daib0 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I’d like to sound you out about the ‘Derby Ram’ guys … well, first, let me say that it’s daib0 from Reading’s Royals Rendezvous, but more importantly a football fan all round. Many other clubs are featured on the RR forum with equal interest to the Royals (absolutely true, we’re only two years and a half old, but we’ve currently got 727 Reading topics and 683 general footie topics!). I read whilst preparing the match threads a couple of seasons ago that the most important nickname for Derby – the Rams - probably came about because of the local folk/regimental song ‘The Derby Ram’, so not surprisingly the club’s mascot is ‘Rammie’. And what was this song then? In today’s fast-flowing pop world these old ‘folk’ and ‘popular’ tunes often get left in oblivion. So I thought I would resurrect it for the Reading fans, here it SUPPOSEDLY is (sorry, if the horizontal view appears vertically!): Music – http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z451/daib0/General%20Football/The_Derby_Ram-MUSIC_zpsb451ad70 Words – http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z451/daib0/General%20Football/The_Derby_Ram-WORDS_zpsbbe238b6 But here on You Tube, these are not hardly the same melody as I reproduced just above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wjQaJsMTMk And these are not even the same words!: But anyway, is it resurrecting it for you guys? Is the tune – or tunes to the words it seems - still well-known around your parts? Any better links to give? Would be great to have some comments back to relay over on my forum ... Cheers, Daib0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 We used to sing it at Junior school in the late 70's early 80's but it's not a widely known song in Derby outside of hardcore folk fans. Even then - they probably know the King Of Rome more than the Derby Ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abertawe_ram Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 My parents had a cassette with a version of it on that I vaguely remember hearing when I was very young, it had more or less the same words as the second youtube video I think. They also had this brilliant but cringe-worthy cd (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Rams-Songs/dp/B001H717RU/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk) that had a version called "The Derby Rams" with adapted lyrics about Derby County and the Baseball Ground. I was actually talking to some big folk fans here in Swansea recently and they mentioned this song when I said I was from Derby, so I guess it has some fame still in traditional folk circles. I would say the majority of Derby people today have very little to no knowledge of the song though. There are still a lot of signs of the ram link around though: Ram Fm is a local radio station and there's the ram statue in the city centre too. "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/The_Derby_Ram_on_East_Street_and_Albion_Street%2C_Derby_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1705947/220px-The_Derby_Ram_on_East_Street_and_Albion_Street%2C_Derby_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1705947" alt="220px-The_Derby_Ram_on_East_Street_and_A"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Isn't it rang at Derby Cathedral everyday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daib0 Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 cheers, thanks very much for the comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 There is also the bronze statue of the young boy "riding" the ram - used to be in the old Main Centre near Wilkos but is now in the River Gardens I believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 PrivateDerby (The 1st) marched 3,000 miles through India, saw action 33 times and was never defeated. Double hard b*stard. Also, I found out that the Derby Ram is rung out from Derby Cathedral every Saturday at 9am, 12 noon and 6pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Yes it is - I live within the sound of the bells and never made the connection that was what the weird tune it plays on Saturday is...thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 The Derby Rams was on the BBC Radio Derby - The Derby County Story cassette I got for the centenary in 1984. Great song! Also available on iTunes for 79p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daib0 Posted June 8, 2013 Author Share Posted June 8, 2013 Hey, that's great, really interesting, I'll write these answers back on Royals Rendezvous ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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