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WAR CRIESPlease send your memories to the collection.A war cry is a chant used by Australian schools in conjunction with their sporting events.
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St Joseph's College, Nudgee, BrisbaneDavid Gool, Director Travel ServicesHokatika Hokatika - wish bam whap Ingo buddy buddy - give it to 'em hot Pour the boot Pour the boot Tackle 'em true Nudgee Nudgee - Blue white blue Wesley College, a Methodist (now Uniting Church) school in MelbourneBruce WatsonI spent a couple of years at Wesley College, a Methodist (now Uniting Church) school in Melbourne - one of Melbourne's private schools. Wesley Wesley zim-bah Wesley Wesley yah yah Wesley Wesley Wesley Wesley yah yah yah! But is was said so fast it came out: Wezza wezza zim-bah Wezza wezza yah yah Wezza wezza wezza wezza yah yah yah! We also had a simple little thing we would say aimed at rival school Melbourne Grammar: Who are We are Gram-ma Poof-tah! Charming stuff - but there you are.
North Shore Marist BrothersStuart McCarthyIgo Sego Opigo Ango Chorem Chorem ante far Race 'em chase 'em We're the boys to pace 'em Marist North Shore ra ra ra North Shore raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa War Cry of De La Salle College Kingsgrove (now defunct?)Nick WeareKing Gee, Col la Here we are We are the boys from La Salle - a Bexley Beverly Riverwood Nar We are the greatest near and far K-I-N-G-S we are Salle - a Sydney Grammar Rugby songSydney GrammarALIGATOR GRAMMAR Alligator mincemeat, crocodile pie..... VICTORY Are we in, We say YES, We are the boys of the SGS. Spelt; GRAMMAH....Grammahhhhhhhhh! Sydney GrammarDr Emanuel VlahakisAlligator mince meat Crocodile pie V-I-C-T-O-R-Y Are we in it We say YES We are the boys from the S-G-S G-R-A-M-M-A-R Grammar! Enmore Boys High war cryDean Thomas1 2 3 4 we're the boys from En-more I hope it struck terror into the hearts of all who heard it but I suspect they thought, What a crook war cry. Technical CollegeAlan WalkerI attended Sydney Technical High School in Paddington in 1954 and 1955. Each year there was a football match with Cranbrook High School. I managed not to attend these matches so i do not know if this ditty was sung in the presence of Cranbrook boys, but it certainly got an airing in the Tech High school yard. Tiddly Winks, old man, here's a very simple plan " Young man get a woman if you can, If you can't get a woman get a Cranbrook man." Narrabunda High School, NSWBob FaganI don't know who put this together, or even why it has these words, but we had to get something together quickly for our first interschool exchange with Northmead High in Sydney. I should imagine the Narrabundah College lot of the early 21st century would think themselves too sophisticated for this. Here it is: Yah Yah, Ego Yah Ego Warrego Ego Yah. Ango Popigo Turramurra Wopigo Orky Orky Blah Blah Blah. Hoopra Hoopra Yak Yak Yak Narrabundah Narrabundah Black Gold Black! John The Baptist, Hunter's HillLeo SchofieldI used to be able to recite BOTH the 'war cry' from St. John Baptist, Hunter's Hill (circa 1945) and the one from Christian Brothers Lewisham, 'pseudo-abo' gibberish both with lines that went something like ... Yarrangobbie, Yarrangobbie, Yarrangobbie, Yonga ..... but all is now lost. The Joey's one included a line Joey's, Joey,s cerise and blue But not a line of the Lewisham one can I remember although it ended, as yours did, with the name of the loathed joint... C....B....H....S....L followed by a rousing cheer. The Kogarah one sounds like a litany of Greek ratepayers. Ainslie Primary SchoolElizabeth Jamieson -
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Milton Central School c. 1964Judy Pinder"Ulladulla, Boolangatta, Narrawallee, Yatte Yattah Yatte Yattah, Yatte Yattah, Yah! Yah! Yah! We see the big breeze down among the pine trees M -I-L-T-O-N - Milton! Holy Cross WoollahraMeganThe 'ladies' of Holy Cross College Woollahra NSW, sang the following at our inter school sports and swim meets. Well, we did from the years 1970 to 1975 anyway! " Where ever we go, People want to know Who we are So we tell them We are Woollahra, might mighty Woollahra" Repeat twice, getting steadily louder each time. StrathfieldBilly, ACTRack Rack Rickety Rack SPC are on the track Blue Black Blue Black Gold Blue Black Blue Black Blue Black Gold Worry Me, Worry Me Strathfield, Strathfield, SPC S P C Sydney Boys High Chris Maltby The "Eh-up" is a long "aaaaaay", short "oop" sound. Who knows what it may mean. It was just as common to make loud and rude raspberry noises during the polite war-cries of the private schools... Koomiti, Koomiti, Kara, Kara Koomiti, Koomiti, Kara, Kara Eh-up, Eh-up Up, Up, Koomiti - High! Sydney High SchoolRuss HannahI think it was this one but I can't vouch for the spelling as I never saw it written down (or I can't remember). Notice the Koomati seems to be from the Haka. There's something not quiet right about it I think there may be lines missing Koomati Koomati Kara Kara Koomati Koomati Kara Kara Higgerty Piggerty Hoop-a-roo Higgerty Piggerty Mufferty Wiggerty Koomati Koomati HIGH Rockhampton Grammar SchoolIan DeardenThe school has subsequently turned co-ed, so I assume there has been some modification to ensure that the warcry is gender neutral. The war cry (phonetically because I don't ever recall seeing it written down) was: Kar-medi Kar-medi Kara Kara Tin-ee-eye Tin-ee-eye Tin-gan-gara Hop-ee-go Hop-ee-go Two to one Whop-ee-go Whoska Whoska Ya Ya Boska Ork-eye Ork-eye Bah Bah Bah Grammar boys, grammar boys, Yes we are.
All through the city all through the city there's been a lot of talk, about the Stuartholme girls and the wa-ay they walk. wooo woooo they walk through the city, lookin mighty pretty. talkin bout the mighty, mighty re-ed and gold! i said: HEY, ON GAOU, hey hey the power hey hey the beats gonna step on your feet..wooooooooooo step on your feet ...wooooooo clap your hands (two claps) stop your feet (two feet stomps) get on down to the Stuarthome beat.(body/hand percussion on legs) RamsgateWFRamsgate, Ransgate, don't be slow, Be like Elvis and go man go KogarahWFOne , two, three, four, Who do you think we're barracking for? Five, six, seven, eight, Who do you think we appreciate?
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