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[Ruck'n'Roll]

Originally posted by floppinab
I've always wondered what a frenchperson attending a Lions game would think....... would they jump to their feet with their hands on their heart when the Lions ran out on the ground.

During the Rugby world cup some dingdong in the courier mail commented that it was a nice local touch for the French to play the Brisbane tean song before a game.

[The Boot]

Originally posted by Mike_B
I like Brisbane's because it recognises the histroy of the Bears and Fitzroy coming together.

The Saints song is crap, as is Freo's.

The only other club song that I enjoy is Richmond's (except in Rd 7 coz it was played after we lost). I've said it before and I'll say it again, hearing 40,000 feral tigers yelling "Yellow and Black" as loud as they can is enough to send tingles down any spine IMHO.

I agree Mike. After ours at #1 (well ,ok .. for political reasons .. aherm .. cough .. cough) I too like the Tigers song. And that crowd participating YELLO'n'BLACK! does make the hairs stand up!

[Mike_B]

There was an article in the Record a few weeks back (Hawthorn game IIRC) about the origin of club songs - an interesting read.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Don't suppose you could paraphrase?

[swan_song]

Originally posted by Cher
And then there was the SHOW EM SYDNEY in the Swanettes day!!

ahhhhhhhhh the Swanettes!!! That takes me back a bit...they were very busy there in 1987 for a while, jigging to every goal in those fabulous (+/- 100-point) wins over the Pies, Dogs, SnDon, Weagles, etc...

[Damien]

Originally posted by The Boot
I agree Mike. After ours at #1 (well ,ok .. for political reasons .. aherm .. cough .. cough) I too like the Tigers song. And that crowd participating YELLO'n'BLACK! does make the hairs stand up!

I love the tigers song but hate Richmond, best song in the league IMO (Cheer Cheer is my favourite of course!!)...

I hate it when we play Richmond because I have to try to stop myself singing it lol

[Ryan Bomford]

Originally posted by Ruckman
Don't suppose you could paraphrase?

Ruckman, Here is a little history of the Swans Song that I posted back in December:

A little history on the mighty club theme song.

Notre Dame Victory March
Without a doubt the most recognizable collegiate fight song in the nation, the "Notre Dame Victory March" was written just past the turn of the century by two brothers who were University of Notre Dame graduates.

Michael J. Shea, a 1905 graduate, wrote the music and his brother, John F. Shea, who earned degrees in 1906 and 1908, wrote the words. The song was copyrighted in 1908 and a piano verson, complete with lyrics, was published that year.

Michael, who became a priest in Ossining, N.Y., collaborated on the project with John, who lived in Holyoke, Mass. The song's public debut came in the winter of 1908 when Michael played it on the organ of the Second Congregational Church in Holyoke.

The "Notre Dame Victory March" later was presented by the Shea brothers to the University and it first appeared under the copyright of the University of Notre dame in 1928. The copyright was assigned to the publishing company of Edwin H. Morris and the copyright for the beginning of the song is still in effect.

The words and music which begin with the words "Cheer, cheer for Old Notre Dame" are in the public domain in the United States, but are protected in all territories outside of the country.

Notre Dame's fight song was first performed at Notre Dame on Easter Sunday, 1909, in the rotunda of the Administration Building. The University of Notre Dame band, under the direction of Prof. Clarence Peterson, played it as part of its athletic event 10 years later. In 1969, as college football celebrated its centennial, the "Notre Dame Victory March" was honored as the "greatest of all fight songs."

Michael Shea was the pastor of St. Augustine's Church in Ossining until his death in 1938. John Shea, a baseball monogram winner at Notre Dame, became a Massachusetts state senator and live in Holyoke until his death in 1965.

Lyrics:

Rally sons of Notre Dame:
Sing her glory and sound her fame,
Raise her Gold and Blue
And cheer with voices true:
Rah, rah, for Notre Dame
We will fight in ev-ry game,
Strong of heart and true to her name
We will ne'er forget her
And will cheer her ever
Loyal to Notre Dame

Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame,
Wake up the echoes cheering her name,
Send a volley cheer on high,
Shake down the thunder from the sky.
What though the odds be great or small
Old Notre Dame will win over all,
While her loyal sons are marching
Onward to victory.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Thanks for the information, although it's really not helping me to love the song.

Now in addition to disliking it because it's not to my taste, I have to try to get over the fact that it's a yet another bit of american trash implanted in Oz.

Originally posted by Ryan Bomford
The copyright was assigned to the publishing company of Edwin H. Morris and the copyright for the beginning of the song is still in effect.

So we pay royalties for it too?

AAAARrgh!


Again, thanks for the info anyway.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by Ruckman
Now in addition to disliking it because it's not to my taste, I have to try to get over the fact that it's a yet another bit of american trash implanted on Oz.

Like many of the club songs - either that or 19thC English music hall.

Hawthorn - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Brisbane Bears were Glory Glory Helleluja and now Le Marseillaise.

Bulldogs - Sons of the Sea - an old campfire song and perhaps originally from the English music hall.

Collingwood - Goodbye Dolly Gray - English song written about the Boer War I believe.

Carlton - Lily of Laguna - another English music hall song.

Essendon - Keep Your Sunny Side Up - American song from the 1920s.

Geelong - Carmen - Bizet's opera.

Kangaroos - A Wee Doch and Doris - Scottish from beginning of 20thC - used as a WWI tune.

Melbourne - You're a Grand Old Flag - another campfire song, also early 20thC English used in WWI.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

I hope this doesn't mean my grandkids'll be taking up gridiron

[Go Swannies]

Originally posted by Ruckman
Thanks for the information, although it's really not helping me to love the song.

Now in addition to disliking it because it's not to my taste, I have to try to get over the fact that it's a yet another bit of american trash implanted in Oz.



So we pay royalties for it too?

AAAARrgh!


Again, thanks for the info anyway.

I bet you won't sing Happy Birthday either because that's also American trash?

How about the theme from the Monkees?

Hey hey we're the Swannies
And people say we're swanning around
But we're too busy winning
To put anybody down.

[Schneidergirl]

Originally posted by hemsleys
That was in the days when you could sit anywhere you pleased.

I used to get annoyed if there was ONE person ahead of me in the beer queue.

You were unlucky if there was anyone in the food queue.

Sunday afternoon in the sun.

And I could run up and down the seat rows, playing hide and seek with my sister, play barbies in the sun, watch the Swannettes with admiration... (afterall, I was going to be one when I grew up)

[Dave]

Originally posted by mja
Hey remember when we had (in Sydney)
Swannie how I love ya, how I love ya, my dear old Swannie??? (lucky there are no sound clips to hear me sing this!!)

That was my fave ad!

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Originally posted by Go Swannies
Hey hey we're the Swannies
And people say we're swanning around
But we're too busy winning
To put anybody down.

It's got rythm, it's got melody, I like it!

[Thunder Shaker]

Originally posted by Ruckman
I hate "Cheer, Cheer"

You won't hate it quite so much when they play it at the MCG at 5.15 pm on the last Saturday in September. It probably won't be this year, but it will happen soon.