I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

E106789

Tin Pan Alley song popular song song

"I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" is a popular early 20th-century song that has become famously associated with English football club West Ham United as their traditional supporters' anthem.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles canonical	1
I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tin Pan Alley song ⓘ popular song ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedWith	West Ham United F.C. ⓘ West Ham United F.C. ⓘ surface form: West Ham United supporters
clubAnthemOf	West Ham United F.C. ⓘ
composer	John Kellette ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalRole	club identity symbol ⓘ football chant ⓘ
decade	1910s ⓘ
featuredIn	early 20th-century vaudeville ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	New York City ⓘ
genre	popular music ⓘ waltz ballad ⓘ
hasChorusLine	I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air ⓘ
hasCustomVersion	West Ham United terrace version ⓘ
hasMelodicForm	waltz time ⓘ
hasMeter	3/4 time ⓘ
hasNotableLine	Then like my dreams they fade and die ⓘ They fly so high, nearly reach the sky ⓘ
hasRecordingBy	Ben Selvin ⓘ Leslie Hutchinson ⓘ The Merry Macs ⓘ Vera Lynn ⓘ
influenced	English football fan culture ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Jaan Kenbrovin ⓘ James Brockman ⓘ James Kendis ⓘ Nat Vincent ⓘ
lyricVariantIncludes	Fortune's always hiding ⓘ I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air, they fly so high, nearly reach the sky ⓘ
partOf	American popular songbook ⓘ
periodOfPopularity	1920s ⓘ
publicationYear	1919 ⓘ
publisher	Harms Inc. ⓘ
sheetMusicAvailable	yes ⓘ
sportsContext	association football ⓘ
theme	disillusionment ⓘ dreams ⓘ transience ⓘ
traditionallySungAfter	West Ham United victories ⓘ
traditionallySungAt	London Olympic Stadium ⓘ surface form: London Stadium Upton Park ⓘ
traditionallySungBefore	West Ham United home matches ⓘ
traditionallySungBy	West Ham United fans ⓘ
use	club song ⓘ football anthem ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Ham United F.C. → supporterAnthem → I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles ⓘ

Bert Kalmar → notableWork → I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles ⓘ

this entity surface form: I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles