# Nation chants **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 28, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121 "2013-06-28T14:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/1 "2013-06-28T14:35:35Z")
USA! USA! Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi Oi Oi! Vive la France! Others? ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/2 "2013-06-28T14:47:41Z")
No, we don’t have then in the UK. People tend to stand or sit for the duration of a sports event nodding and smiling politely. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/3 "2013-06-28T14:49:45Z")
Well, with the occasional gentle ripple of applause accompanied by a “well played Germany, well played”. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/4 "2013-06-28T14:56:53Z")
> [@BrokenBriton](#): > > No, we don’t have then in the UK. People tend to stand or sit for the duration of a sports event nodding and smiling politely. I thought, “oogie oogie oogie, oi, oi, oi” is basically your national anthem. ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/5 "2013-06-28T14:57:20Z")
An example of a quiet sport: cricket. The Barmy Army, 12,000 miles from home in Australia: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bNoOiScwtzk/hqdefault.jpg "The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Barmy Army in Sydney, 5th Ashes Test)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNoOiScwtzk) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/6 "2013-06-28T14:58:17Z")
> [@BrokenBriton](#): > > No, we don’t have then in the UK. People tend to stand or sit for the duration of a sports event nodding and smiling politely. Yes, football matches in the UK are _so_ sedate. It’s really no different than the ballet or the symphony performances. ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/7 "2013-06-28T15:11:02Z")
An old chesnut based on Waltzing Matilda and absolutely not intended to put the Aussie media head off his lines: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4cS4yk3SXTI/hqdefault.jpg "We All Shagged Matilda") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cS4yk3SXTI) ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/8 "2013-06-28T15:51:08Z")
Of course, when we put down our knitting, English footie fans have been known to break out into a gentle '[Eng-erland, Eng-er-land, Eng-er-laaaand, Eng-erland, Eng-er-land, Eng-er-laaaand](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aq0Mr2TcMI)). It has a certain poetry. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/9 "2013-06-28T16:00:32Z")
In Canada, our nation chant is a smirk. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/10 "2013-06-28T16:22:59Z")
“Deutschland, Deutschland über alles” enjoyed a period of popularity, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/11 "2013-06-28T17:06:09Z")
And, of course, there’s the ever-tasteful ‘German Bombers’ ditti, this time offered via Cape Town. South Africa: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUuC4ehOHhE) ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/12 "2013-06-28T19:11:55Z")
> [@BrokenBriton](#): > > No, we don’t have then in the UK. People tend to stand or sit for the duration of a sports event nodding and smiling politely. > [@RobDog](#): > > Well, with the occasional gentle ripple of applause accompanied by a “well played Germany, well played”. That must be the English football hoogallantism I’ve heard so much about. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/13 "2013-06-28T19:44:24Z")
Scottish sports chant: “We’re shite and we know we are!” Nah, not really. I guess we don’t have one. ---
**Author:** ![eltro102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/14 "2013-06-29T01:34:16Z")
\*Your mother is your sister Your father is your brother You love to fuck one another The _team name_ family! \* from the UK, I guess ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/15 "2013-06-29T21:24:01Z")
There used to be RACK RACK, RACK RACK RACK, RACK RACK RACK ENGLAND ! The rack is my attempt to reproduce a banging sound, England of course is a very loud shout, as the chant goes on it speeds up and gets even louder. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/16 "2013-06-30T01:03:21Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Vive la France!? “Vive la France” isn’t chanted. During a sport event you can shout/sing “Allez la France!” (Go, France!) or "Allez les [Insert your team’s jersey’s colour. “Bleus” for the French national soccer team during international competitions, for instance]. Basically “Go, blues/greens/reds!”. There might be a full song based on that. The most famous of them being for the “green” Saint-Etienne. “Vive la France” would rather be heard during a political meeting or somesuch (not saying of course that soccer fans will _never_ shout that after a victory. It’s just not what they’ll typically chant during a game.) ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/17 "2013-06-30T01:36:10Z")
It may not have been cricket, but 3 years ago the [Chilean miners](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Copiap%C3%B3_mining_accident) were happy with “C-H-I CHI! L-E LE! CHI! CHI! CHI! LE! LE! LE! VIVA CHILE!” ([see 10 seconds on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuZWbpA4Y-8)). ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/18 "2013-06-30T02:51:35Z")
It really only applied to one event, but when the USSR played hockey against Canada in the 1972 [Summit Series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_Series), Canadians came up with the following chant: _Nyet, nyet, Soviet! Da, da, Canada!_ ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/19 "2013-06-30T02:56:49Z")
> [@BrokenBriton](#): > > An example of a quiet sport: cricket. The Barmy Army, 12,000 miles from home in Australia: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNoOiScwtzk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNoOiScwtzk) I was expecting [Vindaloo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CcU085tGwE). ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/20 "2013-06-30T02:57:24Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > “Deutschland, Deutschland über alles” enjoyed a period of popularity, IIRC. You might be surprised to learn that it’s [still the national anthem of Germany](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschlandlied). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121.md?page=2)