1960maaan Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 Great that we have started singing it back, well played. Not new though, we used to sing it on the East End donkeys years ago. But now the words are a bit shit. I heard people sing... I can't read & I can't write But I can drive a tractor Im a Bristol City Fan and I can drive a Tractor OK, and I've only listened from distance, but come on. How about going back to what we used to sing, proper Bristol. I cassent read, I cassent write But that don't really matter (don't pronounce the T's and emphasis on the R , obviously) Cus I comes up from Somerset and I can drive a Tractor ( pronounced Track-ter ) The Old ones are the best. Thank you for your time. 14 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedHalf Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) I think you may have misheard the latest lyrics, either that or the people you were near have made it more PG. The current song goes more like... I can't read & I can't write But I can drive a tractor cus Im a Bristol City Fan and Im a f*****g w****r Edited October 20, 2022 by TheRedHalf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, TheRedHalf said: I think you may have misheard the latest lyrics, either that or the people you were near have made it more PG. The current song goes more like... I can't read & I can't write But I can drive a tractor cus Im a Bristol City Fan and Im a f*****g w****r Nope should say Bristol Rover Fan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedHalf Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Red said: Nope should say Bristol Rover Fan Serves me right on the copy and paste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 Nobody says cassn't anymore :laugh: That's not Bristolian, that's embarrassing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 But the tractors got where ee cassnt backun hasn't. Personally I favour the old version. While any man who claims he not (at some time been) a w***er, I'd rather not pronounce it in public. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted October 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 44 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said: Nobody says cassn't anymore That's not Bristolian, that's embarrassing No one I knew said it back then, it was a piss take. The song was taking the Micky out of ourselves, I doubt many drove a Tractor even back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Lions Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 58 minutes ago, TheRedHalf said: I think you may have misheard the latest lyrics, either that or the people you were near have made it more PG. The current song goes more like... I can't read & I can't write But I can drive a tractor cus Im a Bristol City Fan Once was and i'll fight any ******. Still is in the non carrot and houmous pubs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 1 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Red said: Nope should say Bristol Rover Fan Not even sure about that tbh. Somerset is ours. There’s self-deprecation like ‘sheep shaggers’ unique, mildly amusing and geographical, and there’s another self-deprecation calling yourself a ‘f’ing banker’, general, tw*tish and non-specific. Prefer the original (and corrected version). If needs be find another way to take the pizz out of ourselves either with a new ending or different song. Yours Old School 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 hour ago, AppyDAZE said: Nobody says cassn't anymore Thee cassn't kill cooch THEE CASSEN'T KILL COOCH Blow me boys I'm knocking on sixty I'm very spry Thee ‘usn't find a man who's tried his luck more times than I For years I've looked around for a woman with a few spare pound Though I can't find her I don't care and I'll tell thee why Chorus: Oh, thee casn't kill cooch, t'will never die Oh, thee casn't kill cooch, no matter just how much we's try When things go wrong boys, don't cuss nor fret For thee casn't kill cooch, and I'll get there yet Once I were courtin' a pretty little girl up on Harptree Hill Not just because her father had a farm and a cider mill Till one day he said "John, now's time the'es hurry on For the'es love that little brown jug, better than the'es love our Jill" Then I were courtin' a pretty little widow down in Congresbury Sunday afternoon she'd ask I round to tea Till one day he said "Dear, oh you'd better get out of here" For I know what yer after, and thee bissn't 'aving 'ee" Then there were Janey from Upton Chayney, what a girl were she Gurt fat legs like a couple of branches on a chestnut tree But she were just the same, she said "I know thee game Bees go after honey but I don't go for thee" So me boys, me story's over and it's very true The sun is shining and thee's gotta make hay when the sun shines through For dogs will have their day and don't 'ee all forget While there's life there's hoping and there's life in the old dog yet. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 It's all good until someone says Brizzle 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 First verse used to be ‘Bristol born and Bristol bred, Strong in the arm and thick in the head and I can’t read and I can’t write but that don’t really matter, cos I can drive a tractor’ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterstoke toad Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 I like the new one tbh and it was very loudly sung at West Brom on Tuesday . It reminds me of Leeds when other teams sing we all hate Leeds scum they just sing it back louder and it shuts the opposition up so maybe this chant will be the same when we play Swansea or millwall who constantly sing it . 