Lyr Add: We Are Warriors - Rugby Chant - Song(?)

30 Jun 25 - 10:31 PM (#4224932)
Subject: Lyr Add: We Are Warriors - Rugby Chant - Song(?)
From: Jack Horntip

Below is a call and response chant/song often titled "We Are Warriors" that was known in rugby
circles. The first examples is from an untitled PDF dated Nov 5,
2001.

Do you know a version of this chant? When did you learn your version?

Any help is appreciated.

154 We Are Warriors
CHORUS: We are warriors!
Mighty, mighty warriors,
We have bullets,
And we got rifles.

We went hunting,
Came upon a river,
Couldn't go under it,
Couldn't go over it,
We went hunting,
Couldn't go around it,
Had to go through it!

We went hunting,
Came upon a mountain,
Couldn't go under it,
Couldn't go over it,
Couldn't go around it,
Had to go through it!

Came upon a woman!
Couldn't go under her,
Couldn't go over her,
Couldn't go around her,
HAD TO GO THROUGH HER!

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30 Jun 25 - 10:54 PM (#4224934)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We Are Warriors - Rugby Chant - Song(?)
From: Jack Horntip

Chorus:
we are royal marines (we are royal marines)
We're going on a lion hunt (going on a lion hunt)
rifles ready (rifles ready)
bullets too (bullets too)

we came across a river
we couldn't go around it
we couldn't go under it
we had to go over it

we came across a jungle
we couldn't go over it
we couldn't go under it
we had to go around it

we came across a mountain
we couldn't go 'round it
we couldn't go under it
we had to go over it

we came across a woman
we couldn't go 'round her
we couldn't go over her
we couldn't go under her
WE HAD TO GO THROUGH HER!

Call and response chant transcribed from the video We're Woyal Maweens
(aka We're Royal Marines) - Ventnor RFC posted on youtube 10 April 2010


See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0auSMFr4ko8

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01 Jul 25 - 11:00 AM (#4224948)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We Are Warriors - Rugby Chant - Song(?)
From: Jack Horntip

Zulu Warriors

CHORUS: Zulu warriors warriors!
Mighty, mighty warriors,
We are big
We are strong
We have guns
And we can dance

Zulu warrior
mighty mighty warrior
he Came upon a mountain
A mighty mighty mountain
Couldn't go over it Couldn't go around it
So he Had to go through it!

Zulu warrior
mighty mighty warrior
he Came upon a river,
A mighty mighty river
Couldn't swim over it Couldn't swim around it
So he Had to swim through it

Zulu warrior
mighty mighty warrior
he Came upon a ____ rugby player
A mighty mighty _____rugby player
Couldn't go over him Couldn't go around him
So he Had to go through him
Zulu warrior
mighty mighty warrior
he Came upon a girl
A pretty pretty girl
Didn’t want to go around her Didn’t want to go over her
So he Had to go through her

Zulu warrior
mighty mighty warrior
has to get naked
has to get naked NOW

2004. The Akron R.F.C. Official Hymnal And guide to the depraved. PDF. p.56


See here: https://www.horntip.com/html/books_&_MSS/2000s/2004-08-18--2004-10-24_www-akronrugby-com--Hymnal_(PDF)/2004-08-18--2004-10-24_www-akronrugby-com--Hymnal.pdf

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01 Jul 25 - 01:15 PM (#4224952)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We Are Warriors - Rugby Chant - Song(?)
From: Jack Horntip

BEAR HUNT
(Chant)

Also known as Lion Hunt. Through this whole song, you sing with you tongue sticking out.

We’re going on a bear hunt
Are you ready?
O.K.
Let’s Go!
We’re coming to some tall grass!

Can't go over it!
Can't go under it!
Can't go around it!
Gotta go through it!

(action – parting long grass)

We’re going on a bear hunt
Are you ready?
O.K.
Let’s Go!
We’re coming to some Icky, sticky, mud!

Can't go over it!
Can't go under it!
Can't go through it!
Gotta go through it!

(action – slogging through mud)

We’re going on a bear hunt
Are you ready?
O.K.
Let’s Go!
We’re coming to a river!

Can't go over it!
Can't go under it!
Can't go around it!
Guess we gotta swim it!

(action - swimming)

We’re going on a bear hunt
Are you ready?
O.K.
Let’s Go!
We’re coming to some tall trees!

Can't go over them!
Can't go under them!
Can't go around them!
Guess we gotta climb them!

(action – climbing up a tree and down the
other side)

We’re going on a bear hunt
Are you ready?
O.K.
Let’s Go!
We’re coming to a dark cave!

Can't go over it!
Can't go under it!
Can't go around it!
Gotta go through it!

(next verse – very, very quietly, as if you
were scared of the cave)

We’re going on a bear hunt
Are you ready?
O.K.
Let’s Go!
Look in the cave!

