Brisbane Lions

The Brisbane Bears actually had their own song, but wisely embraced the former Fitzroy club song (with a couple of minor changes) when the clubs merged in 1996. Fitzroy had a song written for them by poet Norm Byron after winning the 1944 premiership, but on a trip back from Brisbane in 1955, a group of players, including Bill Stephen and Ken Ross, came up with the words, set to La Marseillaise, that remain virtually intact today.

 

(to the tune of the French national anthem La Marseillaise)
We are the pride of Brisbane town
We wear maroon, blue and gold
We will always fight for victory
Like Fitzroy, and Bears of old
All for one, and one for all
We will answer to the call
Go Lions, Brisbane Lions
We'll kick the winning score
You'll hear our mighty roar

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