Forgotten Everton Songs

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roy vernon said:
Im a bow legged chicken and a knock kneed hen
I haven't been so happy since I don't know when
I walk with a wiggle and a waggle and a squawk
Doing the Everton boot walk.

Bertie Mee asked Don Revie
Have you heard of Highbury?
Don said no, I don't think so
But I've heard of the Everton aggro..

There were more verses, but the years have dimmed the memory.
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Bill Shankly's last signing for Liverpool was Ray Kennedy from Arsenal.
Cue -
I heard Bertie Mee say to Bill Shankly
Do you want this reject Kennedy
Shankly said I'm going anyhow
so I might as well waste 2 hundred thou.
 
den said:
I was looking into songs that used to be sung or were associated with the club in past years, and stumbled onto two songs that were commercially released following the championship year of 1962-63, with the players singing backing vocals. The lead vocal was by a Scottish baritone named John Dunbar, and it was released by Thistle Records of Scotland, who first produced a song for Rangers, and then Manchester Uniter, Everton, and Celtic.

These two songs were commissioned by the club to be played at Goodison and to encourage singing among supporters, and made there debut over the loudspeakers on October 3, 1964. I was surprised that these songs weren't better known, and thought that the choruses could make a comeback among supports.

A. E-V-E-R-T-O-N


B. Everton for Me


The odd thing is that there's very little information on the songs online, and the lyrics don't appear anywhere, so I've transcribed them as best I could I think I've done a pretty good job, despite the audio quality issues on the available recordings. The one big question mark for me is a line that sounds like, "They come from Park or Huyton." Huyton sounds right, but I don't know what comes before (I think it actually sounds like "par cord").

The songs are also available in various places, like Spotify:


Here are the lyrics, awaiting thoughts and corrections:

E-V-E-R-T-O-N​

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
In case you didn’t catch it,
then let’s spell it out again:

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
They’re the finest team in all the land:
the gallant Everton!

They come from Garston, Walton —
they come from Dingle too.
They come from [Park or Huyton?]
to cheer the boys in blue.

They come from Bootle, Prescot
and all of Merseyside.
They trample up to Goodison Park
and loudly to sing with pride:

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
In case you didn’t catch it,
then let’s spell it out again:

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
They’re the finest team in all the land:
the gallant Everton!

They come from Garston, Walton,
they come from Dingle too
They come from [Park or Huyton?]
To cheer the boys in blue.

They come from Bootle, Prescot
and all of Merseyside
They trample up to Goodison Park
and loudly to sing with pride:

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
In case you didn’t catch it,
then let’s spell it out again:

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
They’re the finest team in all the land:
the gallant Everton!

There’s Rankin, Parnell, Parker,
Harris, Gabriel and Labone.
There’s Kay and Scott and Stevens.
They’re the pride of Everton.

Young Pickering, Vernon, Temple,
on the victory trail for sure,
for 70,000 Everton fans
that roar, and roar and roar.

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
In case you didn’t catch it,
then let’s spell it out again:

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
They’re the finest team in all the land:
the gallant Everton!

They’re the finest team in all the land:
the gallant Everton!


Everton for Me​

Hail hail, the club’s a-calling!
Loud cheers are proudly falling,
down from the classic slopes,
they sing loud and clear.

Sweetly the voices rally,
down down the green plat valley,
there to this chorus rally:
“Everton for me.”

Proudly we bear the name,
proudly we play the game.
Long may the blue banners
gloriously fly!

That’s where my heart is ever.
There lies my best endeavor.
Everton: it is forever,
Everton for me.

Proudly we bear the name,
proudly we play the game.
Long may the blue banners
gloriously fly!

That’s where my heart is ever.
There lies my best endeavor.
Everton: it is forever,
Everton for me.

Great are the rows that greet us,
great are the foes that meet us.
Few are the teams that beat us,
this you’ll agree.

Thousands they still cheer for us,
thousands they still adore us,
thousands they sing this chorus:
“Everton for me!”

Proudly we bear the name,
proudly we play the game.
Long may the blue banners
gloriously fly!

That’s where my heart is ever.
There lies my best endeavor.
Everton: it is forever,
Everton for me.

Everton: it is forever,
Everton for me!
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I can understand why people chose to forget those two.
 
I once got told from an uncle that the St Edwards school brass band would play songs at HT in the 40s and 50s.

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den said:
I was looking into songs that used to be sung or were associated with the club in past years, and stumbled onto two songs that were commercially released following the championship year of 1962-63, with the players singing backing vocals. The lead vocal was by a Scottish baritone named John Dunbar, and it was released by Thistle Records of Scotland, who first produced a song for Rangers, and then Manchester Uniter, Everton, and Celtic.

These two songs were commissioned by the club to be played at Goodison and to encourage singing among supporters, and made there debut over the loudspeakers on October 3, 1964. I was surprised that these songs weren't better known, and thought that the choruses could make a comeback among supports.

