THOW THE STREETS BE BROAD OR NARROW
THEN FOLLOW WE WILL, FOLLOW WE WILL,
FOLLOW WE WILL.

THOW THE STREETS BE BROAD OR NARROW
THEN FOLLOW WE WILL,
WE WILL FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR TEAM
GOD BLESS THEM

FOLLOW FOLLOW WE WILL FOLLOW RANGERS
EVERY WHERE ANY WHERE WE WILL FOLLOW ON

DUNDEE HAMILTON EVEN UP TO ABERDEEN
SHOULD THEY GO TO DUBLIN
WE WILL FOLLOW ON

FOR THERE'S NOT A TEAM
LIKE THE GLASGOW RANGERS
NO NOT ONE,
AND THERE NEVER SHALL BE ONE.

CELTIC KNOW ALL ABOUT THEIR TROUBLES
WE WILL FIGHT TILL THE DAY IS DONE.

THERE'S NOT A TEAM LIKE THE GLASGOW RANGERS
NO NOT ONE,
AND THERE NEVER SHALL BE ONE

FOLLOW FOLLOW WE WILL FOLLOW RANGERS
EVERY WHERE ANY WHERE WE WILL FOLLOW ON
DUNDEE HAMILTON, EVEN UP TO ABERDEEN
SHOULD THEY GO TO DUBLIN
WE WILL FOLLOW ON

FOR THERE'S NOT A TEAM LIKE
THE GLASGOW RANGERS
NO NOT ONE AND THERE NEVER SHALL BE ONE

HELLO HELLO WE ARE THE RANGERS BOYS
HELLO HELLO
YOU'LL KNOW US BY OUR NOISE
WE'LL DO ANYTHING TO SEE OUR TEAM
AT IBROX OR AWAY
FOR WE ARE THE GLASGOW RANGERS BOYS.



COME ON GLASGOW RANGERS, ELEVEN MEN MUST JOIN,
JUST LIKE BEFORE IN DAYS OF YORE WHEN WILLIAM
CROSSED THE BOYNE.

WE'LL SHOUT AND CHEER, SO NEVER FEAR,
WE'RE ALWAYS ON YOUR SIDE,
AND WHEN YOU SCORE THE WINNING GOAL,
WE'LL GLADLY SING WITH PRIDE,

"ALL TOGETHER NOW"

THE CRY IS GLASGOW RANGERS,
WE'RE WITH YOU FROM THE START,
FORTY THOUSAND STRONG
WE'LL CHEER YOU ON
FROM THE SLOPES OF IBROX PARK



SURE IT'S OLD BUT IT IS BEAUTIFUL,
IT'S RED IT'S WHITE AND IT'S BLUE,

IT'S WORN ON THE SLOPES OF IBROX PARK,
AND A PLACE CALLED PARKHEAD TOO

MY FATHER WORE IT AS A YOUTH
IN THE BYGONE DAYS OF YORE
AND IT'S ON DISPLAY EVERY SATURDAY
EVERY TIME THE RANGERS SCORE.



SEE THEM MARCH ON
MARCHING ON THROUGH THE YEARS OF HISTORY
HEADS HELD ON HIGH,
FOR THE JERSEY THEY WOULD DO OR DIE

FIGHT, FIGHT, FOR RIGHT,
PLAY THE GAME WEAR THE BADGE OF GLORY,
WIN LOSE OR DRAW
THAT'S THE GLASGOW RANGERS STORY.

SEE THEM MARCH ON
BANNERS HIGH AS THEY FLY BEFORE YOU
LOYAL AND TRUE
ON THEIR WAY TO CHEER THE BOYS IN BLUE
FOLLOW THEY WILL
MARCHING ON TO THE SONGS OF GLORY
WIN, LOOSE, OR DRAW
THAT'S THE GLASGOW RANGERS STORY.



NOW MANY YEARS AGO MA LADS
I LEFT OLD GLASGOW TOWN,
I TRAVELLED OVER TO YANKEE LAND
AND HERE I'VE SETTLED DOWN

ALTHOUGH I MISS THE BRIGTON CROSS
AND FRIENDS SO NEAR AND DEAR
O'H WHAT I'D GIVE IF I COULD HAVE
THE RANGERS OVER HERE.

