Snooker Loopy
Snooker Loopy is a famous song in the 1980s in Britain, by Chas n' Dave. The song humoured snooker players, and helped to make snooker popular. The song can be played here. There were five snooker players that made appearances, and sang lines:
- Tony Meo (England) "I always bite me eyeballs!"
- Dennis Taylor (Northern Ireland) "'Cos I wear these goggles!" (Reference to the large upside down glasses he wore. Taylor's accent makes it sound like "'Cos I wear these gargools!")
- Terry Griffiths (Wales) "Hairbrushes for me barnet!" (Reference to Griffiths' bold hairsyle)
- Willie Thorne (England) "Perhaps I ought to chalk it!" (Reference to Thorne's bald head, it is suggested the lights shone on it, making it hard for players to see properly)
- Steve Davis (England) "He's got the rest of us signed up!" (Reference to Barry Hearn, the manager of Steve Davis. He created the Matchroom League, which involved signing up a lot of the other great players)
The lyrics:
Snooker Loopy nuts are we,
Me and him and them and me,
We'll show you what we can do
With a load of balls and a snooker cue.
Pot the reds then, screw back
For the yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black.
Snooker Loopy nuts are we,
We're all Snooker Loopy!
Now ol' Meo as we all know's
Got loadsa dappa suits.
London bred, and he keeps his head
Though he's got Italian roots.
Emotional, but he keeps his cool
'Til he reaches the finals.
And whether he wins or whether he don't
"I always bite me eyeballs!"
Now our friend Den, hours he spent
Down the snooker hall.
On the old green baize, his mates seem amazed
At skills with a snooker ball.
And them long shots, he never ever got.
Why? The old mind boggles.
But nowadays he pots the lot.
"Cos I wear these goggles!"
Snooker Loopy nuts are we,
Me and him and them and me,
We'll show you what we can do
With a load of balls and a snooker cue.
Pot the reds then, screw back
For the yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black.
Snooker Loopy nuts are we,
We're all Snooker Loopy!
Now Terry the taff, was born in a gaff
In the valleys of the land of song.
And as the reds he puts to bed,
He likes to sing along.
"And if I win," he says with a grin,
"It can only help me can't it."
I'll celebrate, I'll buy another eight
"Hairbrushes for me barnet!"
Now old Willy Thorne; his hair's all gone
And his mates all take the rise.
His opponent said "cover up his head"
'Cos it's shining in my eyes.
When the light shines down, on his bare crown
It's a cert he's gonna walk it.
It's just not fair giving off that glare,
"Perhaps I ought to chalk it!"
Snooker Loopy nuts are we,
Me and him and them and me,
We'll show you what we can do
With a load of balls and a snooker cue.
Pot the reds then, screw back
For the yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black.
Snooker Loopy nuts are we,
We're all Snooker Loopy!
Now Steve last year, come very near
To winning the snooker crown.
But he never got to put it on his ginger nut,
'Cos the black ball wouldn't go down.
His manager of all said "[whistle] that ball,"
But it helped him make his mind up.
Now he don't care who wins this year
"Cos he's got the rest of us signed up!"
Snooker Loopy nuts are we,
Me and him and them and me,
We'll show you what we can do
With a load of balls and a snooker cue.
Pot the reds then, screw back
For the yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black.
Snooker Loopy nuts are we,
We're all Snooker Loopy!
Snooker Loopy nuts are we,
Me and him and them and me,
We'll show you what we can do
With a load of balls and a snooker cue.
Pot the reds then, screw back
For the yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black.
Snooker Loopy nuts are we,
We're all Snooker Loopy!
Snooker Loopy nuts are we,
We're all Snooker Loopy!
Snooker Loopy nuts are we,
We're all Snooker Loopy!
