0'.

 

[Maidenhead]

Some nonsense on this thread. Someone'll be along next saying Jack Charlton is still alive...

and we've always had a barrel of money but we spunked it

 

[bromtom]

and we've always had a barrel of money but we spunked it

The barrel is in McCabe's underground layer beneath the centre circle, that's why he doesn't want the Prince to get the stadium.

 

[Ted Striker]

"For a fee from the team formerly known as Derby but now known as Frank Lampard's Derby County"

or is that too much of a mouthful?

 

[I'll tell me dad.]

"From Frank Lampards Derby"
Would actually work in the song.

 

[Sean Thornton]

"From Frank Lampards Derby"
Would actually work in the song.

Pedantic but Fat Frank wasn't at Derby when we signed Coutts.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Is this some sort of newer version of the original ?

He can ruin anything....

 

[Tony Kenworthy]

Oh e oh, our centre mid is Couttsy,
Oh e oh, we got him from Frank Lampard's Derby™,
Oh e oh, he never gives the ball awaaaaaaay
1,2,3,4...

 

[Patrick Suffaux]

Freeman and Coutts for almost nothing. That's £5m+ of player

Coutts is worth that on his own when he’s on top form. Premier League midfielder.

 

[spongebobblade]

Hang on.

When did we ever let the truth get in the way of a good song?

I mean, does anybody actually know how much money there is in a barrel?

And we haven't had Woodward for a while - although I will allow that Currie is still on the staff - but Eddie Colquhoun, bless him, must be 70's if he's a day.

And don't get me started about the practicalities of swinging a pig across Park Square round-a-bout - with the fannying about at the end of the Wicker, its no longer a simple porcine dangle down the hill and up Penistone Road - you'd have to take Derek Dooley Way - it'd be all over by Fat Cat - you'd just end up dumping it in the Don.

“Late September on a Sunday night”
Since when was it an evening kick off?
Fuckin Blades fans.......
Either singing the wrong words or just stood there like corpses

 

[Sheff de party]

Isn’t it:

He said his name was Couttsy
We bought the lad from Derby
He never gives the ball away?

Next you’ll be telling me it’s maggots.

 

[WhiteHawk]

"From Frank Lampards Derby"
Would actually work in the song.

Not really, they weren't called Frank Lampards Derby when Coutts was there.

 

[Punk Blade]

Could we have a fully factual version of:

Our centre mid is Couttsy
We brought him in from Derby
It’s like he’s never been away


Then we count it back in with 5, 6, 7, 8.

Right?

 

[I'll tell me dad.]

Pedantic but Fat Frank wasn't at Derby when we signed Coutts.

I know, It's a modern take on the old classic. I like to call it the "Brainwash" version.

 

[I'll tell me dad.]

Not really, they weren't called Frank Lampards Derby when Coutts was there.

It doubles up as a song about Coutts with the barbed edge of taking the mickey out of Sky's obsession with Frank Lampardsderby. You'll be saying you've seen him give the ball away next.

 

[Guesty]

Wilsonian. Truly Wilsonian.

Indeed, it's a great effort, but Brian Wilson only did the arrangement for Sloop John B (and change a few of the lyrics) - it's a traditional song.

 

[Guesty]

Pedantic but Fat Frank wasn't at Derby when we signed Coutts.

Rubbish, they've always been Frank Lampard's Derby County.

I remember when I was a kid, reading tales of Francis Lee, Dave Mackay and the rest playing for Frank Lampard's Derby County.