WALTZING MATILDA???????? NO NO NO!!!!!!
WALTZING MATILDA???????? NO NO NO!!!!!! Did you know that our original theme song which no one ever embraced was actually sung to the tune of “Waltzing Matilda”! Here is the original one with the lyrics. Give it a go! Original Richmond Club Theme Song: To the tune of “Waltzing Matilda” We're the boys from Richmond We're the boys from Tigerland We proudly wear the yellow and the black And when it comes to football We play the same as Tiger Brand Right from the start We attack, We attack Onward the Tigers, Onward the Tigers Eat 'em alive boys and never give in For the honoured tradition The glory of old Richmond We play the game And we play it to win Onward the Tigers, Onward the Tigers We've got the team And there's nothing it lacks We've got heart, We've got skill We've got everything at Tigerland We are the Tigers The yellow and the blacks Then in 1962 all that changed due to one embarrassing moment. The lyrics to our current theme song were actualy written by Cabaret Singer and tap dancer Jack Malcomson. Malcomson, a regular performer at the Richmond Football Club's Pleasant Sunday Mornings, was approached by Committeeman Alf Barnett , to write the song after he witnessed his beloved Tigers embarrass themselves as they stumbled and mumbled their way through a mixture of made up ditties and songs on a previous interstate trip where each team was asked to sing their theme song at an Australian Football Carnival presentation night. Malcolmson obliged: “I’d written a few songs, and I was asked to write a nice, bouncy one for Richmond.” Initially, he felt something was missing, so he added the “Yellow and Black” line to the song, and the rest is history. One of the most stirring anthems in football, especially its penultimate line our magnificent theme song has regularly topped polls as the best club theme song. Go Tigers!
