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===Music=== The Hibs anthem "[[Glory Glory (football chant)#History|Glory, Glory to the Hibees]]" was written and performed by the Scottish comedian, [[Hector Nicol]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hibernian-FC-Glory-Hibees/dp/B0000241BM |title=Hibernian FC: Glory Glory to the Hibees |website=Amazon UK |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311014238/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hibernian-FC-Glory-Hibees/dp/B0000241BM |archive-date=11 March 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Former [[Marillion]] singer [[Fish (singer)|Fish]] is a Hibs fan;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.the-company.com/email/e2007-03-27.htm |title=Email 27th March 2007 |publisher=The-Company.Com: Official [[Fish (singer)|Fish]] Site |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807173150/http://www.the-company.com/email/e2007-03-27.htm |archive-date=7 August 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Easter Road]] is mentioned in the song "Lucky", from the album ''[[Internal Exile (Fish album)|Internal Exile]]''. [[The Proclaimers]] are lifelong Hibs fans and were heavily involved with the 'Hands off Hibs' campaign to save the club in 1990.<ref name = "hands off hibs"/> ''[[Sunshine on Leith (song)|Sunshine on Leith]]'' has become a Hibs anthem,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://living.scotsman.com/theproclaimers/Singing-twins-bring-sunshine-to.2324083.jp |title=Singing twins bring sunshine to Leith |date=4 May 2002 |access-date=24 February 2010 |work=Edinburgh Evening News|publisher=Johnston Press |last=Ferguson |first=Brian}}</ref> which is traditionally played after big victories at [[Easter Road]] and the finals of cup competitions.<ref>{{Cite web|author-link=Stuart Cosgrove |last=Cosgrove |first=Stuart |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/comment/columnists/sport-columnists/stuart-cosgrove/2007/03/29/i-would-walk-500-miles-to-savour-hampden-roar-86908-18824838/ |work=Daily Record|publisher=Trinity Mirror |date=29 March 2007 |access-date=5 August 2017 |title=I Would Walk 500 Miles To Savour Hampden Roar|archive-date=25 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125005513/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/comment/columnists/sport-columnists/stuart-cosgrove/2007/03/29/i-would-walk-500-miles-to-savour-hampden-roar-86908-18824838/}}</ref> In their song "Cap in Hand", from the [[Sunshine on Leith (album)|''Sunshine on Leith'' album]], The Proclaimers make a reference to the Hibs player [[Andy Goram]]:<ref>{{cite tweet |user=The_Proclaimers |number=1543555997 |title=Deepest condolences to the Goram family. Andy was a magnificent Hibs goalie when we wrote Cap In Hand. |date=3 July 2022 |accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref> {{cquote|I can understand why [[Stranraer F.C.|Stranraer]] lie so lowly<br />They could save a lot of points by signing Hibs' [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalie]]}} The song "Joyful Kilmarnock Blues", from the [[This Is the Story|first Proclaimers' album]], is about a Hibs victory away from home.<ref name = "hands off hibs"/> {{cquote|I'd never been to [[Ayrshire]]<br />I [[Hitchhiking|hitched]] down one Saturday<br />Sixty miles to [[Kilmarnock]]<br />Just to see Hibernian play}}
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