Maybe that explains why supporters love to sing it with such gusto after every single win. though it breaks my heart to go, As all barrackers should. It wasn’t until 1906 that a Collingwood player by the name of Tom Nelson, who played a mere three games for the club, took the music and made it the basis for what was to become one of football’s most stirring anthems (at least to the ears of devoted Collingwood fans). Collingwood Magpies Lyrics. AFL Club Themes Collingwood Magpies Lyrics.

Those words are not present in the official recording, but former skipper Harry Collier recalled during a 1996 documentary on 100 Years of Australian Football that players had been singing them since at least the 1920s. It started life as a marching song called ‘Goodbye Dolly Gray’ in the USA during the Spanish American War (1898), and grew in popularity through the Boer War (1899-1902). To this day, the Magpies remain the only club to acknowledge their barrackers in their club song. Hark – I hear the bugle calling, goodbye Dolly Gray. Remarkably, Nelson came up with his version with his teammates while in Tasmania – and that’s a story in itself. 
Something tells me I am needed at the front to fight the foe,
 One mystery about the song is why the words ‘Cor Blimey’ were added, in the pause after the fourth line. Good Old Collingwood forever,

Believe it or not, ‘Good Old Collingwood Forever’ has the oldest origins of any of our Australian football club songs. Side by side we stick together, To uphold The Magpies name.

The team sing the song alongside actor Rob Lowe, president Eddie McGuire and captain Nathan Buckley in the win over St Kilda in 2003. For the good old Collingwood. But the alternate version (‘There is just one team we favour’) met with little acceptance from fans and everyone soon reverted to the original. It was written by renowned American composer William D Cobb, who listed among his credits songs for an early stage version of Wizard of Oz. It started life as a marching song called ‘Goodbye Dolly Gray’ in the USA during the Spanish American War (1898), and grew in popularity through the Boer War (1899-1902). 10 things you might not know about Gordon Coventry, © Copyright 2020 Collingwood Football Club. See, the barrackers are shouting, Back to: AFL Club Themes Lyrics. To uphold the Magpies name. See – the boys in blue are marching and I can no longer stay,
 They know how to play the game. For the Premiership’s a cakewalk Today’s players seem to have morphed it into something else again.

Hear the barrackers a shouting, As all barrackers should, Oh, the premiership's a cakewalk For the good old Collingwood! Good old Collingwood forever, We know how to play the game. Side by side they stick together, (For those who are curious, a ‘cakewalk’ was a dance that developed from a Black American contest in graceful walking, where a cake was offered as a prize.).

Some variations exist. The penultimate line of the song (‘Oh, the Premiership’s a cakewalk’) was changed in 1983, to avoid embarrassment after a long period without Premiership success.

* These are the lyrics of the official recorded version. The relevant lyrics adapted from ‘Goodbye Dolly Gray’ are as follows: Goodbye Dolly I must leave you, Believe it or not, ‘Good Old Collingwood Forever’ has the oldest origins of any of our Australian football club songs.