Sejarah Anthem West Ham United, I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles

Thoriq Az Zuhri

Editor: Thoriq Az Zuhri

Ilustrasi Suporter West Ham United (M. Yusuf/Skor.id).
Ilustrasi Suporter West Ham United (M. Yusuf/Skor.id).

SKOR.id - Berikut ini adalah sejarah dan lirik lagu anthem West Ham United, I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles.

West Ham United memang dikenal dengan gelembung mereka. Selalu ada gelembung yang diterbangkan ke lapangan saat para pemain memasuki lapangan pada setiap pertandingan.

Semua gelembung ini tak terlepas dari anthem mereka yang berjudul I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles.

Lagu ini awalnya ditulis oleh Ben Selvin untuk Novelty Orchestra pada 1918, dirilis 1919, dan kemudian booming, mulai dari negara asalnya Amerika Serikat sampai di Inggris.

Suporter West Ham lalu menjadikan lagu ini anthem untuk mereka mulai tahun 1920-an, meski tak ada bukti nyata bahwa suporter West Ham menyanyikan ini sampai 1940-an.

Soal sejarah mengapa suporter West Ham menyanyikan lagu I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles bisa dibilang cukup unik.

Seorang pemain bernama Billy J. Murray bermain untuk tim sekolahnya di London dan mukanya dibilang mirip anak laki-laki di lukisan berjudul "Bubbles" karya Millais yang dipakai untuk iklan sabun saat itu.

Kepala sekolah tim ini kemudian selalu menyanyikan lagu I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles saat tim kebanggaan sekolahnya bermain baik. Sang pemain, Billy, kemudian mendapat panggilan "Bubbles".

Kepala sekolah ini ternyata juga berteman dengan pelatih West Ham United saat itu, Charlie Paynter. Sedangkan Billy sang pemain sempat menjalani trial di West Ham dan berteman dengan banyak pemain West Ham.

Karena Billy secara tidak langsung sudah pernah membela tim muda West Ham, hal ini membuat suporter ikut menyanyikan lagu ini sebelum laga kandang West Ham dimulai.

Sang pelatih, Paynter, juga kadang meminta band tampil di stadion sebelum laga dan menyanyikan lagu ini.

Pada tahun 1980, sebagai persembahan ke West Ham, band punk rock, Cockney Rejects, merekam ulang lagu ini dan kemudian lagu ini semakin terkenal.

Tahun 1999 sebelum laga kandang kontra Middlesbrough, 23.680 fans West Ham di Stadion Boleyn Ground meniup gelembung bersamaan selama satu menit dan memecahkan rekor baru di sana.

Kini, I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles menjadi salah satu anthem sepak bola paling ikonik selain You'll Never Walk Alone, Blue Moon, Blaydon Races, Delilah, Sunshine on Leith, hingga Goodnight, Irene.

Lirik Anthem West Ham United, I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles:

I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air,
They fly so high, nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams they fade and die.
Fortune's always hiding,
I've looked everywhere,
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.

I'm dreaming dreams, I'm scheming schemes,
I'm building castles high.
They're born anew, their days are few,
Just like a sweet butterfly.
And as the daylight is dawning,
They come again in the morning!

I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air,
They fly so high, nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams they fade and die.
Fortune's always hiding,
I've looked everywhere,
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.

When shadows creep, when I'm asleep,
To lands of hope I stray!
Then at daybreak, when I awake,
My bluebird flutters away.
Happiness, you seem so near me,
Happiness, come forth and cheer me!

I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air,
They fly so high, nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams they fade and die.
Fortune's always hiding,
I've looked everywhere,
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.

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