Ee Aye Addio is a traditional
British celebratory
football
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crowd song.
The usual format is ''"We've won the cup, we've won the cup, ee aye addio, we've won the cup".''
Variations are often made up on the spur of the moment.
The song perhaps first gained a wider audience at the 1965
FA Cup final at
Wembley Stadium, when the singing by supporters of
Liverpool F.C. was broadcast on TV and radio. Noticing the
Queen had a red jacket on (Liverpool's team colours), the words were hastily changed to "Ee aye addio, the Queen's wearing red!".
The song was also sung after
England won the
1966 FIFA World Cup
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.
The origin of the song lies in the traditional British nursery rhyme “
The Farmer's in his Den”.
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Association football songs and chants