Bowling Cheers

Heard during 5-pin bowling tournaments in and near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Not an exhaustive list - I'll be adding to it as I learn more. -Gerry Pareja.

STRIKES

Immediately after a strike: What's the name of the game?
They all fall down!
Ta-da Ta-da... CHARGE!
[repeated for each strike (3 for a turkey, etc.)]
Ta-da Ta-da... Next one...
  We want another one
Just like the other one
We want more!
To raise our score!

SPARES or HEADPINS
When you left some pins standing after your first ball: (team-mate) Half it up! (team/spectators) Take it out!
(team-mate) Half it up! (team/spectators) take it out!
(team-mate) S, P ... (team/spectators) A-R-E
Half it up! Take it out!
  See that pin [those pins] standing there
Knock it [them] down and get a spare
After hitting a headpin, leaving a single pin (barely) standing, or aces (left and right 2-pins left standing): Fe fi fo fum, where the hell did that come from?
It's ugly, it's ugly, it's really, really ugly
S, P ... (team/spectators) A-R-E
Half it up! Take it out!
  Nuts and bolts, nuts and bolts, we've been screwed!
Call the cops, call the cops, we've been robbed!
(Optional verses)
U-G-L-Y, you ain't got no alibi
You ugly, hey, hey, you ugly
M-A-M-A, that is how you got that way
Yo' mama what, what, yo' mama
Yo' mama say you ugly
And yo' mama don't lie

CLEANING UP
When you still have pins standing after 2 balls: See that [those] pin(s) standing clean
Knock it [them] down and get fifteen
  We want fifteen, fifteen, fifteen
we want fifteen, right now!
We want, you want, everybody else wants...
we want fifteen, right now!

ENCOURAGEMENT

Just as tension is building before a tournament's First Ball is thrown: We got spirit, yes we do
We got spirit, how about you?
[pointing to the next lane and hinting they repeat the chant]
When everyone on your team got a mark (strike or spare) in the last frame: Check frame [Team-name] check frame!
When your team is doing well, you might chant... Ice-cold beer, makes you want to cheer
Ice-cold gin, makes you want to win
Ice-cold duck, makes you want to ooh, aah
[Team-name]'s on the warpath
When one person on your team failed to get a mark (strike or spare) in the last frame: Thats our [name] he's got class
He/She ain't nothing but a horse's ass
That's all right, that's o.k.
We still love her/him, anyway
(Optional verses)
D-O-N-K-E-Y, you're a horse's ass
And that ain't all, and that ain't all ...
Just as your team-mate comes up to bowl: I say [name], you say "Strike!"
[name] (team or spectators: Strike!)
[name] (Strike!)
[name, name, name] (Strike, Strike, Strike!)

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Last revision: October 20, 2008