Big, fuzzy nose ahead
Two green eyes ahead
Long, sharp teeth ahead...
It's a BEAR!
RUN!

(action – slapping on knees goes very fast, as if you were running…go through all of the
obstacles in reverse order and as fast as you can, with more slapping of hands on thighs in between each obstacle.)

Out of the cave! Run! - Under the trees! - Run! Over the river! Run! - Around the mud! Run!

Through the grass! Run! - Home at last! Whew!

2008(?). CAMPFIRE SONGS. Downloaded April 20, 2008 from www.indianpathfinders.com/pdfs/PATHFINDER%20SONGS.pdf

Didn't realize there were non-rugby children's versions.

Saved copy preserved here: CAMPFIRE SONGS

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01 Jul 25 - 01:47 PM (#4224953)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We Are Warriors - Rugby Chant - Song(?)
From: GUEST,Macca

Obnoxious, sexist garbage!

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01 Jul 25 - 01:52 PM (#4224954)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We Are Warriors - Rugby Chant - Song(?)
From: Jack Horntip

LION-HUNT SONG

Everyone gathers in a circle and faces right, so that they look at the back of the hasher in
front of them. Then everyone pulls his or her pants up tight to form a wedgie. If hats are
available they should be worn backwards. Everyone places his or her tongue between the
lower lip and teeth. Then everyone stamps on the ground in a 1-2-3-4 cadence and begins
marching around in the circle. The songmeister shouts out each line, which is
immediately shouted back by everyone else in the circle.

CHORUS:

We're going on a lion-hunt!
(march around stamping)
We're not afraid!
(continue stamping)
We've got guns!
(pantomime holding rifles)
And bullets two!
(hold up two fingers)

Came upon a mountain!
(peak hands to form mountain)
Couldn't go 'round it!
(move one hand around the "mountain")
Couldn't go across it!
(move one hand over the "mountain")
Had to go through it!
(digging motions with both hands)

OTHER VERSES (done in same manner as "mountain" verse):

Came upon an ocean!
Couldn't go 'round it!
Couldn't go across it!
Had to swim through it!

Came upon a jungle!
Couldn't go 'round it!
Couldn't go across it!
Had to cut through it!

Came upon a desert!
Couldn't go 'round it!
Couldn't go across it!
Had to fly over it!

LAST VERSE:
Came upon a lion!

2007. THE HALF-MIND HYMNAL: A Songbook for Hash House Harriers
Compiled by Flying Booger. May 2007 Edition. PDF. pp.295-296


See here: http://www.lexingtonhah3.org/docs/hymnal.pdf


I didn't realize it was sung by Hashers.

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01 Jul 25 - 03:09 PM (#4224959)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We Are Warriors - Rugby Chant - Song(?)
From: Jack Horntip

Lion Hunt

We're all going on lion hunt
I'm not scared
I've got a gun
And bulletts too
Oh-oh
Void ahead
Short grass - sh-sh-sh

Other Verses:

Long grass: shhhh-shhhhh-shhhhhh
Swamp: gloomp-gloomp-gloomp
Lost: make your hands "run" up a tree, have to look around and then
come back down
Supermarket: scuse me-scuse me-scuse me
Village: hello-hello-hello
Lion: ahhhhhhh!

Then go through all the actions but in the reverse order

2001. Camp fire Songs Downloaded Junes 22, 2004 from www.stysdist.hq.btinternet.co.uk/replacement/pdf/campfi.pdf


Archived copy here: Camp fire Songs

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01 Jul 25 - 04:10 PM (#4224961)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We Are Warriors - Rugby Chant - Song(?)
From: Jack Horntip

Going on a bear hunt (walkers and runners)

1. Pretend you are going on a bear hunt.

2. Set up a room so your child can go under,
around, and over things. Use blankets, chairs,
and pillows.

3. Act out the words to the song with your child.

[ . . . snippet view can't see everything . . .]

I see a river. (This could be a blanket.)
Can't go under it.
Can't go around it.
Have to swim through it.

I see a swamp. (This could be pillows.)

[ . . . . . . . . . . ]

1952. Mimeo HE. Purdue University, Agricultural Extension Service, Home Economics Department, 1952


See here: https://books.google.com/books?id=zVwozPc5GT0C

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02 Jul 25 - 08:16 AM (#4224996)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We Are Warriors - Rugby Chant - Song(?)
From: Jack Horntip

BAND 2: "We're Going on a Bear Hunt."
(call and response)

(Chorus)
We're going on a bear hunt,
We're going on a bear hunt,
We're going on a bear hunt,
Stop!
Look!

(Verse 1)
I see tall tree,
We can't go under it,
We can't go around it,
What should we do?
Climb it!
(Imitate sounds and make climbing motions.)

