Cry 'Urchin' For 'Arry And The Boys !

[Uncle Urchin]

A peaceful hush lies across the stadium and the hallowed green turf glistens in the wintery sunlight. The wise old Owl stands silent in contemplation upon his eastside throne, awaiting the arrival of the Heron. The Owl knows that the Heron is coming. The Heron always comes on days such as these. The immortals that gaze down from the walls of the clubhouse remain silent in respect for those gone and for those about to come. The red white and black tunics glimmer newly fresh on their hangers awaiting those they will adorn on the day of conflict. Future heroes will be born tomorrow as we fill the old stadium to do battle and rejoice in a great day for this Urchin nation, yes, rejoice. Let us honour our future heroes and also rejoice for our heroes past, not in sadness but in celebration, let us all rejoice in the knowledge that a spiritual Urchin warrior is now amongst us, a hero of the past that will roam the stadium forever and look down upon and guard the heroes of tomorrow, for tomorrow, there will be new heroes.

[Mitchurchin]

Bravo sir!

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

Ditto.

[Eastside Urchin]

I will look out for the Heron in my morning stroll down the ingrebourne valley.

 

[Diz]

I'll keep me eyes peeled for our long legged friend too

[Digger The Cat]

If the herons a no show,the mother in law has a plastic one in the garden that we can borrow......

[Hookey]

Hey Unc, please tell me you knew that 25th October was St Crispin's Day, otherwise it's too spooky for words!!!

 

"But we in it shall be remember'd;

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

For he today that sheds his blood with me

Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,

This day shall gentle his condition:

And gentlemen in Hornchurch now abed

Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,

And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks

That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."

[Uncle Urchin]

the battle of agincourt was fought on st crispins day hookster and of course I knew that but the title of my battle cry was derived from shakespeares henry 1V

 

cry england sir harry and st george

 

as indeed shakespeare wrote the crispian battle hymn you quote from....

 

the rest of my post albeit influenced by others far greater with word than I was from my heart...

 

can't fckn wait....

[Uncle Urchin]

Originally Posted By: Digger The Cat

If the herons a no show,the mother in law has a plastic one in the garden that we can borrow......

the heron will be there diggsy...never fear...

[Hookey]

Beg to differ dear Unc, the text of which thou doth speak is of Scene 1 Henvy V....

 

KING HENRY V SCENE I. France. Before Harfleur.

 

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Or close the wall up with our English dead.

In peace there's nothing so becomes a man

As modest stillness and humility:

But when the blast of war blows in our ears,

Then imitate the action of the tiger;

Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,

Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;

Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;

Let pry through the portage of the head

Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it

As fearfully as doth a galled rock

O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,

Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.

Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,

Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit

To his full height. On, on, you noblest English.

Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!

Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,

Have in these parts from morn till even fought

And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:

Dishonour not your mothers; now attest

That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.

Be copy now to men of grosser blood,

And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,

Whose limbs were made in England, show us here

The mettle of your pasture; let us swear

That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;

For there is none of you so mean and base,

That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,

Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:

Follow your spirit, and upon this charge

Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!

 

However, that said from the heart is by far better than that from the book!!!

 

Good luck Urchins!!!!

[Uncle Urchin]

Originally Posted By: Hookey

Beg to differ dear Unc, the text of which thou doth speak is of Scene 1 Henvy V....

KING HENRY V SCENE I. France. Before Harfleur.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest English.
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!

However, that said from the heart is by far better than that from the book!!!

Good luck Urchins!!!!

thank you hookster...plagerism is plagerism regardless of where my heading came from (I was only one henry out ) but the post was mine and from my heart...thats all that matters to me tonight...

but thank you for pointing it all out for us...

[Hookey]

Blessings upon you my son, as said, words from the heart out-shine and out-plagerise (is there such a word?) those laid down by learned sholars and poets alike.

 

The sentiments were certainly not lost on me!!!

 

Return victorious my knights!!!!!

[Uncle Urchin]

thank you hookey...we shall all be playing for 'arry tomorrow but play we will with the least amount of fuss which is the way he would have wanted it...

 

and win lose or draw we shall shrug and wryly smile and move onto the next game...which is the way he always did it...

 

he understood truly the nature of football...

[Hookey]

I never had the pleasure of meeting or knowing 'H' but I can tell he was much loved and will be much missed.

 

Condolences from all ESLians!

[Diz]

Thanks hookey, Harry was all things urchin in my mind.

We'll be singing our hearts out for him tomorrow, and the boys.

I'm sure Harry would of wanted it no other way.

He'll always be our leader!

"YEAHHH"

 

[Hookey]

Love it Diz!!

[Eastside Urchin]

Harry is our leader

[and1inthetree]

he sold us crack for a fiver, crack for a fiver.

[Eastside Urchin]

lol.