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  • Matty10
    Senior Player
    • Jun 2007
    • 1331

    Club Song

    I appreciate that nearly all on here love the Swans "Cheer, Cheer, the Red and the White" club song (as I do), but I was thinking today that it needs a slight word change.

    In the second line "Honour the name by day and by night" what is the 'name' that is meant to be honoured - there is no mention of it in the first line - the club name is not Red and White? These words are presumably just left over from the words of the chorus in the original song "Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame, Wake up the echoes cheering her name."

    Considering we do not mention the name at that point I would rather we sang "Honour the club by day and by night."

    Any thoughts?
  • aardvark
    Veterans List
    • Mar 2010
    • 5685

    #2
    Heresy....

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    • GoRhino
      Pushing for Selection
      • Aug 2008
      • 68

      #3
      Valid point. What about ... "Honour the Bloods by day and by night."

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      • Triple B
        Formerly 'BBB'
        • Feb 2003
        • 6999

        #4
        Matty, this is a November/December thread if I've ever seen one....lol
        Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09

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        • Quiet_Observer
          On the Rookie List
          • Mar 2004
          • 54

          #5
          Whilst you are at it, can we somehow fit in "girt" as well...

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          • Bas
            Veterans List
            • Jan 2003
            • 4457

            #6
            The second line of the original version didn't seem to make much sense either. However you do have a point which I tend to agree with.

            What about "honour all wines by day and by night"
            In memory of my little Staffy - Dicey, 17.06.2005 to 1.12.2011- I'll miss you mate.

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            • Bas
              Veterans List
              • Jan 2003
              • 4457

              #7
              Originally posted by Quiet_Observer
              Whilst you are at it, can we somehow fit in "girt" as well...
              Swans will go in and girt over all.......
              In memory of my little Staffy - Dicey, 17.06.2005 to 1.12.2011- I'll miss you mate.

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              • Big Al
                Veterans List
                • Feb 2005
                • 7007

                #8
                Good point, but the there are inaccuracies in a lot of club songs.

                - The premiership is never usually a cake walk
                - The emblem is not for you and me
                - The Eagles are NOT flying high (NOT on the field anyway)

                etc etc
                Last edited by Big Al; 7 September 2010, 02:17 PM.
                ..And the Swans are the Premiers...The Ultimate Team...The Ultimate Warriors. They have overcome the highly fancied Hawks in brilliant style. Sydney the 2012 Premiers - Gerard Whately ABC

                Here it is Again! - Huddo SEN

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                • Kirkari
                  On the Rookie List
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 1036

                  #9
                  Nice that someone is as bored as I am...but...

                  You can't mess with it - next thing you'll be wanting to drop the banjo solo... And where do you stop? I mean, who is the "her" who has the sons marching onwards to victory? Obviously Old Notre Dame, as per your OP but do we really need to change it to "our" or "their"?

                  It's not about what it's referring to, it's about venerating the very name of the club - like calling Queen Elizabeth "Your Majesty" and not "Queenie"... If someone is highly repsected, you don't go throwing their name around lightly.

                  Besides, I like a bit of mystery. If you're a Swans supporter, you already know "the name". If you're not, we don't care that you don't know "the name".

                  10 minutes of diversion - yes!!!

                  Finally - if the Bombers can rhyme "up" with "flag", when there's a perfectly good "cup" they could be singing about grabbing, I think we're OK.
                  Superman still wears Brett Kirk Pyjamas

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                  • Kirkari
                    On the Rookie List
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 1036

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Big Al
                    Good point, but the there are inaccuracies in a lot of club songs.

                    - The premiership is never usually a cake walk
                    - The emblem is not for you and me
                    - The Eagles are NOT flying high (NOT on the field anyway)

                    etc etc
                    They're not a very happy team at Hawthorn.
                    Superman still wears Brett Kirk Pyjamas

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                    • goswannie14
                      Leadership Group
                      • Sep 2005
                      • 11166

                      #11
                      With the poetic license of song writers, it does not have to follow a logical progression. The fact that "Swans" (in place of the original South) is mentioned later in the song is sufficient for the mention of "Honour thy Name" to be associated with it then, rather than looking for something not mentioned in the first line.
                      Does God believe in Atheists?

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                      • iigrover
                        Warming the Bench
                        • Sep 2005
                        • 245

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Kirkari
                        You can't mess with it - next thing you'll be wanting to drop the banjo solo.
                        Given that the banjo solo is a relatively recent addition, why not drop it? Personally, I think a kazoo solo would be far more entertaining.
                        I think this point deserves a poll...

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                        • Trickster
                          On the Rookie List
                          • Jul 2009
                          • 377

                          #13
                          I think during the off season we should create a dreaded second verse, all good anthems have a second verse nobody knows

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                          • Jewels
                            On the Rookie List
                            • Oct 2006
                            • 3258

                            #14
                            NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
                            I still haven't got the hang of singing "whether"........

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                            • iigrover
                              Warming the Bench
                              • Sep 2005
                              • 245

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Trickster
                              I think during the off season we should create a dreaded second verse, all good anthems have a second verse nobody knows
                              Perhaps it already has a second verse?

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