Port magpies club song

[tigersupporter]

A bloke I work with is a magpie fan and someone told him that they stole their club song from sydney.... I told him port have had that song for as long as i remember, but I dont know if south melbourne had the same song before their move to sydney........ does any one know who had it first?

cheers

[Wedgie]

Fos Williams liked the South Melbourne (ie Sydney) song and did steal it. (in the 50s or 60s from memory)
Its in the Dynasty book.
Of course like most club songs it was originally stolen from another tune.
IIRC in the SANFL Norths song is the only one not stolen and adapted from another clubs.

[Booney]

That is correct Wedgie,it (the North song) is original and its maker decided against designing it to be used a celebrationary song in September/October..

[Harry the Horse]

Reckon I saw a thread on this somewhere else about all club songs and was surprised to learn Port didn't adopt their current song until about 1972 ...

[am Bays]

That is correct Wedgie,it (the North song) is original and its maker decided against designing it to be used a celebrationary song in September/October..

Nah Booney, its just so bad nobody has bothered to "borrow" it.....

I'm off now to fire proof the house....

[evans01]

spot on.........old south melbourne song, sure Big Bob McLean was also involved with "obtaining the rights".....

[GWW]

spot on.........old south melbourne song, sure Big Bob McLean was also involved with "obtaining the rights".....

Fos and Big Bob were both responsible for the club acquiring the song i think.

[Wedgie]

That is correct Wedgie,it (the North song) is original and its maker decided against designing it to be used a celebrationary song in September/October..

Not with ya Booney as the North song has been used as a celebratory song in September and October several times.

[Macca19]

Yeah, we took it from Sth Melbourne...who took it from Notre Dame.

[tigersupporter]

Cheers for that everyone...... I new I could count on this site to help.

[locky801]

Fos Williams liked the South Melbourne (ie Sydney) song and did steal it. (in the 50s or 60s from memory)
Its in the Dynasty book.
Of course like most club songs it was originally stolen from another tune.
IIRC in the SANFL Norths song is the only one not stolen and adapted from another clubs.

In fact Wedgie there was another North club song written not so many years ago which was quite good but never released or even really advertised to the supporters, it was however basically used as the club song for supporters when we went to Melbourne for the Fosters Cup comp

[Wedgie]

Beer and chips and gravy........?

[mrjbeam1981]

i still like belting out "a tiger for me" when we're winning!

you only need to start singing the first few words and it gets the whole club singing along...

[Tassie Blues]

I dont really care where it came from or who the nicked it from just glad i havent heard it on the first sunday in october for 10 years!!!

[locky801]

i still like belting out "a tiger for me" when we're winning!

you only need to start singing the first few words and it gets the whole club singing along...

so it doesnt happen often then perhaps more this year

[drebin]

Fos Williams liked the South Melbourne (ie Sydney) song and did steal it. (in the 50s or 60s from memory)
Its in the Dynasty book.
Of course like most club songs it was originally stolen from another tune.
IIRC in the SANFL Norths song is the only one not stolen and adapted from another clubs.

In fact Wedgie there was another North club song written not so many years ago which was quite good but never released or even really advertised to the supporters, it was however basically used as the club song for supporters when we went to Melbourne for the Fosters Cup comp

Your not talking about that song Jock came up with and we drunkenly sung for 6 hours on the bus to the Collingwood game?

[bayman]

spot on.........old south melbourne song, sure Big Bob McLean was also involved with "obtaining the rights".....

Fos and Big Bob were both responsible for the club acquiring the song i think.

GWW is spot on i recall russell ebert talking about this on the radio one day, they heard it after a trial against south melbourne so with r.ebert playing it would have to be late 60's early 70's, & the tune is taken from notre dame

[SDK]

I believe Bob McLean pinched/borrowed that song from South Melbourne.
Did Johnny Mac write the North song...I remember them launching it with him singing it. I have a feeling he wrote it too...Wedgie ???????

[Big Phil]

I miss some of the old club songs for the Doggies...

One of their originals, and my favourite one, was BEWARE THE DOGS ARE COMING...

That was great, I remember singing it when I was 9 or 10, used to love it...

I'm not a huge fan of our current one (same as Hawthorns) but it is better than that bloody "WHO LET THE DOGS OUT, WHOOF, WHOOF, WHOOF
crap they play when Centrals run out onto the ground when at home...

I didn't mind an earlier one we had, it was titled "THIS TIME, MORE THAN ANY OTHER TIME"

GO U DOGGIES...

Big Phil...

[Wedgie]

One of their originals, and my favourite one, was BEWARE THE DOGS ARE COMING...

I liked that one too!