The Brighton Aces song

[Horsham Gull]

oh the lads
shouldve seen us coming
Everywhere was blue and white
And everyone was running
All the lads and lasses, all the smiling faces,
Going down the shoreham road, to see the brighton aces

 

[chez]

oh the lads
shouldve seen us coming
Everywhere was blue and white
And everyone was running
All the lads and lasses, all the smiling faces,
Going down the shoreham road, to see the brighton aces

That's the version I've been singing for the past 20 years so I'm going with this version.

 

[Mackenzie]

oh the lads
shouldve seen us coming
Everywhere was blue and white
And everyone was running
All the lads and lasses, all the smiling faces,
Going down the shoreham road, to see the brighton aces

This one

 

[Bean]

I've always sang:
Oh the lads
should've seen us coming
everywhere was blue and white
and everyone was running
all the lads and lasses, with smiles upon their faces
going down old shoreham road, to see the brighton aces

 

[Marc]

seeing as its Old Shoreham Road i'm not convinced the lyric went "going down the shoreham road"

 

[Washboard Didgets]

Oh the lads
..you should've seen us coming
EveryWHERE was blue and white
And everyone was running
All the lads and lasses, and all the smiling faces,
Going down THE shoreham road, to see the brighton aces

This is what i've always sung.

 

[wehatepalace]

oh the lads
shouldve seen us coming
Everywhere was blue and white
And everyone was running
All the lads and lasses, all the smiling faces,
Going down the shoreham road, to see the brighton aces

This once again

 

[Simster]

oh the lads
shouldve seen us coming
Everywhere was blue and white
And everyone was running
All the lads and lasses, all the smiling faces,
Going down the shoreham road, to see the brighton aces

 

[Washboard Didgets]

No excuses for anyone not knowing the words on Saturday then!

Any other chants/songs we could all clarify now...?

 

[Simster]

No excuses for anyone not knowing the words on Saturday then!

Any other chants/songs we could all clarify now...?

Sussex by the sea.

Most people sing "and we're going up to win the cup" but originally the words were apparently "and we're going up and we'll win the cup".

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Oh the lads
..you shouldve seen us coming
EveryWHERE was blue and white
And everyone was running
All the lads and lasses, and all the smiling faces,
Going down THE OLD shoreham road, to see the brighton aces

The word "old" sometimes gets left out because the song is being sung too fast.

 

[Gully]

Oh lads
..you shouldve seen us coming
EveryWHERE was blue and white
And everyone was running
All the lads and lasses, and all the smiling faces,
Going down THE shoreham road, to see the brighton aces

This is the version I always sang!

 

[Simster]

The word "old" sometimes gets left out because the chant is being sung too fast.

In my case, the preceding "the" gets left out instead in these situations.

 

[Billy the Fish]

oh the lads
shouldve seen us coming
Everywhere was blue and white
And everyone was running
All the lads and lasses, all the smiling faces,
Going down the shoreham road, to see the brighton aces

That's what I've been singing.

I can't believe how different some peoples versions are

 

[Paxton Dazo]

Oh lads
..you shouldve seen us coming
EveryWHERE was blue and white
And everyone was running
All the lads and lasses, and all the smiling faces,
Going down THE shoreham road, to see the brighton aces

Correct.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

All the different versions blend in when there are enough of you singing

 

[Srixon]

Oh lads
..you shouldve seen us coming
EveryWHERE was blue and white
And everyone was running
All the lads and lasses, and all the smiling faces,
Going down THE shoreham road, to see the brighton aces

That's how it's sung fella

 

[Foolg]

oh the lads
shouldve seen us coming
Everywhere was blue and white
And everyone was running
All the lads and lasses, all the smiling faces,
Going down the shoreham road, to see the brighton aces

 

[Guy Fawkes]

My version

OH me lads, you should've seen us coming
everywhere was blue and white
and everyone was running
all the lads and lasses
all the smiling faces
going down Old Shoreham Road
to see the brighton ACES.

(can't believe there are so many slight variations to this)

 

[KneeOn]

Sussex by the sea.

Most people sing "and we're going up to win the cup" but originally the words were apparently "and we're going up and we'll win the cup".

this.