Adama Traore

[villan_007]

'Adama whoa, Adama whoa, he comes from Barcelona, he's giving us a boner'

 

Thoughts?

 

No catchy rhyme to it at all. I need the rhyming.

[Gary Thomas]

I came up with this a few weeks ago on holiday and I can’t stop singing it.  Spread the word if you like it and make it happen !!

Aaaaadama Traoré, Aaaaadama Traoré
He plays for Aston Villa
He’s better than Maradona
Aaaaadama Traoré…….

PS. Could also make the third line 'he came from Barcelona' and have two alternative versus....

Edited September 11, 2015 by Gary Thomas

[This Could Be Rotterdam]

'Adama whoa, Adama whoa, he comes from Barcelona, he's giving us a boner'

 

Thoughts?

 

No catchy rhyme to it at all. I need the rhyming.

Adama, adama, adama,

He's too good for barca, for barca, for barca,

That's why he joined the villa, the villa, the villa,

Cus' that's the way he like it, he likes it, he likes it,

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoaaaa...

Best I've come across so far!

[Lerner's Driver]

When his shot hits your eye like a big pizza pie
That's Traore!
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's Traore!
Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you'll sing "Vi-lla bella"
Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Like a gay tarantella...

Thaaaattts Traore!


 

Edited September 11, 2015 by Lerner's Driver

[TheMelvillan]

Re-post alert. Absolutely no-one liked, appreciated or even acknowledged this effort at the time and I have no reason to believe this time will be any different. But just in case it achieves a "Shawshank Redemption"-esque reception on its re-release, here goes:

 

To the tune of La Bamba. I challenge you to get it out of your head once you sing it!!   Might be tricky when you are p1ssed up however  

 

 

"Adama dama Adama,

Adama dama Adama Traore,

Oh Tra-ore, oh Tra-ore,

 

A-a-dama.....A-a-dama....A-a-dama...A-dama

 

(repeat from top)

[Gary Thomas]

When his shot hits your eye like a big pizza pie
That's Traore!
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's Traore!
Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you'll sing "Vi-lla bella"
Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Like a gay tarantella...

I really like this tune and the start, but not sure about 'tippy-tippy-tay', 'ting-a-ling' and 'gay tarantella'   Can't see that catching in the Holte somehow.  I had a go at modifying it a bit....what do you reckon?  I tried to make it more simple and related to Villa.  I actually think this would be great cus it connects to bells are ringing and yippi aye eh.  Also changed to runs as that is what often get the crowd on their feet

When his runs hit your eye like a big pizza pie
That's Traore!
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's Traore!
Bells will ring ding-a-ling-a-ling, ding-a-ling-a-ling
For the Villlaaaaa
We will say yippi aye eh, yippi aye eh
He’s the best in the premier

Please like this, I think it is fecking great and people should sing it !!!!

Edited September 11, 2015 by Gary Thomas

[Gary Thomas]

Maybe we should try a poll or something?  I've listed the four options above in order of my preference.   If others care to say what they like in order of preference I will tally them up later.  Or, if someone has a better chant to suggest, we could add it to the list?  If we get enough votes we 'might' be able to arrive at some sort of consensus and actually get one going.  We all complain about the lack of songs at VP, lets start doing something about it....

 

Option 1 (tune Dean Martin’s That's Amore)

When his runs hit your eye like a big pizza pie

That's Traore!

When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine

That's Traore!

Bells will ring ding-a-ling-a-ling, ding-a-ling-a-ling

For the Villlaaaaa

We will say yippi aye eh, yippi aye eh

He’s the best in the premier

 

Option 2 (tune Gipsy Kings Volare)

Aaaaadama Traoré, Aaaaadama Traoré

He plays for Aston Villa

He’s better than Maradona

Aaaaadama Traoré…….

 

Option 3 (tune La Bamba)

Adama dama Adama,

Adama dama Adama Traore,

Oh Tra-ore, oh Tra-ore,

A-a-dama.....A-a-dama....A-a-dama...A-dama

 

Option 4 (wasn't sure of tune)

Adama, adama, adama,

He's too good for barca, for barca, for barca,

That's why he joined the villa, the villa, the villa,

Cus' that's the way he like it, he likes it, he likes it,

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoaaaa...

Edited September 11, 2015 by Gary Thomas

[YLN]

Option 5

Adama Traore, 18 and 60, my dear and loving son John

Your good friend the schoolmaster Pat McNamara's so good

As to write these words down.

Your brothers have all gone to find work in England,

The house is so empty and sad

The crop of potatoes is sorely infected,

A third to a half of them bad.

And your sister Brigid and Patrick O'Donnell

Are going to be married in June.

Your mother says not to work on the railroad

And be sure to come on home soon.