YOU CAN TALK OF CALIFORNIA
WITH YOUR SUNSHINE ALL THE YEAR
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR BROADWAY LIGHTS SO CLEAR
BUT IT WOULD FILL MY HEART WITH GLADNESS
IT WOULD FILL MY HEART WITH CHEER
IF WE ONLY HAD THE RANGERS OVER HERE

WE'RE THE FINEST TEAM IN ALL THE LAND
I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL AGREE
TO SEE THEM WIN IS SOMETHING GRAND
IT'S PART O'H HISTORY,
WE'RE THE BOYS THAT FEAR NO NOISE MA LADS
I MEAN THAT QUITE SINCERE
WHAT I'D GIVE IF I COULD HAVE
THE RANGERS OVER HERE

YOU CAN TALK OF CALIFORNIA
WITH YOUR SUNSHINE ALL THE YEAR
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR BROADWAY LIGHTS SO CLEAR

BUT IT WOULD FILL MY HEART WITH GLADNESS
IT WOULD FILL MY HEART WITH CHEER
IF WE ONLY HAD THE RANGERS OVER HERE



EVERY OTHER SATURDAY MA HALF DAY OFF,
AND IT'S OFF TO THE MATCH I GO
HAPPILY I WANDER DOWN THE COPELAND ROAD
ME AND MA WEE PAL JOE,
WE LOVE TO SEE THE LASSIES WITH THE BLUE SCARFS ON,
WE LOVE TO HEAR THE BOYS ALL ROAR,
BUT I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU
THE THE BEST OF ALL
WE LOVE TO SEE THE RANGERS SCORE.

ME O'H ME O'H ME O'H MY,
O'H HOW WE LOVE TO SEE THEM TRY
WE LOVE TO SEE THE LASSIES WITH THE BLUE SCARFS ON
WE LOVE TO HEAR THE BOYS ALL ROAR
BUT I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU
THE THE BEST OF ALL
WE LOVE TO SEE THE RANGERS SCORE!!!!!!



HAVE YOU SEEN THE GLASGOW RANGERS
HAVE YOU SEEN THE BOYS IN BLUE
THEY ARE LOVED BY ALL WHO KNOW THEM
IF YOU SAW THEM SO WOULD YOU

THEY HAVE PLAYED IN YONDER MEADOW
THEY HAVE PLAYED IN THE USA
BUT THE GREATEST GAME IN HISTORY
IS THE GAME ON NEW YEARS DAY

IT'S THE HOME OF MANY HEROES
ALL THE PRAISES HAVE BEEN SUNG
WILLIE WADDELL AND TORY GILLICK
ALAN MORTON AND GEORDIE YOUNG

AND WHEN MY LIFE HAS ENDED
AND DEATH HAS MADE ITS MARK
WILL YOU SCATTER ALL MY ASHES
ON THE SLOPES AT IBROX PARK

WITH THE ANGELS I'LL BE SINGING
IN HEAVEN UP ABOVE
I'LL BE SINGING "FOLLOW FOLLOW"
TO THE RANGERS THAT I LOVE



HERE I AM AN ULSTER ORANGE MAN,
FROM ERIN'S ISLE I CAME,
TO SEE MY BRITISH BRETHERN,
ALL OF HONOUR AND OF FAME,

AND TO TELL THEM OF MY FOREFATHERS,
WHO FOUGHT IN DAYS OF YORE,
AND THAT I MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO WEAR,
THE SASH MY FATHER WORE!

SURE IT'S OLD BUT IT IS BEAUTIFUL,
AND ITS COLOURS THEY ARE FINE
IT WAS WORN AT DERRY AUGHRIM,
ENNISKILLEN AND THE BOYNE.

MY FATHER WORE IT AS A YOUTH,
IN THE BYGONE DAYS OF YORE
AND ON THE TWELFTH I LOVE TO WEAR,
THE SASH MY FATHER WORE
THOSE BRAVE MEN WHO DID CROSS THE BOYNE,
HAVEN'T FOUGHT OR DIED IN VAIN
OUR UNITY RELIGION AND LAWS,
AND OUR FREEDOM WE'LL MAINTAIN,

IF THAT CALL SHOULD COME WE'LL FOLLOW THE DRUM,
AND CROSS THE BOYNE ONCE MORE
SO THAT TOMORROWS ULSTERMEN MAY WEAR,
THE SASH MY FATHER WORE.

AND WHEN SOME DAY ACROSS THE SEA,
TO ANTRIM'S SHORE YOU COME,
WE'LL WELCOME YOU IN ROYAL STYLE,
TO THE SOUND OF FLUTE AND DRUM,

AND ULSTERS HILLS SHALL ECHO STILL,
FROM RATHLIN TO DROMORE
AS WE SING AGAIN THE ROYAL STRAIN,
OF THE SASH MY FATHER WORE.!




