Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly

[Will]

Why do we sing this song? Where does it come from, historically speaking?

 

I keep meeaning to ask this question after having sung it at every match for goodness knows how long, and I've always wondered where it came from

 

Wikipedia fairly unhelpfully say:

 

Hearts FC Version -Said Bertie Mee to Bill Shankly have you heard of the North Bank Highbury, Shanks said NO I Don't Think so but I've heard of the Gorgie Aggro

His name is in a song of Partick Thistle due to the fact that he played for Thistle during the war. The song goes - "Said Bertie Mee to Bill Shankly have you ever heard of the Northbank Highbury. Shanks says no I don't think so, but I've heard of the Firhill Shed Boys

The Burnley version of the same song goes "Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly have you heard of the North Bank, Highbury? Shanks said no I don't think so but I've heard of the Longside, Burnley"

The Liverpool version goes - "Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly have you ever heard of the Northbank Highbury. Shanks says no I don't think so, but I've heard of the Annie Road agro! Nah nah nah etc!

The original is the Millwall version which actually rhymes. It goes "Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly have you heard of the North Bank, Highbury? Shanks said no I don't think so but I've heard of the Millwall Cold Blow" ..after Cold Blow Lane in London where the Den(Millwall's old ground)was situated

[Jarg Armani]

surely after all those times of being asked by bertie, shanks would have read up a bit about the north bank highbury.

 

whatever bertie's follow up question was going to be we'll never know, but i think it was a trifle rude of bill to just tell him all the other stands he'd heard of.

 

edit: hope this helps.

Edited September 29, 2008 by Jarg Armani

[LondonRed]

Why do we sing this song? Where does it come from, historically speaking?

 

I keep meeaning to ask this question after having sung it at every match for goodness knows how long, and I've always wondered where it came from

 

Wikipedia fairly unhelpfully say:

 

Hearts FC Version -Said Bertie Mee to Bill Shankly have you heard of the North Bank Highbury, Shanks said NO I Don't Think so but I've heard of the Gorgie Aggro

His name is in a song of Partick Thistle due to the fact that he played for Thistle during the war. The song goes - "Said Bertie Mee to Bill Shankly have you ever heard of the Northbank Highbury. Shanks says no I don't think so, but I've heard of the Firhill Shed Boys

The Burnley version of the same song goes "Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly have you heard of the North Bank, Highbury? Shanks said no I don't think so but I've heard of the Longside, Burnley"

The Liverpool version goes - "Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly have you ever heard of the Northbank Highbury. Shanks says no I don't think so, but I've heard of the Annie Road agro! Nah nah nah etc!

The original is the Millwall version which actually rhymes. It goes "Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly have you heard of the North Bank, Highbury? Shanks said no I don't think so but I've heard of the Millwall Cold Blow" ..after Cold Blow Lane in London where the Den(Millwall's old ground)was situated

 

well i know the mancs sing the same song except they change Bill Shankly to Matt Busby...so now i suppose we got an argument on our hands as to whose song it is? im saying its ours i tell ya

[AntM]

partick thistle need to work hard at their rhyming

[charlie clown]

it works better in a west-Glasgae accent.

[Christine]

Why don’t you listen to me? Its about the visit to the co-op !!!

[Will]

Huh?

[sutty]

Huh?

 

I assume the reason you don't listen to her is because when you do, she starts jabbering on about the f***ing co op

[Christine]

Point proven

[Ste M]

The Burnley version is ace, I have to say

[RP]

well i know the mancs sing the same song except they change Bill Shankly to Matt Busby...so now i suppose we got an argument on our hands as to whose song it is? im saying its ours i tell ya

 

 

Why would mancs sing about Matt Busby referring Bertie Mee to "Annie Road agro"?

 

Mankes no sense that.

 

But then again, your record on words to footy songs isn;t that great.