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Which word do you prefer in our club song?
They like to send UP 51%  51%  [ 73 ]
They like to send US 49%  49%  [ 70 ]
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:06 pm 
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IIRC St Kilda's old song was "I do like to be beside the seaside". :lol:

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Jarusa wrote:
IIRC St Kilda's old song was "I do like to be beside the seaside". :lol:


Nearly correct Jarusa.

In fact it was, "We do like to be the side that's de-nied".

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Have changed my mind, and decided to add a poll.

Or in other words, a poll is UP and running. :-D

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Yep i'm with you Bluedog.

Just got of the phone to my older brother and he said it was published as 'up' in an old fan magazine that we used to have kicking around and that's where I got it from.

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bluedog wrote:
Have changed my mind, and decided to add a poll.

Or in other words, a poll is UP and running. :-D
I voted for "up" but "us" fits better ... I sing "us" ..

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Oh man you guys have me so confused Image

I know I've been singing US for the last few years because that is how it is currently written. BUT I admit it doesn't feel right to me.
Reading this thread got me thinking as to why it doesn't feel right and I think my dad and Grandpa taught me the UP version. Unfortuately I can't ask them as they are deceased.
I am basing this on a memory of a book he gave me (early 80's). I no longer have it but maybe someone else remembers it?? It was a CFC kids book about a dad taking his kid to the footy (including the Bluebirds and all Image ) and the back page had the song.
Can anyone confirm the version in this book?


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I've just looked up the Official AFL version.....it reads...



We are the Navy Blues

We are the old dark Navy Blues

We're the team who never let's you down

We're the only team old Carlton knows

With all the Champions they like to send us

We'll keep our end up

And they will know that they've been playing

Against the Famous Old Dark Blues.

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Prussian Blue wrote:
Oh man you guys have me so confused Image

I know I've been singing US for the last few years because that is how it is currently written. BUT I admit it doesn't feel right to me.
Reading this thread got me thinking as to why it doesn't feel right and I think my dad and Grandpa taught me the UP version. Unfortuately I can't ask them as they are deceased.
I am basing this on a memory of a book he gave me (early 80's). I no longer have it but maybe someone else remembers it?? It was a CFC kids book about a dad taking his kid to the footy (including the Bluebirds and all Image ) and the back page had the song.
Can anyone confirm the version in this book?


Oh oh, I know this book! *don't have it though sadly*

There was one for every team, I used to teach classmates to read using these books - and I specifically remember the Carlton one with the champions of that day (mid 80s??) - and the Bluebirds, and how much the dad loves them.

Sorry, although I remember that the club song was on the last page or the back page, I don't have the book... would love to get my hands on it though for my little brother.


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Warby wrote:
I've just looked up the Official AFL version.....it reads...



We are the Navy Blues

We are the old dark Navy Blues

We're the team who never let's you down

We're the only team old Carlton knows

With all the Champions they like to send us

We'll keep our end up

And they will know that they've been playing

Against the Famous Old Dark Blues.


If that's the 'official' AFL version, then it must be wrong. :wink:

Point to note,

* the team who never let's you down

should read:

* the team that never lets you down

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He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.


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Prussian Blue wrote:
Oh man you guys have me so confused Image

I know I've been singing US for the last few years because that is how it is currently written. BUT I admit it doesn't feel right to me.
Reading this thread got me thinking as to why it doesn't feel right and I think my dad and Grandpa taught me the UP version. Unfortuately I can't ask them as they are deceased.
I am basing this on a memory of a book he gave me (early 80's). I no longer have it but maybe someone else remembers it?? It was a CFC kids book about a dad taking his kid to the footy (including the Bluebirds and all Image ) and the back page had the song.
Can anyone confirm the version in this book?


Oh oh, I know this book! *don't have it though sadly*

There was one for every team, I used to teach classmates to read using these books - and I specifically remember the Carlton one with the champions of that day (mid 80s??) - and the Bluebirds, and how much the dad loves them.

Sorry, although I remember that the club song was on the last page or the back page, I don't have the book... would love to get my hands on it though for my little brother.

This one?

http://www.talkingcarlton.com/phpBB2/vi ... sc&start=0

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Wild Blue Yonder wrote:
this is what's wrong with the club. It's stuck in the past playing 100+ year old songs. We're a joke.

We've been left behind - look at Freo and West Coast and geez Adelaide. You don't hear those clubs playing 100 year old songs. They've moved on.
We need to learn from them not keep our heads in the sand and suffer the consequences.
Until Smorgon and his rabble can see the way forward we'll be smashed because of this. It futility to keep on doing the same old thing. Might've worked in the late m60s, 70s and 80s but not anymore.

Its an anachronism that must go. No kid is going to hum a 100 yr old tune. Tell me a kid who wants that on their mp3?

We could get Kanye or Fiddy to do something and move with the times. Until this club gets it right we will not improve. The whole place needs a clean out and start again.
The only blokes that know the words are Whitnall and Stevens. Says something doesn't it?

fair dinkum...


you are kidding right??


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jake_h03 wrote:
Wild Blue Yonder wrote:
this is what's wrong with the club. It's stuck in the past playing 100+ year old songs. We're a joke.