HOW CAN YOU BUY ALL THE CUPS WE HAVE WON,
HOW CAN YOU BUY MRS THORNTON'S WEE SON,
WHEN YOU CAN BUY OOR BIG GEORDIE YOUNG,
THEN YOU CAN BUY WILLIE WADDELL.

NATURE BESTOWED ALL HIS GIFTS ON THE FIELD,
HIS RIGHT FOOT, HIS LEFT FOOT,HIS NODDLE,
WHEN YOU CAN BUY ALL THOSE WONDERFUL THINGS,
THEN YOU CAN BUY WILLIE WADDELL.



HIS NAME WAS WILLIE WOODBURN
AND HIS CRIME WAS TOO MUCH HEART.

HE GAVE HIS ALL FOR RANGERS
ON THE FIELD OF IBROX PARK.

AND THEY BANISHED HIM FOREVER
WITH A WORD THEY CALLED SIN-DIE.

BUT THE NAME OF WILLIE WOODBURN
IN OUR HEARTS WILL NEVER DIE.

WHY MUST HE GO NOW
WHY CAN'T HE STAY

HE GAVE HIS ALL NOW HE MUST PAY

HE PLAYED HIS PART EACH SATURDAY
AND LEFT HIS HEART DOWN IBROX WAY

ASK THE ENGLISH DOWN AT WEMBLEY
ASK THE WELSH THEY KNOW HIS NAME

TAKE A TRIP TO DEAR OLD BELFAST
THEY'LL ANSWER JUST THE SAME

NO MATTER WHERE YOU WONDER
WHERE THEY PLAY THIS FOOTBALL GAME
THERE'S A LEGEND LIVES AMONG THEM
WILLIE WOODBURN IS HIS NAME

WHY MUST HE GO NOW
WHY CAN'T HE STAY.

HE GAVE IT ALL NOW HE MUST PAY

HE PLAYED HIS PART EACH SATURDAY
AND LEFT HIS HEART DOWN IBROX WAY.



IN GLASGOW'S EAST END, STANDS A HELL OF A PLACE,
IT'S RUN DOWN AND DERELICT, IT'S A SHAME AND DISGRACE,
THE GERMANS THEY MISSED IT BECAUSE IT WAS DARK,
FLEW ON TO CLYDEBANK, BOMBED KILBOWIE PARK,

THEY CALL IT THE PIGGERY, WHERE THE BEGGARS THEY PLAY,
THE NO HOPE'S AND HAS BEEN'S WHO HAVE ALL HAD THEIR DAY,
THEIR GRASS IS THE GREENEST IS WHAT THEY ALL SAY,
AND SO IT SHOULD BE, WI THE SHITE THAT THEY PLAY.

HALF TIME'S A SHAMBLES, IF YER WANTIN A DRINK,
THEY WONT SELL YOU ORANGE, AND THE BOVRIL IT STINKS,
PIES ARE LEFT OVER FROM THURSDAY'S TEA TIME,
YER STUCK WI GREEN GINGER, AND OLD TORBETT'S LIME,

THEY BROUGHT BACK BIG BILLY, TAE TRY AND SAVE THEIR GAME,
WI HIS AULD TOURBHOY FACE, AND A BIG SQUAD O' WEANS,
IF YER NEEDING A T.V. OR A NEW VIDEO,
ASK BIG BILLY'S DAUGHTER, SHE KNOWS WHERE TO GO,

THEY PRAYED TAE THE VIRGIN, THEY APPEALED TAE THE POPE,
SWUNG ROSARY BEADS, TAE BRING THEM SOME HOPE,
NINE YEARS OF GLORY, THEY'LL TELL YOU WI GLEE,
BUT THAT WIS BIG JOCK, A LOYAL PRODEEEE,





I'VE REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY
AND HOW I DO NOT KNOW
I SURVIVED ALL THESE YEARS
WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST BLOW

I GREW UP WATCHING RANGERS PLAYERS
LIKE BAXTER, MILLER, & BRAND
THOSE MEN WHERE HEROS
AND STILL DESERVE A HAND

I'VE TOILED WITH GLASGOW RANGERS
THROUGH WIND AND RAIN AND SNAW
SCREAMING AT THE PLAYERS
HOW TO KICK A BAW

WE'RE HEADING INTO EUROPE
WITH PLAYERS FROM FAR OFF LAND
WE WILL ALL BE SINGING PRAISE
WHILE LISTENING TO THE BAND

I STOOD ON STAIRWAY THIRTEEN
ON THAT "FATEFUL DAY"
WHEN MANY OF MY FRIENDS
THEY LEFT AND WENT AWAY

BUT TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING
YOU'LL FIND THAT THIS IS TRUE
BUT WE ARE STILL THE RANGERS
WE STILL DRESS IN BLUE

