"And Ipswich." Why?

[Jamie Curetons Green Hair 0]

We all follow the City, over land and sea, "AND IPSWICH"Why oh why do the Barclay sing "and Ipswich," in this song. None of us do so why on earth sing it?

[Shifty Sid 0]

    ''Over land and sea'' in the context of the song means to conquer, so Ipswich is thrown in for good measure.

[Canary Ben 0]

Why oh why even bother posting this?

Just cause we sing it doesnt mean you have to!

Now when you say the Barclays sing it and you dont this is probably due to the fact that no one else in the entire stadium other than the snakepitt (occasionaly lol) bothers to make any noice other than when we score and then you may posssibly clap you hands together quite fast! Its sung cause well like the words say we follow city over land and sea and ipswich. I think it is fairly self expanitoray really but hay, what do i no

[Snuggles 0]

"Why oh why do the Barclay sing "and Ipswich," in this song. None of us do so why on earth sing it?"

Once upon a time the Barclay used to chant "We hate Nottingham Forest, We hate Liverpool too, We hate Man United but Norwich we love you". Then some wag decided that, since we also hate Ipswich, they should get a mention somewhere. So it became "We hate Nottingham Forest, We hate Liverpool  too AND IPSWICH! etc etc.  Then Nottingham Forest fell from grace, and we didn''t particularly hate them any more, so new words were put to the old tune. But the "AND IPSWICH!" bit was so enjoyable, we kept it in.

Here ends the history lesson.

Anyhow, some say that Ipswich is neither land nor sea, but some kind of bog, so it is strictly correct to sing those words.

 

[south stand corner terrace 0]

Dear oh dear, how times have changed, this song has been sung as long as I can remember and I started going in 1979

[BlyBlyBabes 0]

[quote user="Snuggles"]

"Why oh why do the Barclay sing "and Ipswich," in this song. None of us do so why on earth sing it?"

Once upon a time the Barclay used to chant "We hate Nottingham Forest, We hate Liverpool too, We hate Man United but Norwich we love you". Then some wag decided that, since we also hate Ipswich, they should get a mention somewhere. So it became "We hate Nottingham Forest, We hate Liverpool  too AND IPSWICH! etc etc.  Then Nottingham Forest fell from grace, and we didn''t particularly hate them any more, so new words were put to the old tune. But the "AND IPSWICH!" bit was so enjoyable, we kept it in.

Here ends the history lesson.

Anyhow, some say that Ipswich is neither land nor sea, but some kind of bog, so it is strictly correct to sing those words.

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Seems there''s more than one history lesson in that Snuggles.

Liverpool, Man Utd........

But then Napoleon said ''meditate upon history for it is the only true philosophy''.

Achooo!

OTBC

 

 

[Mister Chops 7]

[quote user="Snuggles"]

"Why oh why do the Barclay sing "and Ipswich," in this song. None of us do so why on earth sing it?"

Once upon a time the Barclay used to chant "We hate Nottingham Forest, We hate Liverpool too, We hate Man United but Norwich we love you". Then some wag decided that, since we also hate Ipswich, they should get a mention somewhere. So it became "We hate Nottingham Forest, We hate Liverpool  too AND IPSWICH! etc etc.  Then Nottingham Forest fell from grace, and we didn''t particularly hate them any more, so new words were put to the old tune. But the "AND IPSWICH!" bit was so enjoyable, we kept it in.

Here ends the history lesson.

Anyhow, some say that Ipswich is neither land nor sea, but some kind of bog, so it is strictly correct to sing those words.

[/quote]Thanks for that... nice to see someone answer a question without vitriol, but with knowledge and wit instead.  Refreshing change, that.

[The Voice of the Thorpe Area 0]

Chelsea sing their version of the song with ''and Leicester''. So if you though our version was strange...