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AFL Club Songs
Jun 6th, 2015 at 4:38pm
 
There are 18 Clubs in the Australian Football League.

Each club has a Club Song set to a tune.

Does anybody know any teams Club Song tunes, & their origins?

Are most of the tunes Australian originals, or are they borrowed?

If they were borrowed tunes, where from?

Maybe we can find out about all 18 Team Songs/Tunes. Wink
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Reply #1 - Jun 6th, 2015 at 4:57pm
 
I know John K Watts wrote the Geelong theme song....

http://www.reddit.com/r/AFL/comments/1hm7jh/the_origins_of_afl_club_songs/

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Reply #2 - Jun 6th, 2015 at 8:13pm
 
St Kilda's club song "When the Saints go Marching in" is an oldie from the 30's.

First recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1938 as a gospel song it was only natural St Kilda would use it and tweek the words a bit
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Reply #3 - Jun 6th, 2015 at 9:32pm
 
Surely the Tigers song is the best even as a Swans fan
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Reply #4 - Jun 7th, 2015 at 9:51am
 
Carltons song has been lost from lack of use.
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Adelaide  Crows
  --   It's the Marine Corps Hymn 

The official hymn of the United States Marine Corps for over 100 years.



It is the oldest official song in the United States Military. 

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Hawthorn  Hawks
  --  American Patriotic tune of 'Yankee Doodle Boy' from the Broadway Show 'Little Johnny Jones',  & James Cagney Movie 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'.

Written by American entertainer, playwright, composer George M. Cohan

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Reply #7 - Jun 7th, 2015 at 9:35pm
 
Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jun 6th, 2015 at 9:32pm:
Surely the Tigers song is the best even as a Swans fan


Raven agrees.

As an Eagles fan he is horrified that they have such a wanky song
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West Coast Eagles
  --  An Original Australian composition. 









Richmond  Tigers
  --  A tune ROW, ROW, ROW From the American Broadway show "Ziegfield Follies Of 1912"  (William Jerome / James V. Monaco) 


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Carlton Blues
--  A British "C⚪⚪N" song from the late 1800's.

It's overly racist lyrics were stripped down in the 1920's to make it into an acceptable love song.






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Reply #10 - Jun 8th, 2015 at 12:58am
 
Panther wrote on Jun 7th, 2015 at 10:38pm:
West Coast Eagles
  --  An Original Australian composition. 







Such a wanky song. Raven loves his team but Jesus Harold Christ the song sucks balls
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Reply #13 - Jun 8th, 2015 at 1:02pm
 
Love my team....



......but think the Tigers and Saints songs are better.
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Reply #14 - Jun 8th, 2015 at 6:11pm
 
Alinta wrote on Jun 8th, 2015 at 1:02pm:
Love my team....



......but think the Tigers and Saints songs are better.


Do you know the history of the song, & where the tune came from?

I know in the USA it's a very, very popular college football victory march for almost 100 years. Smiley


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Reply #15 - Jun 8th, 2015 at 6:41pm
 
Panther wrote on Jun 8th, 2015 at 6:11pm:
Alinta wrote on Jun 8th, 2015 at 1:02pm:
Love my team....



......but think the Tigers and Saints songs are better.


Do you know the history of the song, & where the tune came from?

I know in the USA it's a very, very popular college football victory march for almost 100 years. Smiley




I googled.....yep Panther, the tune is the Notre Dame Victory March written in 1908 by the Shea Brothers.

Previously, the Swans song was an adaptation of Gene Autrey's "Springtime in the Rockies".  In 1961, the club decided it wanted something more robust and it was changed to what we now have.
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Reply #16 - Jun 8th, 2015 at 7:02pm
 
I only know a bit of Freos song.

Hey ho bend over Joe we are the Freo Fairies.
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Reply #17 - May 9th, 2016 at 10:32am
 
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Amazing, with all the talent here in Australia, why don't we compose our own tunes instead of 'borrowing' tunes from America?

So far I know of 8 Footy Clubs that have used American Tunes for their Club Songs.

Are there more?

How many of the 8 can you, without GOOGLEing, name along with their American names they are known by?


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Reply #18 - May 9th, 2016 at 1:31pm
 
Adelaide: US Marine Hymn
Brisbane: La Marseillaise (French national anthem)
Carlton: Lily Of Laguna
Collingwood: Goodbye, Dolly Gray
Essendon: Keep Your Sunny Side Up
Geelong: Toreador
Hawthorn: Yankee Doodle Boy
Melbourne: You're a Grand Old Flag
North Melbourne: Wee Deoch an Doris
Richmond: Row Row Row
St. Kilda: When The Saints Go Marching In
Sydney: Notre Dame Victory March
Western Bulldogs: Sons Of The Sea
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Reply #19 - May 9th, 2016 at 5:24pm
 
Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 9th, 2016 at 1:31pm:
Adelaide: US Marine Hymn
Brisbane: La Marseillaise (French national anthem)
Carlton: Lily Of Laguna
Collingwood: Goodbye, Dolly Gray
Essendon: Keep Your Sunny Side Up
Geelong: Toreador
Hawthorn: Yankee Doodle Boy
Melbourne: You're a Grand Old Flag
North Melbourne: Wee Deoch an Doris
Richmond: Row Row Row
St. Kilda: When The Saints Go Marching In
Sydney: Notre Dame Victory March
Western Bulldogs: Sons Of The Sea


Very good! My 8 & then some, not all American.


These are the one's I had:

Adelaide  --   Marine Corps Hymn  is the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps. It is the oldest official song in the United States military. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwS6OkgUXKE


Collingwood
  --  American Civil War & Spanish-American War song
Goodbye Dolly Gray in 1866  -  http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/goodbyedollygray.htm

Essendon --  Sunny Side Up - Johnny Hamp with vocalist Joe Cassidy and the Kentucky Serenaders in an American positive-thinking ditty from 1929, "Keep Your Sunny Side Up!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCN9KIPfMPE


Hawthorn --  Yankee Doodle Boy from the Broadway Show Little Johnny Jones & Movie Yankee Doodle Dandy by American entertainer, playwright, composer George M. Cohan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOIGtOsBKtA


Melbourne  --  Grand Old Flag by American entertainer, playwright, composer George M. Cohan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFV_tmTcU0Q


Richmond 
--  ROW, ROW, ROW From the American Broadway show "Ziegfield Follies Of 1912"(William Jerome / James V. Monaco)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq95hVO8xrg


Saint Kilda -- "When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as "The Saints", is an American gospel hymn set to New Orleans Jazz (1820-1870)

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Anyone else have other examples?
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Sorry, wrong thread....... Undecided
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