Lily of Laguna

Lily of Laguna

Lily of Laguna is a song written in 1898 by Leslie Stuart and performed by Eugene Stratton and G H Elliott. The Carlton Football Club's official theme, We Are The Navy Blues is based on the tune.As with many of the songs written at the time, the original "Lily of Laguna" contains lyrics that are racially charged.

Bing Crosby and Mary Martin performed a stripped down cutesy version of this song which is primarily based on the chorus of the original song, i.e., "She's my lady love". The song was transformed in a number of ways: the racial imagery was replaced with lines referencing sailor hats, docks, and lollipops; the entire verse sections which, in the original, contains the dramatic mood shift of iii minor, to ii minor, to I Major; the arrangement was updated to the jazzy big band sound that was popular at the time; and a woman (Mary Martin) now sang lyrics from the female perspective.


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