We've been left behind - look at Freo and West Coast and geez Adelaide. You don't hear those clubs playing 100 year old songs. They've moved on.
We need to learn from them not keep our heads in the sand and suffer the consequences.
Until Smorgon and his rabble can see the way forward we'll be smashed because of this. It futility to keep on doing the same old thing. Might've worked in the late m60s, 70s and 80s but not anymore.

Its an anachronism that must go. No kid is going to hum a 100 yr old tune. Tell me a kid who wants that on their mp3?

We could get Kanye or Fiddy to do something and move with the times. Until this club gets it right we will not improve. The whole place needs a clean out and start again.
The only blokes that know the words are Whitnall and Stevens. Says something doesn't it?

fair dinkum...


you are kidding right??


He didn't mention the brilliant Port Power song so I'm guessing he is :-D

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SparkyBlue wrote:
As for Richmond - I'd love to dump a truckload of chickenshit on their club song... :wink:
Isn't their song a truck load of chicken shit anyway

Ooh .. mods .. should I not say shit? Should I have said $#!t as I would usually say?

bluedog wrote:
Warby wrote:
I've just looked up the Official AFL version.....it reads...



We are the Navy Blues

We are the old dark Navy Blues

We're the team who never let's you down

We're the only team old Carlton knows

With all the Champions they like to send us

We'll keep our end up

And they will know that they've been playing

Against the Famous Old Dark Blues.


If that's the 'official' AFL version, then it must be wrong. :wink:

Point to note,

* the team who never let's you down

should read:

* the team that never lets you down


OK - you could look at the team as a non-entity, which means "that" would be correct .. but as the team is a collection of people, then "who" fits. And as the song is sung by people, then it should be "who".

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p(12)terg wrote:

bluedog wrote:
Warby wrote:
I've just looked up the Official AFL version.....it reads...



We are the Navy Blues

We are the old dark Navy Blues

We're the team who never let's you down

We're the only team old Carlton knows

With all the Champions they like to send us

We'll keep our end up

And they will know that they've been playing

Against the Famous Old Dark Blues.


If that's the 'official' AFL version, then it must be wrong. :wink:

Point to note,

* the team who never let's you down

should read:

* the team that never lets you down


OK - you could look at the team as a non-entity, which means "that" would be correct .. but as the team is a collection of people, then "who" fits. And as the song is sung by people, then it should be "who".


While "who" may be the more widely used relative pronoun when it comes to groups of people, "that" is also acceptable.

With regard to the use of "that" or "who" in the song, I was not arguing a point of grammar. My point was that the word "that", has, I would have thought, been the more widely accepted/used word in our song.

As for "let's" vs "lets", well ...:roll:

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Lurker Blue wrote:
SparkyBlue wrote:
Prussian Blue wrote:
Oh man you guys have me so confused Image

I know I've been singing US for the last few years because that is how it is currently written. BUT I admit it doesn't feel right to me.
Reading this thread got me thinking as to why it doesn't feel right and I think my dad and Grandpa taught me the UP version. Unfortuately I can't ask them as they are deceased.
I am basing this on a memory of a book he gave me (early 80's). I no longer have it but maybe someone else remembers it?? It was a CFC kids book about a dad taking his kid to the footy (including the Bluebirds and all Image ) and the back page had the song.
Can anyone confirm the version in this book?


Oh oh, I know this book! *don't have it though sadly*

There was one for every team, I used to teach classmates to read using these books - and I specifically remember the Carlton one with the champions of that day (mid 80s??) - and the Bluebirds, and how much the dad loves them.

Sorry, although I remember that the club song was on the last page or the back page, I don't have the book... would love to get my hands on it though for my little brother.

This one?

http://www.talkingcarlton.com/phpBB2/vi ... sc&start=0


Yep - Almost! The one I had was the father and son one. Ohhh I wonder if my mum still has it somewhere? I'll have to do digging in her old boxes of stuff. I'll let you know if I find it.....


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My goodness................

this used to be funny..........but really.......it's one of our
clubs biggest iss-ewwwes............!

look........there's only one man that can fix this........!

one great man..........!








Mr Dick Pratt................!

we need him to know of our dilemma.............please
could someone see to this problem.........someone in
the know.......?

we cannot.....let this just drift along like a bad neighbours
plot anymore..........we need action..........!







ACTION i tell yas..............!


kindest regards tommi

















now please excuse me........i'm having a little lie down............!

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FWIW I found the book!

It has:

We are the Navy Blues,
We are the old dark Navy Blues.
We're the team that never let's you down,
We're the only team old Carlton knows.
With all the Champions they like to send up ,
We'll keep our end up,
And they will know that they've been playing,
Against the Famous old dark blues.


So that is the version I learnt as a kid and will stick with. If I figure out how I'll try posting images of the book in the other thread.


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We'll just pretend that "let's" is meant to read "lets". :wink:

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For all you club song officianados Tony De Bolfo has written a great article about a version of our song which was recorded 40 years ago in 1967 (which has been mentioned earlier in this thread).

http://carltonfc.com.au/Season2007/News ... wsId=52373

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Is there any other team in the comp apart from us, that, after a victory, sings different words to those that are sung in the recorded song played over the ground before and after the match?

ie 'us' instead of 'up'

In effect, either the recorded song or the one sang by the team is wrong.




Some teams, like North Melbourne for example, may sing additional words (North Melbourne, North Melbourne...), but I'm referring to the official/main song itself.

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