A. E-V-E-R-T-O-N


B. Everton for Me


The odd thing is that there's very little information on the songs online, and the lyrics don't appear anywhere, so I've transcribed them as best I could I think I've done a pretty good job, despite the audio quality issues on the available recordings. The one big question mark for me is a line that sounds like, "They come from Park or Huyton." Huyton sounds right, but I don't know what comes before (I think it actually sounds like "par cord").

The songs are also available in various places, like Spotify:


Here are the lyrics, awaiting thoughts and corrections:

E-V-E-R-T-O-N​

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
In case you didn’t catch it,
then let’s spell it out again:

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
They’re the finest team in all the land:
the gallant Everton!

They come from Garston, Walton —
they come from Dingle too.
They come from [Park or Huyton?]
to cheer the boys in blue.

They come from Bootle, Prescot
and all of Merseyside.
They trample up to Goodison Park
and loudly to sing with pride:

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
In case you didn’t catch it,
then let’s spell it out again:

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
They’re the finest team in all the land:
the gallant Everton!

They come from Garston, Walton,
they come from Dingle too
They come from [Park or Huyton?]
To cheer the boys in blue.

They come from Bootle, Prescot
and all of Merseyside
They trample up to Goodison Park
and loudly to sing with pride:

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
In case you didn’t catch it,
then let’s spell it out again:

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
They’re the finest team in all the land:
the gallant Everton!

There’s Rankin, Parnell, Parker,
Harris, Gabriel and Labone.
There’s Kay and Scott and Stevens.
They’re the pride of Everton.

Young Pickering, Vernon, Temple,
on the victory trail for sure,
for 70,000 Everton fans
that roar, and roar and roar.

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
In case you didn’t catch it,
then let’s spell it out again:

Oh yeah, it’s E-V-E-R-T
and O and N!
They’re the finest team in all the land:
the gallant Everton!

They’re the finest team in all the land:
the gallant Everton!


Everton for Me​

Hail hail, the club’s a-calling!
Loud cheers are proudly falling,
down from the classic slopes,
they sing loud and clear.

Sweetly the voices rally,
down down the green plat valley,
there to this chorus rally:
“Everton for me.”

Proudly we bear the name,
proudly we play the game.
Long may the blue banners
gloriously fly!

That’s where my heart is ever.
There lies my best endeavor.
Everton: it is forever,
Everton for me.

Proudly we bear the name,
proudly we play the game.
Long may the blue banners
gloriously fly!

That’s where my heart is ever.
There lies my best endeavor.
Everton: it is forever,
Everton for me.

Great are the rows that greet us,
great are the foes that meet us.
Few are the teams that beat us,
this you’ll agree.

Thousands they still cheer for us,
thousands they still adore us,
thousands they sing this chorus:
“Everton for me!”

Proudly we bear the name,
proudly we play the game.
Long may the blue banners
gloriously fly!

That’s where my heart is ever.
There lies my best endeavor.
Everton: it is forever,
Everton for me.

Everton: it is forever,
Everton for me!
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Brilliant find.

The club should be compiling all these songs.

By the way, the place name before Huyton is driving me mad. I think it may begin with B rather than P for park though?
 

It's defo the case that Everton supporters of the 50s and 60s were way more inventive and prolific as song writers than those that went after.

We have some amazing songs and we they should be unearthed, archived an cherished.
 
davek said:
Brilliant find.

The club should be compiling all these songs.

By the way, the place name before Huyton is driving me mad. I think it may begin with B rather than P for park though?
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I think these two songs only reappeared because they were included on a compilation of songs recorded at Percy Phillips Studio, which included a pre-Beatles recording by the Quarrymen.

I kept looking for places that sound like “bar cord,” but haven’t had any luck. I even looked through an ancient guide to neighborhoods on Merseyside, and various sources to see if there was even an old nickname for a region, but have come up empty.
 

James Patrick said:
Park Road
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The song already mentions Dingle though, doesn't it? And it'd be a bit random to use a road name when districts are being used elsewhere?

I actually think the lyrics sound more like:

They come from Garston, Walton —
they come from Dingle too.
They come from back of Huyton
To cheer the boys in blue.

🤷‍♂️
 
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I think these two songs only reappeared because they were included on a compilation of songs recorded at Percy Phillips Studio, which included a pre-Beatles recording by the Quarrymen.

I kept looking for places that sound like “bar cord,” but haven’t had any luck. I even looked through an ancient guide to neighborhoods on Merseyside, and various sources to see if there was even an old nickname for a region, but have come up empty.
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Ha Ha. That's 'kin ace that.

Us and the Beatles on an album just before they made it big.

Imagine the Kopites with that type of history...they'd ceaselessly plug it away and make a massive deal of it...as we should, tbf.
 

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