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You'll never walk alone - Song
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When you walk through a storm,
Hold your head up high,
And don't be afraid of the dark,
At the end of a storm, there's a golden sky,
And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone,
You'll never walk alone
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
You'll never walk alone
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone,
You'll never walk alone...
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You'll never walk alone...
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Background
"You'll Never Walk Alone" was a song written by Richar Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II for their 1945 musical, Carousel.Likely popularised after being in the charts in the 1960's, whereupon fans on the terraces at Liverpool took up the song and it passed quickly to other clubs like Celtic, but then there are those who feel we sang it first. Regardless, it is a much loved football anthem which on a great night can make for a special atmosphere.
While many Celtic fan-based websites provide the words to You'll Never Walk Alone, and it features on the CD Green & White Anthems, there is no historical evidence that Celtic fans sang it on their terraces first. Instead, a cursory glance back in time shows that Liverpool have the much stronger claims.
Debate of Celtic v Liverpool for the origins of the tune
(Guardian)"After all, the song, originally written by Rodgers and Hammerstein in 1945 for the Broadway musical Carousel, only became a terrace favourite after it was covered by Gerry and the Pacemakers in November 1963. Almost immediately - as footage from Panorama in 1964 shows - Liverpool supporters adopted it.As Paul Fields points out: "Before the early 60s football fans made noise and occasionally chanted something brief (like Play Up Pompey!) but it was the Kop that started singing popular songs of the day (mainly Merseybeat songs such as Gerry and the Pacemakers' You'll Never Walk Alone) and later started to adapt the lyrics of songs to celebrate the team and its players.
"If any Celtic fans still claim that they sang it first, it would have to predate Gerry's version. Now can you really see thousands of working class Glaswegians in the 50s/early 60s spontaneously joining in a sing-along from a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?" No, us neither."
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