Question: When the crowd are giving Robin Hood the "chop", what's the tune they're chanting?
Neil Jones
29th Oct 2018
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Answer: They're imitating a Native American chant in the style of the Atlanta Braves, from whom they also take the chop.
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Answer: The tune is FSU's "Massacre War Chant." There's a history of how it all came about (which the Atlanta Braves adopted), but that's the music that usually accompanies the "Tomahawk Chop." It's also known as just "War Chant", but I think "War Chant" is a slightly altered version.
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