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Goodbye Dolly Gray 
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More info on Goodbye Dolly Gray:
" The song was written by Will D. Cobb (lyrics) and Paul Barnes (music). Although it gained widespread fame during the Boer War it had earlier been sung in the U.S. during the U.S.-Spanish War of 1898. The song saw renewed airings with the onset of the First World War in 1914."
Lyrics:
I have come to say goodbye, Dolly Gray,
It's no use to ask me why, Dolly Gray,
There's a murmur in the air, you can hear it everywhere,
It's the time to do and dare, Dolly Gray.
So if you hear the sound of feet, Dolly Gray,
Sounding through the village street, Dolly Gray,
It's the tramp of soldiers' true in their uniforms so blue,
I must say goodbye to you, Dolly Gray.
Goodbye Dolly I must leave you, though it breaks my heart to go,
Something tells me I am needed at the front to fight the foe,
See - the boys in blue are marching and I can no longer stay,
Hark - I hear the bugle calling, goodbye Dolly Gray.
The words don't really fit the Collingwood tune until the last verse.
So basically it was a popular Spanish-War anthem. However it gained exposure amongst Australians after it was sung in the Boer War in South Africa.
From the Collingwood FC Illustrated Encyclopedia it says a young Collingwood player, Tom Nelson, took the tune and made the words up in 1906. It is the oldest Club song.
Also in 1983 the "Oh the premierships a cakewalk" was changed to "There is just one team we favour" but it wasn't accepted by fans.
" The song was written by Will D. Cobb (lyrics) and Paul Barnes (music). Although it gained widespread fame during the Boer War it had earlier been sung in the U.S. during the U.S.-Spanish War of 1898. The song saw renewed airings with the onset of the First World War in 1914."
Lyrics:
I have come to say goodbye, Dolly Gray,
It's no use to ask me why, Dolly Gray,
There's a murmur in the air, you can hear it everywhere,
It's the time to do and dare, Dolly Gray.
So if you hear the sound of feet, Dolly Gray,
Sounding through the village street, Dolly Gray,
It's the tramp of soldiers' true in their uniforms so blue,
I must say goodbye to you, Dolly Gray.
Goodbye Dolly I must leave you, though it breaks my heart to go,
Something tells me I am needed at the front to fight the foe,
See - the boys in blue are marching and I can no longer stay,
Hark - I hear the bugle calling, goodbye Dolly Gray.
The words don't really fit the Collingwood tune until the last verse.
So basically it was a popular Spanish-War anthem. However it gained exposure amongst Australians after it was sung in the Boer War in South Africa.
From the Collingwood FC Illustrated Encyclopedia it says a young Collingwood player, Tom Nelson, took the tune and made the words up in 1906. It is the oldest Club song.
Also in 1983 the "Oh the premierships a cakewalk" was changed to "There is just one team we favour" but it wasn't accepted by fans.