The five best Varsity chants.

The official top five Varsity chants, as compiled by The Tab’s Jake Nelson.


What’s the best thing about Varsity for those not competing? It’s obviously the chants about our unworthy rivals, Hallam.

As it’s that time of year again, The Tab has compiled a list of the best varsity chants that you will hear, sing along too and definitely start.

5. ‘What’s that coming over the hill, it’s unemployment, it’s unemployment’

Simple and harsh but probably about right when you graduate with that Food Engineering degree. And of course, Uni has brilliant job prospects for graduates.

“We all have job offers!”

4. ‘We go somewhere you don’t go, Uni, Uni, We go somewhere you don’t go, University’

We all know Hallam isn’t a proper university, but do they know that? Make sure they do by shouting this at them as loud as possible.

Uni is at the front because they’re the best ones.


3. ‘If I had the wings of a sparrow, if I had the arse of a crow, I’d fly over Hallam tomorrow, and shit on the poly below’ 

The tune takes a bit of getting used to, but it’s more than worth it to explain how much you want to poo on them. Especially on that awful students’ union building.

Why so serious? Is it because we did a poo on your SU. It is, isn’t it?

2. ‘Give us a D, Give us a D, Give us an E, what do you get? Into Hallam!’

Even less if you want to do a Working with Children, Young People and Families degree, they want three E’s. Eee that’s low.

Maybe don’t talk to these guys about their three Es…

1. ‘Your Dad works for my Dad, nah nah nah nah’

Simple, but effective, and easily tweaked to ‘we pay your benefits, we pay your benefits’ or ‘I’m going to be your boss.’ It’s important those Hallamers know where they stand, after all.