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRaw Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 4 hours ago, AppyDAZE said: Nobody says cassn't anymore That's not Bristolian, that's embarrassing You’ve not met my father then 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 6 hours ago, AppyDAZE said: Nobody says cassn't anymore That's not Bristolian, that's embarrassing thees wanna bet on that?... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 4 hours ago, Robbored said: First verse used to be ‘Bristol born and Bristol bred, Strong in the arm and thick in the head and I can’t read and I can’t write but that don’t really matter, cos I can drive a tractor’ that doesnt go....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 5 hours ago, archie andrews said: that doesnt go....... Like most of his posts, he's making it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 15 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: I always preferred the Fred Wedlock version ……. ‘City ground’ not ‘football ground’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 17 minutes ago, italian dave said: I always preferred the Fred Wedlock version ……. ‘City ground’ not ‘football ground’ The Folker and Frolics is available to stream/download from Amazon music and does indeed contain his version of the above. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 21 hours ago, 1960maaan said: and I can drive a Tractor ( pronounced Track-ter ) I believe the official pronounciation is 'tratter'. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Old Boy Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 On 20/10/2022 at 14:03, 1960maaan said: Great that we have started singing it back, well played. Not new though, we used to sing it on the East End donkeys years ago. But now the words are a bit shit. I heard people sing... I can't read & I can't write But I can drive a tractor Im a Bristol City Fan and I can drive a Tractor OK, and I've only listened from distance, but come on. How about going back to what we used to sing, proper Bristol. I cassent read, I cassent write But that don't really matter (don't pronounce the T's and emphasis on the R , obviously) Cus I comes up from Somerset and I can drive a Tractor ( pronounced Track-ter ) The Old ones are the best. Thank you for your time. Think back in the day, during the early 70’s, the final “tractor” was repeated a number of times! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 2 hours ago, East End Old Boy said: Think back in the day, during the early 70’s, the final “tractor” was repeated a number of times! As a sort of to-and-fro thing from opposing sides of the EE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Dicks Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 On 20/10/2022 at 14:03, 1960maaan said: Great that we have started singing it back, well played. Not new though, we used to sing it on the East End donkeys years ago. But now the words are a bit shit. I heard people sing... I can't read & I can't write But I can drive a tractor Im a Bristol City Fan and I can drive a Tractor OK, and I've only listened from distance, but come on. How about going back to what we used to sing, proper Bristol. I cassent read, I cassent write But that don't really matter (don't pronounce the T's and emphasis on the R , obviously) Cus I comes up from Somerset and I can drive a Tractor ( pronounced Track-ter ) The Old ones are the best. Thank you for your time. I was thinking the exact same thing myself earlier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 On 20/10/2022 at 14:12, TheRedHalf said: I think you may have misheard the latest lyrics, either that or the people you were near have made it more PG. The current song goes more like... I can't read & I can't write But I can drive a tractor cus Im a Bristol City Fan and Im a f*****g w****r Millwall have sung this for years - the last line is so cockney it hurts, as they all go faaaakin waaaaaanka I remember being in the home end at the Den back in 2016 when they beat Rovers 4-0 and I joined in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 6 hours ago, TBW said: I believe the official pronounciation is 'tratter'. That is definitely the way I remember it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnowleUtd City Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 I can't understand why our lot would sing a song calling ourselves a 'F****** W***** at the end, truly bizarre. Maybe I'm missing something. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 On 20/10/2022 at 14:24, AppyDAZE said: Nobody says cassn't anymore Cassn't be sure of that, can 'ee? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 3 hours ago, KnowleUtd City said: I can't understand why our lot would sing a song calling ourselves a 'F****** W***** at the end, truly bizarre. Maybe I'm missing something. Add it to the list of songs that don't make sense in singing. Up there with "How shit must you be, we're winning at home" in the middle of our best performance for some time. Almost like telling the players they think they're shit, but it's ok because the opposition are shitter! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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