Willie Maley est une chanson qui retrace la glorieuse histoire du Celtic, des fondations au 19e siècle à Henrik Larsson, en passant par le 7-1 en coupe de la ligue 57 et bien entendu par le sacre à Lisbonne en 67.
Oh Willie Maley was his name,
He brought some great names to the game,
When he was the boss at Celtic Park.
He taught them how to play football,
He made the greatest of them all,
Gallagher and Quinn have left their mark.
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And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay,
They gave us Johnstone, Tully, Murdoch, Auld and Hay,
And most of the football greats,
Have passed through Parkhead's gates,
All to play football the Glasgow Celtic way.
In '38 there was a show,
And Glasgow was the place to go,
A model of the Tower was football's prize.
England sent four of the best,
They didn't meet with much success,
Because the trophy ended up in Paradise.
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Well Coronation time was here,
Fifty three, that was the year,
Another four from England met their doom.
They said we'll have to try again,
But like before it was in vain,
Because the Cup is in the Parkhead trophy room.
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Well fourteen years had gone and so,
To Portugal we had to go,
To play the team that Italy adored.
Celtic went out to attack,
They won the Big Cup and they brought it back,
The first time it had been on British shores.
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And now a new Millennium we have a brand new stadium
We're amongst the honours once again
The Celtic fans did proudly sing
Larsson is the King of Kings
and he joins the list of famous Celtic men!
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Now 21 years to the day we find it's our centenary
and we're among the honours once again
6 million pounds the huns did spend
but Souness found it was in vain
because the Celtic are the Champions again.
And now in 1995 it feels good just to be alive
and we're about to celebrate again
the fans all cry out for Pierre
he rises up into the air
and brings the Scottish cup to paradise.
And now in 1998 the Celtic fans we're feeling great
and we're about to celebrate again
Larsson, Brattbakk and Tommy Boyd
and Simon Donnelly and all the Bhoys
are singing Celtic are the Champions again.
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