Essendon Bombers

The dispute over composer's rights to the Bombers song still simmers today. According to Gregor McCaskie from the Essendon Hall of Fame, two separate parties have approached the club in recent years claiming different identities wrote the song. The common theme is that a member of a band, which regularly played at Essendon club functions, sang Sunnyside Up at a club board meeting sometime during the 1960s. It was met with overwhelming approval.

 

(to the tune of Sunnyside Up)
See the Bombers fly up, up
To win the premiership flag
Our boys who play this grand old game
Are always striving for glory and fame
See the Bombers fly up, up
The other teams they don't fear
They all try their best
But they can't get near
As the Bombers fly up

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