Core Blimey...

[Smoky]

I know there are bigger issues to be concerned with...

But where the hell did our players get the idea that the line is "Go Blighty". They are wrong... and should fair dinkum be ashamed of themselves.



Good Old Collingwood forever,

We know how to play the game,

Side by Side we stick together,

To uphold the Magpie name.


(Core Blimey...)



Hear the barrackers are shouting,

As all barrackers should,

For the Premierships a Cake Walk,

For the Good Old Collingwood.








Ironically all I have to say is core blimey.

 

[ThisIsJake]

Always wondered this, 'Go Blighty' is just nonsensical.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

I always thought they said go mighty

 

[BEEG]

The boys should sing the song when we win the flag that's it

 

[sirene]

The boys should sing the sing when we win the flag that's it

Do you go to games live? Not being nasty, just curious.

 

[BEEG]

Do you go to games live? Not being nasty, just curious.

I am an AFL member go to about 10 a year flying up for the GC game this week

Why do you ask?

 

[Winston_Smith]

But where the hell did our players get the idea that the line is "Go Blighty". They are wrong...
(Core Blimey...)

I'm confident "Go Blighty" is correct. The original song, Goodbye Dolly Gray is about a soldier leaving for war and leaving behind his love. It was popular amongst British soldiers during the Boer War, and "Old Blighty" was a slang term for Britain at that time. "Side by side we stick together to uphold the Magpies name" replaced the original lyrics, "Something tells me I am needed at the front to fight the foe", after which the phrase "go Blighty" was likely ad-libbed by soldiers singing the song as a little cheer for their 'side'.

"Cor blimey!" evolved from the loose cockney pronunciation of "God blind me!", which was an exclamation of surprise or alarm at something witnessed. Doesn't seem relevant in any way to the lyrics at that point in either the original, or club song versions.

 

[sirlothie]

I think it's 'cor blimey', as in an old cockney slang saying short for 'god blind me', which means one saw something he shouldn't have, an expression of surprise. But I actually think our version is more 'gawd blimey', started in mid to late 90's, it's not actually an official part of our song but something an old timer yelled out in the rooms at that moment while singing the song and I guess they liked it and it has stuck ever since...

Older people say it like 'stone the crows' or 'i'll be buggered!'. Must have been sung with gusto that day and someone yelled it when everyone caught their breath for the second verse.

 

[sirene]

I am an AFL member go to about 10 a year flying up for the GC game this week

Why do you ask?

From when I was about 4-5 I sang the song anytime we won; my kids love to sing the song whenever we win (and embarrassingly sometimes when we do not) At the ground it is so much fun to sing on victory, why should the players not? Isn't it just another layer of comraderie?

 

[ThisIsJake]

I can confirm, yes it's meant to be 'Cor Blimey'.

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/fans/club-song

 

[Captivating]

It's dumb, like the Hawks adding the 4,3,2 before the one for all and all for one, and the monkey grunts we've added.

 

[eddiebankbalance]

When McGuane left Collingwood, I swear they starting singing "goodbye Mick".

 

[SpongePie]

When McGuane left Collingwood, I swear they starting singing "goodbye Mick".

Was he not liked?

 

[The Magnificent Seven]

I think the dance troupe should join the boys in the room to interpret the song whilst they're signing it.

 

[PepperFace]

From when I was about 4-5 I sang the song anytime we won; my kids love to sing the song whenever we win (and embarrassingly sometimes when we do not) At the ground it is so much fun to sing on victory, why should the players not? Isn't it just another layer of comraderie?

I think thats great.....the song is great for kids and fans. But I agree that the players singing the song is cringworthy at times and shouldnt always be sang. Its awkward when the players win by a big margin (and im not just talking about collingwood). THe last quarter all the players are just going through the motions and want to get off the ground and start their stretches and warmdowns......and are seemingly pressured to lock arms and sing. Its and old tradition thats silly IMO. If the players wanted to sing they would go join a choir!

 

[Dynamics]

If they wanted to cook their own meals they'd become chefs. If they wanted to drive cars they'd become V8 Supercar drivers.

Aussies can be so weird about singing and dancing.

Surely it should just be up to the playing group, either way. Just don't bring Alan Didak in as the choirmaster.

 

[THATSGOLD]

It's god blimey as in Alf Stewart flaming mongrels, they'll be hanging from the rafters if we don't close the bait shop..

 

[Smoky]

It's god blimey as in Alf Stewart flaming mongrels, they'll be hanging from the rafters if we don't close the bait shop..

It's "Cor Blimey"...

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/fans/club-song

An unofficial addition to the theme song is the line ‘Cor Blimey’, which has been sung by the players after the fourth line of the theme song since the 1920s, according to an interview with Collingwood legend Harry Collier in the 1996 documentary 100 Years of Australian Football.


I'll believe Harry Collier over Alf Stewart on this one!



The players should not have got this one wrong.

 

[eddiebankbalance]

Was he not liked?

Went to play for Carlton, butwas very liked.

 

[Pie eyed]

I'm confident "Go Blighty" is correct. The original song, Goodbye Dolly Gray is about a soldier leaving for war and leaving behind his love. It was popular amongst British soldiers during the Boer War, and "Old Blighty" was a slang term for Britain at that time. "Side by side we stick together to uphold the Magpies name" replaced the original lyrics, "Something tells me I am needed at the front to fight the foe", after which the phrase "go Blighty" was likely ad-libbed by soldiers singing the song as a little cheer for their 'side'.

"Cor blimey!" evolved from the loose cockney pronunciation of "God blind me!", which was an exclamation of surprise or alarm at something witnessed. Doesn't seem relevant in any way to the lyrics at that point in either the original, or club song versions.

Sorry.
Not a hope in hell it's "go Blighty."
Were did this thread spring from?

It's "cor Blimey" has been as long as I can remember and is not formerly part of the lyrics.

 

[Smoky]

Sorry.
Not a hope in hell it's "go Blighty."
Were did this thread spring from?

It's "cor Blimey" has been as long as I can remember and is not formerly part of the lyrics.

Been annoying me for a while... and I was on the vodi's last night!

 

[domus]

Talking of minor issues-why the hell did we play that shocking updated version of Good Old Collingwood before and after the Carlton game? How hard is it to use the original Fable singers version.

 

[Collin Wood]

Goodbye Dolly I must leave you, though it breaks my heart to go
Good old Collingwood for ever, we know how to play the game
Something tells me I am needed at the front to fight the foe
Side by side we stick together to uphold the Magpies’ name
See, the boys in blue are marching and I can no longer stay
See the barrackers a-shouting as all barrackers should
Hark; I hear the bugle calling, Goodbye Dolly Gray
For the premiership’s a cakewalk for good old Collingwood

No "cor blimey", "go Blighty" or similar in the original lyrics. I think something was put in there to fill a gap in the singing. Whether the soldiers originally improvised with "Go Blighty" I couldn't say.

 

[Wackajack]

I always thought they said go mighty

I did as well

 

[Big Bryza]

In terms of singing the song after a win I reckon our players give the least amount of ****s when singing. It's actually pretty funny to watch.