We Are The Navy Blues

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We are the Navy Blues is the official club song of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.

It is sung to the tune of "Lily of Laguna" by Leslie Stuart.

[edit] Lyrics

 We are the Navy Blues,
 We are the old dark Navy Blues,
 We’re the team that never lets 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.

The team, when singing the song after a victory, will always begin with the introduction "da, da da, da da,|da, da da, da da da,da, da da da, da da, da da, da da!" to correspond with the instrumental usually heard on the soundtrack on the ground.

[edit] Original Lyrics of Lily of Laguna

 It's de same old tale of a palpatating niggar ev'ry time, ev'ry time;
 It's de same old trouble of a coon Dat wants to be married very soon;
 It's de same old heart dat is longing for it's lady ev'ry time, yes ev'ry time,
 But not de same gal, not de same girl She is ma Lily, ma Lily, ma Lily gal!
 She goes ev'ry sundown, yes, ev'ry sundown Callin' in de cattle up de mountain;
 I go kase she wants me, yes, 'kase she wants me Help her do de callin' and de countin'.
 She plays her music To call de lone lambs dat roam above,
 But I'm de black sheep and I'm waitin' For de signal of ma little lady love.

 When I first met Lil it was down at old Laguna at de dance, oder night;
 So she says: "Say, ah'm curious for to know When ye leave here de way yer goin' to go,
 'Kase a wants to see who de lady is dat claims ye all way home, way home tonight."
 I says, "I've no gal, never had one," And den ma Lily, ma Lily, ma Lily gal!
 She says, "Kern't believe ye, a kern't believe ye, Else I'd like to have ye shaperoon me;
 Dad says he'll escorcht me, says he'll escorcht me, But it's mighty easy for to lose him.
 Since then each sun-down I wander down here and roam around
 Until I know ma little lady wants me, Till I hear de music ob de signal sound. 

 Chorus:
 She's my lady love,
 She is my dove, my baby love,
 She's no gal for sitting down to dream,
 She's the only queen Laguna knows;
 I know she likes me.
 I know she likes me
 Becase she says so;
 She is ma Lily of Laguna.
 She is ma Lily and ma Rose.