Songs and Cheers
December 13th 2007
This is a partial list of some of the songs and cheers used by The Casbah over the years. Please post your suggestions and comments at the bottom.
Ooooooo, San Jose!!!
Ooooooo, San Jose!!!
Ooooooo, San Jose!!!
Oh, oh, Oh, oh, Oh – hey, hey, hey!!!
- San Jose Team Fighting Song (from the Korean Team song during WC 2002)
Ooooooo, San Jose…
San Jose!
San Jose… San Jose…
(repeat)
- Chant started in 2008
“Ole, ole, ole, ole
San Jose, San Jose”
- chant popularized at World Cup ‘94
“All we are saying
is give us a goal…..”
- to the tune of The Beatles song “Give Peace a Chance”
Here we go, here we go, here we gooo
Here we go, here we go, here we go-o.
Here we go, here we go, here we gooo
Here we go-o, here we gooo.
- to the tune of “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
Da-le, dale, dale, da-le, Oh!
Da-le, dale, dale, da-le, Oh!
Oleeeeeeeeeeeeeee (or Oh Aaaaaaaaaa?),
San Josssseeeeee!!!
- repeat ad nauseum
We want a goaaallll,
We WANT A GOOOOALLLL,
If you don’t jump,
we’ll never score!!!
- again repeat ad nauseum
San J-o-s-e, HEY!
San Jose
San J-o-s-e, HEY!
San Jose
- to the tune of the Gary Glitter song. ‘J-o-s-e’ is long and drawn out
clap-clap
clap-clap-clap
clap-clap-clap-clap
Earthquakes!
- when participant yells “Go Quakes!”, they hold their arms up in a ‘V’
San Jose!
clap-clap-clap
San Jose!
clap-clap-clap…
- participant puts arms straight up when yelling “San Jose!”
If you don’t do the bouncy, you shag sheep (or goats, or steers depending on who we’re playing).
If you don’t do the bouncy, you shag sheep.
If you don’t do the bouncy,
If you don’t do the bouncy,
If you don’t do the bouncy, you shag sheep.
Ooooooooooooooooooooo -
Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy -
(the bouncy commences by all non-sheep shaggers)
- to the tune of “She’ll be Comin’ Round the Mountain”
The referee is a blind man,
The referee is a blind man,
The referee is a blind maaaaan,
And so say all of us!
And so say all of us!
And so say all of us!
The referee is a blind man,
The referee is a blind man,
The referee is a blind maaaaan,
And so say all of us!
- To the tune of “For he’s a jolly good fellow”
Who’s your father
Who’s your father
Who’s your father referee
Hasn’t got one
Never had one
Your a bastard referee
- to the tune of My Darlin’ Clemintine
You’ll never beat Joe Cannon
- Lather, rinse, repeat
I’m blind!
I’m deaf!
I wanna be a ref!
- Repeat ’til blue in the face
NA Na Naaa
NA Na Naaa
NA Na Na, NA Na, NA Naaa
Na Na NAAA. NA Na NA Na
Na NA NA, Na Na, NA Na
- Capital ‘A’s represent emphasized notes. Several ‘a’s in a row represent extended notes. Join us in The Casbah for lessons on this one!
Ar-tu-ro AL-va-rezzz
Ar-tu-ro AL-va-rezzz
Ar-tu-ro AL-va-rez
Ar-tu-ro AL-va-rez
Dwayne De Ro-SAR-I-OOO- to the tune of “La donna mobile” from Rigoletto
Dwayne De Ro-SAR-I-OOO
Dwayne De Ro-sar-I-O
Dwayne De Ro-sar-I-O
C’mon on you Quakes
- long and drawn out
Ron-ald Cerr-i-tos
Clap-clap
Clap-clap-clap
- Repeat five times. Substitute any name that fits.
Aye, yi, yi, yi
Ruiz no tiene cojones.
Your team doesn’t like you,
they play just to spite you.
Ruiz no tieneeeee co-jones!
- to the tune of “Cielto Lindo,” a special song for Carlos Ruiz
Works in progress
There’s a team
That we root for
We go mad
When they score.
Whether home
Or away
We will cheer
For San Jose.
(chorus)
We will sing and we’ll cheer for San Jose
Cheer for San Jose
Cheer for San Jose
We will sing and we’ll cheer for San Jose
Cheer for San Jose
Cheer for San Jose
Better fans
There are few
We love the Quakes
Although they’re new
Loyalty
Is what we’ll pay
So we can cheer
For San Jose
(chorus)
We will sing and we’ll cheer for San Jose
Cheer for San Jose
Cheer for San Jose
We will sing and we’ll cheer for San Jose
Cheer for San Jose
Cheer for San Jose
- Sung to the tune of The Beatles ‘Yellow Submarine’
Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do
I can’t help it
Quakes have always been my team
Playing how they may
I was made that way
I can’t help it
Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do
I can’t help it
- Variation of Marlene Deitrich’s “Falling in Love Again”. Sung at the start of the game, right after kickoff
Stand Up if you hate the Galaxy,
Stand Up if you hate the Galaxy,
Stand Up, if you hate the galaxy.
repeated.
followed by San Jose clap-clap-clap
San Jose clap-clap-clap,
San Jose clap-clap-clap.
Ten Men went to bed, went to bed with landon.
only a joke,
There should be a Joe Cannon chant considering he was the only original quake on the team to win with us.
