We shall overcome.

Glover_elbow said:
Its a song directly about black oppression whats our oppression. Its a pathetic sentiment for so called hard done by boro to latch onto
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It actually isn't. It's a gospel song very much associated with the civil rights movement, but the actual first origins are unknown.
 
I remember singing it in the the Bob end in the 60's and at Cardiff with the amendment 'have', with a tear in my eye.

It will always be Boro.

I'm not equating our struggles to black America, but no-one would suggest the American Civil Rights movement start singing Ed Sheeran songs.

Incidentally, back in the 60s, every team in the country sang 'You'll never walk alone' before Celtic adopted it as theirs.
 
It is our Anthem in my opinion, those that travelled away during the 60s & 70s. used to sing it regularly. I always liked it. It was given to us by those fans who backed the civil rights movement during the 60`s, The famous Ayresome Angels👼 its a great emotional song that only a certain type of old Boro fan would understand ⚖️. I think its the song of the underdog.
Been in many a crowd when it was in full voice.. brilliant.



UTB UTLP

 
Aztec chimera said:
I read a post on Facebook a few weeks ago asking what is your clubs anthem. A few said Pigbag. Which is a complete embarrassment
Boros Anthem is we shall overcome and always has been. Its unique to our club. Those who say it was binned after "we finally overcame when we won our first trophy" are deluded. There's always another fight, another struggle to overcome.
Bring it back, sing it loud, sing it proud and we shall overcome some day.
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It’s crap - even clapping along like a seal to pig bag has more appeal
 
Anthems don't have to be rousing or uplifting to be good. YNWA doesn't actually have those attributes and West Ham's IFBB is about failure and disappointment.

However, if rousing and uplifting songs is what people want then I will once again suggest this one. I have posted it two or three times before and it seems I'm the only person with the wit and imagination to think it would work ( or maybe it's just terrible and I'm the only one who can't see it):(

Anyhow:

 
It's not like it was sung that much pre-2004.

It tended to be sung as we were being relegated, more in self-pity than defiance

Not sorry to see the back of it
 
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