I NOW LIVE IN CANADA
THE HOME AND NATIVE LAND
WHERE BEARS THEY ARE A PLENTY
I KNOW YOU'LL UNDERSTAND

I'VE TRAVELED FAR AND WIDE
TO WATCH THE RANGERS PLAY
I'M THINKING OF THE PARTY
WE WILL HAVE NEXT "MAY"



OH LORD HEAP BLESSINGS ON THE SOUP
HEAP BLESSINGS ON THE STOVIES
HEAP BLESSINGS ON THE PAPES AND JEWS
MUSLIMS AND JEHOVIES

HEAP BLESSINGS ON ALL GATHERED HERE
ABSENT FRIENDS AND STRANGERS
AND IF THERE'S ANY BLESSINGS LEFT
PLEASE LORD BLESS THE RANGERS.



A WEE NARROW STREET NEAR THE PLACE WHERE YE BIDE
WI' PAVEMENT,KERBS, AN' A WA ON EACH SIDE
WIZ GUID FOR A "WAN-TWO" OAN TAE THE WA'
A SWERVE BY OPPONENTS... NAE BOTHER AT A'

THIS WIZ THE LEARNIN' FOR MAIST O' OOR GREATS
WEE COOPER, AN' BAXTER...AN' SOME O' THEIR MATES
THEY WIR TWO O' THE GREATEST THAT YE EVER SAW
THEY LEARNED A' THEIR TRICKS
WI' A WEE TANNER BA'

IF YUR WEE LAD IS KEEN ON OOR GAME TO-DAY
HE MUST LEARN THE BASICS AFORE HE CAN PLAY
IF HE WANTS TAE BE GUID AT FITBA'AT A'
HE MUST START OOT WI' A WEE TANNER BA'



HE WAS THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL
WITH AMAZING SKILLS WHEN ON THE BALL
THE MAN THEY CALL THE MAGIC TROOPER
THE ONE AND ONLY DAVIE COOPER

BEGAN IN CLYDEBANK AS A BOY
DESTROYING DEFENCES WAS HIS PLOY
HIS TRICKS AND SKILL AMASSED THE TEAM
THE MAN PLAYED FOOTBALL LIKE A DREAM

AT LAST TO IBROX DAVIE CAME
HIS DESTINY WAS FOOTBALL FAME
JOCK WALLACE SIGNED HIM FOR US ALL
COOP HAD HEARD HIS RANGERS CALL

AND THEN FOR SCOTLAND HE DID PLAY
TO SHOW THE WORLD THE AULD SCOTS WAY
THE BALL WAS AT THE MASTER'S FEET
THE ENEMY SOON FELT THE HEAT

THE CAPS HE WON WERE TWENTY TWO
THE PUNDITS SAID THIS WAS TO FEW
A GENTELMAN WITH SO MUCH SKILL
TO WATCH HIM PLAY WAS SUCH A THRILL

BUT NOW HE'S GONE HIS LAST GAME PLAYED
WE ALL WISH DAVIE COULD HAVE STAYED
NO FINER MAN GRACED RANGERS RANKS
FOR THIS WE OFFER GRATEFUL THANKS

SO IF YOU ARE A FOOTBALL FAN
LIFT YOUR GLASS TO THIS GREAT MAN
DRINK TO RANGERS SUPER TROOPER
HE'S NOW IMMORTAL ---DAVIE COOPER



WHEN I WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY
TO SIT WITH DAD WAS MY GREAT JOY
AND HEAR HIS TALES OF DAYS GONE BY
SOME MADE ME LAUGH, SOME MADE ME CRY.

HE SPOKE OF "BRUCE" AND "WALLACE" BRAVE
OF SMUGGLERS HIDING IN A CAVE
OF BURKE AND HARE AND GRIPPER TOO
AND PIRATE SHIPS ON THE OCEAN BLUE.

I'D NESTLE CLOSER AS HE WOULD START
TO SPEAK OF RANGERS AT IBROX PARK
AND OF THE YEARS THEY HAD NO LUCK
ON TRYING TO WIN THE SCOTTISH CUP.

AND SO TO THE FINAL OF 28
SOME RANGERS FANS WERE IN A STATE
THEY THOUGHT THEIR FAVOURITES, THEY'D TAKE FRIGHT
WHEN PLAYING THE CELTIC IN GREEN AND WHITE.

THAT CELTIC WERE FAVOURITES, THERE'S NO DOUBT
EVEN THE PRESS HAD RANGERS OUT
BUT LOYAL FANS DOWN GOVAN WAY
MAINTAINED THAT THIS WAS RANGERS DAY.

