Hmmm. I never knew the lyrics to the Notre Dame march. And so I never realised how much of the lyrics we stole when we changed it to the Swans anthem!
A LITTLE originality would be nice....
Officially on the Reid and Sumner bandwagon!
"Oh, everything's stolen nowadays. The fax machine is just a waffle iron with a phone attached" --Grampa Simpson
Most AFL club songs are stolen. Geelong's comes from the opera Carmen, Carlton's is an old old tune called Lily of Laguna, the Bombers used "Keep Your Sunny Side Up", and the Lions' is a rip-off of the French national anthem!
On the other hand, clubs with 'original songs' include West Coast, Freo and Port. Hmm.
Note the words "What though the odds"!!
Richmond's is based on the song "Row Row Row" - and old Music Hall tune. Young whippersnappers might know it from the movie "Oh! What A lovely War".
Young Johny Jones he had a cute little boat
And all the girlies he would take for a float.
He had girlies on the shore,
Sweet little peaches by the score-
But master Johny was a wis'un, you know,
His steady girl was Flo
And every Sunday afternoon
She'd jump in his boat
And they would spoon
And then he'd row, row, row
Way up the river he would row, row, row
A hug he'd give her
Then he'd kiss her now and then
She would tell him when,
They'd fool around and fool around
And then they'd kiss again.
And then he'd row, row, row
A little further he would go, oh, oh, oh,
Then he'd drop both his oars
Take a few more encores,
And then he'd row, row, row.
Lyrics By William Jerome, Music By James Monaco
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Ah, no matter what, the tune's always inspirational.
"Two cities, One team, Together, Living the Dream."
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