GOD BETWEEN US and all harm, but what a lot of nonsense surrounds college "colours" matches. On November 29th, UCD played TCD in Donnybrook in rugby; and, for reasons best known to UCD itself, the traditional "Yerrawaddie" battle cry was dusted off for the occasion.
To help those who may have forgotten the lyrics since they first appeared in a 1965 match programme, a recent edition of UCD's in-house magazine, UCD News, printed them in a handy "cut out and keep"
form. Readers of a sensitive disposition should probably read no further, but for hardier souls we reprint in full this (thankfully) unique part of UCD's culture. WARNING: The following section contains the words "Hee Nonnie Nonnie",
Yerrawaddie
Yerrawaddie, Yerrawadie,
Yup, Yup, Yup,
Horum, Harum, Hup, Hup,
Hup,
Ha Ha Ha, Hee Hee Hee,
Yerrawaddie, Yerrawadie,
UCD,
With a Hey Nonnie Nonnie
And a Ha-Cha-Cha,
Colaiste na hOllseoile,
Ra Ra Ra,
C-O-L-L-l-D-G-E,
COLLEGE.
One can only hope that this is some kind of post modern joke by UCD News.
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