The second theme song of the Brisbane Bears Football Club (the original recording of their second song is lost, so this is the re recording)
The Brisbane Bears are an AFL football club established in 1986, but formally joined the competition in 1987 as an expansion club alongside the West Coast Eagles. After 9 years in the competition and making finals twice and making a preliminary final against North Melbourne in 1996, they merged with struggling victorian club Fitzroy Lions to create the Brisbane Lions. the reasons they did this was to grow their fanbase, gain more AFL support, recruit some new players and see more success, as compared to the team that debuted alongside them in 87', they had seen far less success and fans. The Bears official second anthem either went missing or was completely erased, but you can hear it in the background of a few games if you search it up on RU-vid. This version was a second recording with the same lyrics and tune, albeit with different instruments, singer and is missing it's second verse. Personally, I think the song is quite good with the chorus being a highlight. obviously this is around half the length of the official version, and we know that because you can search it up on RU-vid and hear it in the background of some games from the mid 90's. Knowing that I think that I would enjoy the song if it was like this. I especially like the tune of the song. This song saw Brisbane make 2 finals including a preliminary final against North Melbourne in 1996. You can probably assume that if they had not merged with Fitzroy, they would've made the grand final not long after
Lyrics:
(opening)
If you are a Queenslander then sing along with me,
we are the Bears on the road to victory.
All for one and one for all, we'll answer to the call,
we're the greatest team of all!
Everybody!
Brisbane Bears will live forever,
we will always stick together.
The Gabba is the place where people always come to see,
the greatest team of all.
(official second verse not in this version)
We're the fearless Brisbane Bears from the mighty northern state,
our pride and guts and character are gonna make us great.
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth will know their fate,
when the Bears run out and roar
(third verse)
The whistle blows, the ball is bounced, the crowd all give a yell,
and we will do our very best until the final bell.
And when the game is over we'll be closer to a flag,
we're the greatest team of all.
30 дек 2022
