"Follow Follow" is a song sung by supporters of Rangers F.C.

Rangers F.C.

Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

, a football club in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Scotland. It is based upon the revivalist hymn "Follow On

Follow On (hymn)

"Follow On", also known in certain cases as "Down In The Valley With My Saviour I Would Go" and "I Will Follow Jesus", is a Christian hymn written in 1878 by William Orcutt Cushing. The music for it was composed in 1880 by both Robert Lowry and W. Howard Doane.- History :The hymn was originally...

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Club usage

The song has been adopted by Rangers as their club anthem. In 2007 Rangers used the song as an inspiration for the title of their initiative against unacceptable behaviour at football matches, Follow With Pride, to replace their Pride Over Prejudice campaign. There is also a Rangers fanzine

Fanzine

A fanzine is a nonprofessional and nonofficial publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest...

 named after the song. It is also called Follow Follow

Follow Follow (fanzine)

Follow Follow is a fanzine devoted to Rangers F.C. It is edited by Mark Dingwall. The name comes from the Rangers fans' song of the same name.- History and content :Rangers banned the fanzine from its stadium in 2002 "due to its sectarian content"...

and has been banned from being sold outside Ibrox Stadium

Ibrox Stadium

Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium located on the south side of the River Clyde, on Edmiston Drive in the Ibrox district of Glasgow. It is the home ground of Scottish Premier League club Rangers and has an all-seated capacity of 51,082...

 due to having printed articles with a sectarian related content.

Controversy

The song has gathered an amount of controversy after some fans started to sing alternate lyrics about the Pope of the Roman Catholic church that some consider sectarian

Sectarianism in Glasgow

Sectarianism in Glasgow takes the form of religious and political sectarian rivalry between Roman Catholics and Protestants. It is reinforced by the fierce rivalry between Celtic F.C. and Rangers F.C., the two Old Firm football clubs...

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In 1999 the then Vice-Chairman, Donald Findlay

Donald Findlay

Donald Findlay QC, is a well-known senior advocate and Queen's Counsel in Scotland. He has also held positions as a vice chairman of Rangers Football Club and twice Rector of the University of St Andrews...

 had to stand down from his position as Vice-Chairman at Rangers and resigned from the Rangers Board after being filmed singing Follow Follow and The Sash

The Sash

The Sash is a ballad from Ireland commemorating the victory of King William III in the Williamite war in Ireland in 1690–1691....

. He was eventually fined £3,500.
In 2009, Linda Gillies was investigated by police after West Lothian council received an alleged sectarian complaint after her parrot was heard whistling "Follow Follow", to the chagrin of some of her neighbours. The complaint was eventually dismissed by the council and no charges were brought against Gillies.

Lyrics

The lyrics are:

Though the streets be broad and narrow, it's follow we will,

Follow we will, follow we will,

If the streets be broad or narrow, it's follow we will,

We will follow in the footsteps of our team. [God bless them]

Follow follow, we will follow Rangers,

Everywhere, anywhere,

We will follow on,

Follow, follow we will follow Rangers,

If they go to Dublin we will follow on.

For there's not a team like the Glasgow Rangers,

No not one, and there never shall be one,

Celtic know all about their troubles,

We will fight till the day is done.

For there's not a team like the Glasgow Rangers,

No not one, and there never shall be one!