THE TEAMS CAME OUT TO A BRILLIANT SCENE
WITH HAMPDEN TURF AN EMERALD GREEN
AND RIVAL FANS WITH THEIR COLOURS BRIGHT
MADE THE CLASSIC SLOPES AN EPIC SIGHT.

THE GAME IT STARTED AND EXCITEMENT HIGH
AS BOTH TEAMS STRIVE TO WIN THE TIE
BUT HALF TIME CAME THE SCORE WAS BLANK
AND BOTH DEFENCES EARNED OUR THANKS.

FIGHT ON, FIGHT ON WAS MEIKLEJOHN'S CRY
FOR WE MUST WIN THIS FINAL TIE
AND LAY THE BOGEY FOR EVERMORE
AS WILLIAM DID IN DAYS OF YORE.

WE'RE OFF AGAIN, THE PACE IS HOT
AS THE KEEPERS SAVE ALL KIND OF SHOTS
THEN MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND HALF
TO ME IT SEEMS THE GERS WENT DAFT.

A SHOT FROM FLEMING HAS THE KEEPER BEAT
BUT THE BOGIE MAN IS ON HIS FEET
A CELTIC BACK WITH HIS HAND DID STOP
THE CENTRE FORWARD'S SCORING SHOT.

THE RANGERS FANS LET OUT A HOWL
BUT THE REF HAD SEEN THE GLARING FOUL
THE PLAY HE STOPPED AND THE BALL HE CAUGHT
AND PLACED IT ON THE PENALTY SPOT.

THE CROWD WERE SILENT AND GAZED IN AWE
AS CAPTAIN DAVIE PLACED THE BAW
THE SHOT WITH TRUE AND ERRING AIM
FOR HE MUST SCORE THIS GOAL TO WIN.

JOHN THOMSON'S TRY WAS WORTHY INDEED
BUT THE BALL IS TRAVELLING AT LIGHTNING SPEED
AND AS HE DIVED THAT BALL TO GET
IT'S ALREADY IN THE NET.

LIKE A PEEL OF THUNDER, THE ROAR BEGUN
THE MIGHTY CELTS ARE ON THE RUN
WITH ORANGE BANNERS TO THE FORE
THREE MORE GOALS THE GERS DID SCORE.

THE CUP IS BACK AT IBROX PARK
THE BOGEY MAN IS LAID OUT FLAT
WE'RE MIGHTY PROUD OF THE IBROX LADS
WHO WORTHILY EARNED THIR SCOTTISH BADGE.

IT'S TIME FOR BED MY LITTLE BOY
I HOPE MY TALE HAS BROUGHT YOU JOY
FOR VERY SOON YOU'LL BE A MAN
A STAUNCH AND LOYAL RANGERS FAN.

HIS WORDS CAME TRUE, I'M RANGERS DAFT
I LOVE TO GO TO IBROX PARK
FOR THERE I SEE MY BOYHOOD DREAM
THE GLASGOW RANGERS FOOTBALL TEAM !

BY REGGIE MOFFAT.



Fair fa the smell o Puna lamb,
- better for ye than biled ham
even better than a piece in jam
a meal complete

More tasty than a tin o spam
a special treat

This wonderous dish most oriental
has rendered haggis incidental
but Rabbie it wid drive ye mental
an fu o worry
tae see how folk wance tempremental
have taen tae the Indian curry

Like money lenders frae Bombay
their dressed up in a different way
tae eat in pubs called Old Cathay
an smack their lips
when they know the dinner of the day
is curry sauce wi chips

Ye see them ower their spiced japaties
they now prefer tae mince an tatties
or a nice we korma wi a bit pakora's
a fair delight
their gaun tae regret it all the morra
or maybe through the night

For alas this pungent grub frae Puna's
a cert tae gi them montezuma
these hottest spices frae Punjabi
that they desire
will hiv them locked inside the lavvy
their arse on fire

Wi insides like a rifle bore
they yell and scream and shout for more
frae Glesga toon tae Bangalore
ye hear them singin
an then their clutchin belly sore
their troosers mingin

For ye ken that these Punjabi dinners
are deadly stuff tae Scottish innards
but they mob the curry shops, quite happy!
stuffin doon the tiki
nae wonder Gandhi wore a nappy
and wis sae cheeky

Ah Rabbie man it gars me greet
tae see the way the Scots now eat
tatties, neeps and haggis are out'n gone
and had their day
for now the whole o Scotland's shoutin!
Gie's an Indian take-away!

CHEERS THE END

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