(Repeat chorus)

(Verse 2)
I see a wide river,
We can't go under it,
We can't go around it,
What should we do?
Swim it!
(Imitate sounds and make swimming motions.)

(Repeat chorus.)

(Verse 3)
I see a huge corn field
We can't go under it,
We can't go around it,
What should we do?
Go through it!
(Imitate sounds and make parting and stepping motions.)

We're going on a bear hunt,
We're going on a bear hunt,
La de de da de,
        '        '
        '        '
La de de da de,
Stop!
Look!
Uh, oh,
I see a big cave,
We can't go under it,
We can't go around it,
Do you want to go in it?
On tippy toes,
Quietly,
(Imitate sounds and make tipping motions.)

Stop!
I feel something,
I feel some fur,
I feel a large hand,
I feel a long arm,
I feel a broad shoulder,
I feel a thick neck,
A great big head,
Two cold eyes,
A wet nose,
Some sharp teeth,
What is it?
What is it?!?
It's a bear!
(Roar)
(Reverse motions to escape from bear.)

1983. It's Story Telling Time LP by Linda Goss. Folkways Records (FC 77861)


Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY_-mA9AjPQ

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02 Jul 25 - 10:53 AM (#4225000)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We Are Warriors - Rugby Chant - Song(?)
From: Jack Horntip

Ballad Index entry: https://balladindex.org/Ballads/ACSF240B.html

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Bear Hunt

DESCRIPTION: "Going on a bear hunt Wanna come along?" "Coming to the short grass, Can’t go around it, Can’t go under it, Gotta go through it." "Coming to the tall grass, Can't go around..." Eventually they find a bear in a cave -- and run
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: animal humorous campsong
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 240, 324, "Bear Hunt" (notes only)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, pp. 38-39, "The Bear Hunt" (1 text)
NOTES [41 words]: In the mudcat.org thread "Old Girl Scout Songs," Joe Offer comments, "I've never heard two people sing this the same. Heck, I don't think I've ever sung it the same way twice myself. Once you have the general idea, make it up as you go along." - RBW
Last updated in version 6.4
File: ACSF240B

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04 Jul 25 - 04:17 AM (#4225108)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We Are Warriors - Rugby Chant - Song(?)
From: Jack Horntip

We Are Warriorers (one lead singer for whole song, sings line and group repeats)
We are warriors
Mighty mighty warriors
we go hunting
we got rifles
itty bitty bullets
come to a river
can't go around it
can't go over it
can't go under it
GOTTA GO THROUGH IT

*repeat, replacing river with other objects and such*
forest
moutain
canyon
lake
village
fire
building
ocean
soccer player
football player
woman (*then next line* Oh, big ol woman)
football player

then to finish

We are warriors
Mighty mighty warriors
we go hunting
we got rifles
itty bitty bullets
come to a RUGBY PLAYER
can't go around him
can't go under him
can't go over him
...guess we'll go home(or something else to convey that it's hopeless)

this is a song sang with the utmost enthusiasm, loud and fun. Each
line should be accompanied by charrade/mimic of the line.

We are warriors (usually motions to others)
Mighty mighty warriors (pounding on chest)
we go hunting (walking through woods stealthly)
we got rifles (pretending to hold/aim long rifle)
itty bitty bullets (high squeaky voice, fingers pinched in front of you
reflecting how small they are)
come to a ****** (motion of obstacle, wave palm across horizon for a
river, two hand together high spreading wider to bottom for mountain,
and so forth)
can't go around it (motion going around with hand and arm)
can't go over it (motion going over with hand and arm)
can't go under it (motion going under it)
GOTTA GO THROUGH IT (march forcefully swinging arms, lots of strength)

also, if so desired, singers can put shirts over heads (kinda like beavis of bevis and butthead)

Variant from here: https://www.geocities.ws/j222/songs.html

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04 Jul 25 - 08:56 AM (#4225120)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We Are Warriors - Rugby Chant - Song(?)
From: Jack Horntip

WE’RE GOING ON A LION HUNT

(Chanted, not sung)

We're going on a lion hunt, we're not scared
We got guns, bullets too

Came across a river, can't go round it, can't go under it, got to go through it

We're going on a lion hunt, we're not scared
We got guns, bullets too

Came across a mountain, can't go round it, can't go through it, got to go over
it

We're going on a lion hunt, we're not scared
We got guns, bullets too
Came across a virgin, can't go round it, can't go over it, got to go THROUGH
it

We're going on a lion hunt, we're not scared
We got guns, bullets too
Came across a lion
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHH!!!!! !!!

2005. SONGS AND RHYMES FROM THE 1 ST ROYAL TANK REGIMENT. MS-WORD file.
Retrieved Dec 13, 2006 from www.1rtr.net/docs/Tankie%20songs.doc

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