Geelong Cats

The Cats originally had a song that blended aspects of the current day Kangaroos and Melbourne songs, but in 1963 a group of players, led by John Watts, penned a new version, set to The Torreador's Song from Bizet's Carmen. However, the song was probably inspired more by Stand Up and Fight, a song from the 1940 movie Carmen Jones set to the music of Carmen. Like other club songs, there is a little-known second verse.

 

(to the tune of the Toreador Song by Bizet)
We are Geelong the greatest team of all
We are Geelong, we're always on the ball
We play the game as it should be played
At home or far away
Our banners fly high from dawn to dark
Down at Kardinia Park
So! Stand up and fight, remember our tradition
Stand up and fight, it's always our ambition
Throughout the game to fight with all our might
Because we are (the mighty) blue and white
And when the ball is bounced, to the final bell
Stand up and fight like hell

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