Will on 14 Jan 2008 at 11:41 pm #
Yup, Old Gray hair can be replaced with Joe Cannon, now.
The song was, after all, orginally for Joe.
We should replace DeRo’s song too.
Ivan Guerrero?
Guy Gayle on 11 Feb 2008 at 4:40 pm #
I changed the Pat Onstad chant to Joe Cannon. I think we should wait and see what 6-syllable player performs well before we give DeRo’s song to anyone. –Bill.
admin on 11 Feb 2008 at 4:55 pm #
I am a fan of the simple slow start of:
"Oh when the Quakes
Oh when the Quakes
Oh when the Quakes go marching in
Oh how I want to be in that number
Oh when the Quakes go marching in"
Tom on 12 Feb 2008 at 12:46 pm #
Glory, Glory San Jose!
Glory, Glory San Jose!
Glory, Glory San Jose!
The Quakes are marching on…
(a la Tottenham Hotspur)
bigdumbgod on 27 Feb 2008 at 5:21 pm #
You’re not very good
You’re not very good
You’re not very,
You’re not very,
You’re not very good!
(usable for any particularly bad play by opposing player)
bigdumbgod on 27 Feb 2008 at 5:25 pm #
GLORY GLORY TO THE QUAKES
There is a bonnie football team at Buck Shaw they play i go along to see them every other Saturday in colours blue and white the finest in the land today the Quakes go marching on, Glory glory to the Quakes glory glory to the Quakes glory glory to the Quakes, the Quakes go marching on.
–Altered from Glory Glory to the Hibees (Hibernian FC)
Mike D on 09 Apr 2008 at 7:50 pm #
Personally i think the best chant will be the manchester we will never die
We’ll never die, we’ll never die!
We’ll never die, we’ll never die!
We’ll keep the Quakes flying high!
Cos San Jose will never die!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aq9HIdKpIA
Short simple and explains much of the past three years!
Jonathan Ward on 14 Apr 2008 at 11:31 am #
I know some people were thinking about a song for ROB. How about some version of “Danny Boy” but Ronnie Boy?
Martin on 30 Apr 2008 at 4:02 pm #
As a Chelsea fan, I realized that, well… they’re flags are blue… and our flags are blue…
We’ll keep the Blue Flag flyin’ high.
That said, I think we need a stadium before we can finish this song.
Nate on 13 Jun 2008 at 1:37 pm #
i just check out the ultras website, and they have a great idea of putting a youtube link of the cheers under the actual cheer. i am going to start working on getting all the fan groups to colaborate, so we can have some true football cheers where fans cheer from across the stadium to each other. if you have a contact person, please give them my email address.
pl on 16 Jun 2008 at 10:19 am #
Earthquakes adaptation Of Celtic Chant:
Hail Hail, the Quakes are back,
What the hell do we care,
What the hell do we care,
Hail Hail, the Quakes are back,
What the hell do we care now
For it’s a grand old team to play for,
For it’s a grand old team to see,
And if you know your history,
Its enough to make your heart,
GO-OH-OH-OH!
We don’t care what the Riot Squad says, (replace Riot Squad with Texian Army in games vs. Houston)
What the hell do we care,
For we only know,
That there’s gonna be a show,
And San Jose will be there.
Sure it’s the best darn team in this land
and the players they are grand,
We support the Earthquakes
‘cos they are the finest in the land we love them.
We’ll be there to give Huckerby a cheer
When the League flag flies,
And the cheers go up ‘cos we know the MLS Cup
is coming home to rest at the Buck Shaw!
Soccer fan on 15 Sep 2008 at 8:33 pm #
Hey, Im a loyal 104 member, and i got two chant suggestions
First for Super Joe
Joe Cannon, Keeper of the Year
Thats my chant too!
Whenever we go out, supporters always shout
JOE CANNON KEEPER OF THE YEAR!!!!
and then for the upcoming homegame against shitvas (and this is stolen from la fans,)
Fuck off, Chivas USA
You Aint got no history
Your not mexico, your not la
and now your gonna lose to SAN JOSE!!!!
ill be using those, next game, hoping maybe to spread it to the louder sections sense 104/5 are SO quiet!
William Mooney on 28 Sep 2008 at 7:25 am #
Earthquakes version of the notorious Billy Boys called
The Yallop Boys (in the tune of Marching Through Georgia):
Hello, hello, we are Yallop Boys
Hello, hello, you’ll hear us by our noise
And if you are a Galaxy fan (Houston if against the Dynamo)
Surrender or you’ll die
For we are the Joe Cannon boys
Dexter Granite on 29 Sep 2008 at 8:45 pm #
I’ve noticed the best teams in the world have some pretty wild chants. I think San Jose can match anyone!
Here’s one idea – it;d be awesome if the fans could pull together and pull it off!
To “This is how we do it”
***During Play***
I’m kinda buzzed and its all because
(this is how we do it)
San Jose does it like nobody does
(this is how we do it)
2001, 2003
(We still got the trophies)
It’s a championship side, give up and cry
***After a goal***
I’m kinda buzzed and its all because
(this is how we do it)
Arturo* scores like nobody does
(this is how we do it)
Jason, Nick, & Corrales
(this is how we do it)
Sounders** attack is a laugh when the Quakes fall back
* Whomever scored
** Whatever team we’re playing
Turn up the chants! on 08 Jun 2009 at 12:19 pm #