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"Ten German Bombers" is a patriotic children's song, originally sung by British schoolchildren during World War II but controversially adopted in recent years by English football fans at matches against Germany. The song uses the same tune and verse pattern as "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain". The verse pattern also follows the format of the song "Ten Green Bottles", of which it is effectively a derived variant: :''There were 10 German bombers in the air,'' :''There were 10 German bombers in the air,'' :''There were 10 German bombers, 10 German bombers,'' :''10 German bombers in the air.'' :''And the RAF from England shot 1 down,'' :''And the RAF from England shot 1 down,'' :''And the RAF from England, RAF from England,'' :''The RAF from England shot 1 down.'' These verses are then repeated with one more bomber being shot down each time, the 10th verse becoming "There was one" and "shot it down", until the number of bombers reaches zero. The last two verses of the song are: :''There were no more German bombers in the air,'' :''There were no more German bombers in the air,'' :''There were no more German bombers, no more German bombers,'' :''No more German bombers in the air.'' :Cos the RAF from England shot them down,'' :Cos the RAF from England shot them down,'' :Cos the RAF from England, RAF from England,'' :The RAF from England shot them down.'' ==In football== Since the early 1990s the song has been sung by English football fans at some matches against the Germany national football team. It is typically accompanied by horizontally outstretched arms and a gentle swaying motion, as if to mimic an aircraft in flight, and on some occasions the word "air" is replaced with "war". Such vocal behaviour was eventually deemed to be racially offensive by the Football Association, and the former English manager Sven-Göran Eriksson asked fans to refrain from it at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany,〔O'Neill, Sean. "(England's travelling supporters are told: mention the war at your own peril )" in The Times Online.〕 a plea echoed by Greater Manchester Police and other authorities. Television commercials starring David Beckham, Michael Owen, and Wayne Rooney requesting the same were also planned. Similar issues attended the football song "Two World Wars and One World Cup". These moves were criticized by some elements of the British press. Tony Parsons, writing in ''The Daily Mirror'', stated in December 2005 that: :"Less than a lifetime ago the Germans inflicted untold misery on the world. If English football fans choose to deal with that a mere 60 years later by holding their arms out and pretending to be Lancaster bombers (), I would suggest that the Germans are getting off quite lightly."〔 German fans in 2006, exhilarated by their team's three previous victories in the World Cup, adopted rival songs. E.g. supporters of both teams staged impromptu chanting competitions in the center of Cologne. Elsewhere the answer from German fans at football matches was often the Nazi song ''Bomben auf Engeland ''(“Bombs to England"). The well known and often varied chant "Without England we're heading to Berlin" ("Ohne England fahr wir nach Berlin") uses the melody of "Yellow submarine". 〔(anti Dutch variant, see 1:06 ) 〕 During the 2006 World Cup the anti-German German musician Torsun (half of the group Egotronic) recorded a techno cover of the song. The song and its accompanying YouTube video (featuring footage of German planes being shot down, the Wembley goal, a burning German flag, etc.) attracted media attention in Germany, as well as from the British tabloid ''News of the World''. The song was eventually included in the World Cup themed compilation ''Weltmeister Hits 2006''. The song is also sung by Northern Ireland fans at home matches at Windsor Park, and also at numerous away matches. It has become a firm fans favourite since the start of the millennium and can heard being sung by the energetic Green and White Army in The Kop for periods in excess of fifteen minutes. During the recent Euro Qualification game against Romania in Bucharest, the crowd enthusiastically sang Ten German Bombers at the final whistle. 〔(The GAWA singing Ten German Bombers )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ten German Bombers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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