SINCE TRAP’S BOYS booked their place in this summer’s European Championship finals in Poland and Ukraine, a cottage industry of unofficial anthems has developed.
Then earlier tonight, this dropped into our inbox, I’ve left in the uppercase bits for you: “We are called “Breen, White & Gold”, and we burst into existance the second Ireland qualified for Euro 2012…
Advertisement
“We had just begun pondering how we could possibly get ourselves over to Poland/Ukraine for the championship, when all of a sudden…There was a great big bang! Sparks flew, and the ground beneath us shook as we heard the unmistakable voice of Gary Breen proclaim:-
“YOU ARE THE CHOSEN LADS! YOU MUST LEAD THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND IN SONG, AND WITH ONE VOICE YOU SHALL SING THE BOYS IN GREEN TO VICTORY!
“We said: ‘We’d love to do that Gary Breen, but how will we get ourselves over to Poland/Ukraine? We’ve no moneys!”
“MAKE THE SONG LADS, AND ALL THE REST WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.”
Here’s your latest unofficial Euro 2012 anthem.. by Breen, White and Gold
SINCE TRAP’S BOYS booked their place in this summer’s European Championship finals in Poland and Ukraine, a cottage industry of unofficial anthems has developed.
We’ve had reworkings of Smokey classics, low-key ballads to our summer holidays and Dropkick Murphys tributes.
Then earlier tonight, this dropped into our inbox, I’ve left in the uppercase bits for you: “We are called “Breen, White & Gold”, and we burst into existance the second Ireland qualified for Euro 2012…
“We had just begun pondering how we could possibly get ourselves over to Poland/Ukraine for the championship, when all of a sudden…There was a great big bang! Sparks flew, and the ground beneath us shook as we heard the unmistakable voice of Gary Breen proclaim:-
“YOU ARE THE CHOSEN LADS! YOU MUST LEAD THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND IN SONG, AND WITH ONE VOICE YOU SHALL SING THE BOYS IN GREEN TO VICTORY!
“We said: ‘We’d love to do that Gary Breen, but how will we get ourselves over to Poland/Ukraine? We’ve no moneys!”
“MAKE THE SONG LADS, AND ALL THE REST WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.”
So here we are.”
And here’s their song
YouTube credit: BreenWhiteAndGold
So, what do you think of this one?
Ireland’s final warm-up in Budapest confirmed
Top Argentine football league renamed in honour of sunk Belgrano warship
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Aviva Stadium Damien Duff Estonia Euro 2012 Euro2012 European Championships FAI Giovanni Trapattoni John O’Shea Keith Andrews Kevin Doyle Lansdowne Rd On song Richard Dunne Robbie Keane Sean St Ledger; Glenn Whelan Shay Given Stephen hunt Stephen Ward