Tigerland (song)
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Tigerland is the official anthem of the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.
It is sung to the tune of Row, Row, Row (1930) from the Broadway show "Ziegfield Follies Of 1912". Words by William Jerome and music by Jimmie V. Monaco. Copyright MCMXII by Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. (NY) [1]
It is widely regarded as the most popular club theme song in the AFL.
[edit] Lyrics
Oh, we're from Tigerland,
A fighting fury, we're from Tigerland,
In any weather you will see us with a grin, ha ha!
Risking head and shin,
If we're behind then never mind,
We'll fight and fight and win.
For we're from Tigerland,
We'll never weaken 'til the final siren's gone.
Like the Tiger of old,
We're strong and we're bold.
For we're from Tiger- yellow and black!
For we're from Tigerland.
[edit] Meaning
Occasionally, the line "risking head and shin" is mistaken for "risking head and skin", due to the belief that a mention of a Tigers skin would be made in the song.
Another common mistake is the line "like the Tiger of old", which is often sung "like the tigers of old". The author of the song recently pointed out the mistake on The Footy Show. The reason for the mistake is that most people believe it is referring to previous Richmond sides. However, in this instance (unlike that mentioned above), it is actually referring to the actual tiger animal.
The last mistake is "We'll fight and fight and win", it's commonly mistaken as "We'll bite and bite and win" which is true to the nature of a tiger.
[edit] List of clubs that use this anthem
- Richmond Tigers
- Glenelg Football Club
- Claremont Football Club
- Balmain Australian Football Club
- West London Wildcats ("Wildcat Land")
- Queanbeyan Tigers Australian Rules Team
- New Zealand Falcons
The Pride of South Australia (Adelaide) | The Pride of Brisbane Town (Brisbane Lions) | We Are The Navy Blues (Carlton) | Good Old Collingwood Forever (Collingwood)
See the Bombers Fly Up (Essendon) | Freo Way To Go (Fremantle) | We Are Geelong (Geelong) | We're a Happy Team at Hawthorn (Hawthorn)
Join in the Chorus (North Melbourne Kangaroos) | It's a Grand Old Flag (Melbourne) | The Power to Win (Port Adelaide) | Tigerland (Richmond)
When The Saints Go Marching In (St Kilda) | The Red and the White (Sydney) | We're the Eagles (West Coast Eagles) | Sons of the West (Western Bulldogs)
Beware the Mighty Bear, The Greatest Team of All (Brisbane Bears) Here we go, Camry Crows (Adelaide)
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