 

Adama Traore, 18 and 70, dear and loving son John

Hello to your Mrs and to your 4 children,

May they grow healthy and strong.

Michael has got in a wee bit of trouble,

I guess that he never will learn.

Because of the dampness there's no turf to speak of

And now we have nothing to burn.

And Brigid is happy, you named a child for her

And now she's got six of her own.

You say you found work, but you don't say

What kind or when you will be coming home.

 

Adama Traore, 18 and 80, dear Michael and John, my sons

I'm sorry to give you the very sad news

That your dear old mother has gone.

We buried her down at the church in Adama,

Your brothers and Brigid were there.

You don't have to worry, she died very quickly,

Remember her in your prayers.

And it's so good to hear that Michael's returning,

With money he's sure to buy land

For the crop has been poor and the people

Are selling at any price that they can.

 

Adama Traore, 18 and 90, my dear and loving son John

I guess that I must be close on to eighty,

It's thirty years since you're gone.

Because of all of the money you send me,

I'm still living out on my own.

Michael has built himself a fine house

And Brigid's daughters have grown.

Thank you for sending your family picture,

They're lovely young women and men.

You say that you might even come for a visit,

What joy to see you again.

 

Adama Traore, 18 and 92, my dear brother John

I'm sorry that I didn't write sooner to tell you that father passed on.

He was living with Brigid, she says he was cheerful

And healthy right down to the end.

Ah, you should have seen him play with

The grandchildren of Pat McNamara, your friend.

And we buried him alongside of mother,

Down at the Adama churchyard.

He was a strong and a feisty old man,

Considering his life was so hard.

And it's funny the way he kept talking about you,

He called for you in the end.

Oh, why don't you think about coming to visit,

We'd all love to see you again.

 

[Czechlad]

[Gary Thomas]

Lord help us.

Edited September 11, 2015 by Gary Thomas

[Mic09]

I came up with this a few weeks ago on holiday and I can’t stop singing it.  Spread the word if you like it and make it happen !!

Aaaaadama Traoré, Aaaaadama Traoré
He plays for Aston Villa
He’s better than Maradona
Aaaaadama Traoré…….

PS. Could also make the third line 'he came from Barcelona' and have two alternative versus....

I had the same idea, but  insteead of Aaaaadama Traoré, Aaaaadama Traoré
I was thinking more like ' ADAMAAAAA, OOOOO, TRAORE, ooooOOOO

if you catch my drift

and then you could just sing that over and over, so there is a slight chance it might actually catch on as there are only 2 words to it and these words are his name

Edited September 11, 2015 by Mic09

[Gary Thomas]

Know what you mean but prefer my version tbh with more of the chorus.  Agree need to keep it relatively simple, but it’s pretty easy to remember "plays for Aston Villa" and "better than Maradona" and then you can just sing it over and over.  Once you sing it a couple of times it gets you.... 

Aaaaadama Traoré, Aaaaadama Traoré
He plays for Aston Villa
He’s better than Maradona
Aaaaadama Traoré, Aaaaadama Traoré

https://youtu.be/ZpeOOjLcRcI

 

[lapal_fan]

Chants thread so gtfo of here with your shit - no one will ever sing - chants!

[CrackpotForeigner]

There's only one Adama Traore

One Adama Traoore

The End.

[sexbelowsound]

There's only one Adama Traore

One Adama Traoore

The End.

Unfortunately there are multiple Adama Traores..... 

[Gompedyret]

Just switch out "a jolly good fellow" and do:

For he's Adama Traore * 3

..he's scoring goals for fun.

For example.

[Gary Thomas]

Chants thread so gtfo of here with your shit - no one will ever sing - chants!

Easy tiger.  OK, point taken about the thread but what do you mean no one will ever sing chants?  You don't speak for all fans and newsflash, we've always sang f**king chants about players from Gary Shaw (when he gets the ball he's bound to score -  no doubt you'd say that was shit) to John Carew, Carew.  Don't really understand the animosity about trying to suggest a chant or two for a key player in 'his' own bloody thread - we're 'supporters' aren't we?   Create the chants and back the team.   We used to have a great repitoire of songs in the 80s and  90s, i want those days back and you should too.  Surely to God  we can do better than 'there's only one Adama Traore' ?  

[Shomin Geki]

On the subject of Mr Carew, it would be a Hell of a lot easier to come up with chants if players actually had any personality these days.  You're performers you shoegazing ingrates!

[Gary Thomas]

.

Edited September 12, 2015 by Gary Thomas

[mjmooney]

Just switch out "a jolly good fellow" and do:

For he's Adama Traore * 3

..he's scoring goals for fun.

For example.

This this this. Perfect.