They all do. Years ago there was actually an album CFL fight songs. Most of them are REALLY outdated though, and wouldn’t be very popular today, which is likely why you don’t hear them.
I don’t think there are many fans clamoring to hear a fight song. Unlike American college football, marching bands aren’t really a thing at games here (I miss the Argonotes though!)
I know the Ti-Cats used to play “We love those Cats, those Tiger-Cats” after the end of every home win, but I believe they stopped after Tim Hortons’ Field came around (much to my disappointment).
Side Note: I always laugh at the Riders using Green is the color as it’s so blatantly stolen from Chelsea.
I’ve also heard during half-time fairly often, Ottawa playing Big Joe Mufferaw
I agree they all sound pretty bad, even by the standards of 60 years ago. Not every team can be lucky enough to have their very own "Autumn Wind" I guess, but that's not to say they shouldn't keep trying to find one.
I still remember in the 80's the Ottawa Rough Riders would play Hawaii Five O theme or the Bonanza theme after a touchdown . The Fans absolutely LOVED it .
Here is the thing I've never understood. The B.C. Lions had their own fight song which the fans seemed to love singing. It really got everybody rallying behind the team. When the song started playing, all of the fans would stand up and join in.
I don't know when the Lions stopped the tradition or why but they did. Anyways here is the song. [go to about the 35 sec mark for the lyrics]
Go Argos Go used to be played after Argo TDs around seven or eight years ago – sometimes the recording and sometimes live in stadium by the (now sadly disbanded) Argonotes. I for one loved it and wanted it to continue.
Ideally, any “anthem” used by a team would prompt a lot of crowd participation, the way Shout does at Buffalo Bills games and Chelsea Dagger does (did?) at Chicago Blackhawks games.
That is true Viciouscircle. Unfortunately, they don’t get the crowd ‘into’ it by having everyone stand and sing it out loud which I think was the idea. My wife used to love participating in the singing. Me not much but she sure did.