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Euro 2012, Spain vs. Ireland, 7 minutes to go and Spain up 4-0 (in soccer, a total ass-kicking). The song is Fields of Athenry, an anti-English (like all Irish music) folk song telling of the Great Famine, and their team anthem:



Anyone can cheer for a winner. In good times, it's easy to be good. It's hard times that make heroes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr1rzSSMsac

By a lonely hospital
I heard a young girl calling
Brian they are taking him away
For you stole Paul Bryant's ball
So the young might see a bowl.
Now the football team lies waiting in disarray.

Low lie the Fields of Birmingham
Where once we watched the large steel beams rise.
Our love was all with Gene, we had dreams and chants to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Birmingham.

By a lonely hospital
I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters Carol when you're free,
Against the Tigers and the Tide
I rebelled they cut us down
Now you must coach our team with dignity.

Low lie the Fields of Birmingham
Where once we watched the large steel beams rise.
Our love was all with Gene, we had dreams and chants to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Birmingham.

By a lonely stadium wall
She watched the last beam falling
As that Legion field collapsed against the time
Sure we'll wait and hope and pray
For a stadium at Blazer Field
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Birmingham.

Low lie the Fields of Birmingham
Where once we watched the large steel beams rise.
Our love was all with Gene, we had dreams and chants to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Birmingham.

That is beyond awesome.

Here's the Dropkick version for those of a more punkish mind: