Benny - The Lion Of Vienna Sleeps Tonight (Tribute To Nat Lofthouse)

Tribute to Nat Lofthouse written for Sam & John Moore, fans of Nat Lofthouse.
Words & Music: Ian Bent (Benny)
© Ian Bent 2011

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[BennyfromSalford]

Thanks for the kind comments.

Excellent art by the way!

[bwfcjohn58]

nice one benny love it and a fantastic tribute to the great man.

[BennyfromSalford]

@bwfcjohn58 @bwfcjohn58 Cheers mate! I wrote the song for my Father in-law, Nat Lofthouse was his hero even though he is a Wigan Athletic fan. In his youth he used to go and watch Bolton as well as Wigan.

The line in the song “And I know a man who walked six miles just to see him play” refers to my Father in-laws Father who did!

Cheers again for the kind comments

Benny

[BWFCWez]

Excellent tribute to our SIR Nat Lofthouse!!! Well done!

[TheLegendfamily]

@BennyfromSalford Nice tribute, mate & remember that Bolton & England's No.9 is God's No.9 now. RIP "Lion" Lofthouse, 1925-2011...

[frixster]

WE SO NEED TO SING THIS ON THE TERRACES!!

[mattysharples]

Amazing. You deserve a gold medal. I hope to god I hear this being belted around away grounds for year to come and more importantly the Reebok. Amazing. RIP Lofty.

[boltoncasual]

this is absolutley fucking brilliant i love it... were i live we do a scarecrow festival everyyear, we did liam gallagher and brian potter in previous years if you want to have a look give me a shout and i'll send you some pictures,. they got great publicity all over the papers etc.

anyway this year were doing nat lofthouse, would you mind if i burned this onto a cd for the back music? it's absolutley biblical. thanks a lot.

[frixster]

This chorus needs to be sang on the terraces of The Reebok. I will be there on Saturday v Wigan and will start it.... RIP Nat and RIP John Thomas Mann, my Grandad, who just may be kicking a football around heaven with him right now... xx

[boltontrotter76]

love it benny we need to get this on cd, superb matey.

[tommyc1987]

awesome, RIP Nat

[mrbolovski]

i cant stop playing this xxx

[mrbolovski]

ive been there , terraces .. we need to sing this on the terraces. burnden paddock. xxxxxx im crying