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"Join in the Chorus"






Club Song

"Join in the Chorus" is the official anthem of the North Melbourne Football Club. The team song is played before every match and in accordance to football tradition, is sung (or shouted) in great spirit by players and fans alike after a win.

"Join in the Chorus" is believed to be the oldest club anthem of any AFL club, and has been associated with North from its early VFA days. It is sung to the tune of a Scottish folk song "A wee Deoch and Doris", from around 1911.

The preamble of the song originates from a score of a Theatre Musical called 'Australia: Heart to Heart and Hand to Hand" written by Toso Taylor in the 1890s in pre-federation Australia.

The second verse is unknown in origin and was presumably added later by members of the North Melbourne Football Club when the song was chosen as the club theme.

The chorus was appropriated from a song written and performed by Scottish musician Harry Lauder.

The recording currently used by the club was performed by the Fable Singers in 1972 and only includes the choruses.

1st Verse
Hearts to hearts and hands to hands
Beneath the blue and white we stand
We shout God bless our native land
North Melbourne, North Melbourne!

2nd Verse
Out we come, out we come, out we come, to play
Just for recreations sake to pass the time away
Lots of fun, heaps of fun, enjoy yourselves today
North Melbourne boys are hard to beat when they come out to play!

Chorus
So join in the chorus, and sing it one and all
Join in the chorus, North Melbourne's on the ball
Good old North Melbourne, they're champions you'll agree
North Melbourne will be premiers, just you wait and see!

During the 90s, the last line was sung as
North Melbourne will be premiers in 1993,

and changed according to what year it was. The last line has also been sung as
North Melbourne is the team and place to win for you and me

or
North Melbourne is the team that plays to win for you and me.

The 2nd line in the 2nd verse was originally sung as
We train so hard, we play the game, we must win every day.

A more gritty opening verse exists that goes as;
Shovels to shovels and picks to picks
On the North Melbourne ground you stick like s**t
Get up you dirty mug or we'll hit you with a brick

In the early 2000’s the club song was updated.


"Join in the Chorus"


1st Verse
Hearts to hearts and hands to hands
The length and breadth of this great land
A Club deep in tradition held high in esteem
From North Melbourne a national team

2nd Verse
Out we come, out we come, out we come to play
To take on all those other teams
And blow them all away
Lots of strain, with heaps to gain
Is the way we play
The Kangaroos will beat any team
On any given day

Chorus
So join in the chorus, and sing it one and all
Join in the chorus, the Roos are on the ball
Good old Kangas, they're champions you'll agree
The Kangaroos will be premiers
Just you wait and see.




"Join in the Chorus"




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