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Only Fools And England

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The Lyrics by John Sullivan/John Matthews; re-working of Only Fools and Horses
 (COPYRIGHT CONTROL/MCS MUSIC PUBLISHING)

 
Sing La La La La Eng-Er-Land La La,
Sing La La La La, Eng-Er-Land La La,
 
We've had Geoff Hurst, Nobby Stiles, Gordon Banks and Bobby Moore,
Gascoigne, Shearer, Stuart Pearce and Lineker,
Hoddle, Sir Alf Ramsey, Graham Taylor, Kevin Keegan,
Venables And Robson,
And now we've got Eriksson,
Sven Sven Sven Sven Sven Sven Sven Sven
  
Stick the tickets in me pocket,
I fetch the footballs from the van,
Cause if you want the best you can forget the rest
Cause Wayne Rooney is your man.
 
We've been here before and its no mystery,
We always seem to get so far and then we lose on penalties,
But maybe this time Sven will make England click,
We’re gonna win the World Cup in 2006
 
Sing La La La La Engerland La La
Sing La La La La Engerland La La
Sing La La La La Engerland La La
Sing La La La La Engerland La La
 
Lampard, Gerrard and Beckham in midfield,
Rooney and Crouch or Owen in attack,
Paul Robinson in goal, Neville, Rio  Ashley Cole,
With John Terry, at the back.
 
We've been here before and its no mystery,
We always seem to get so far and then we lose on penalties,
But maybe this time Sven will make England click,
We’re gonna win the World Cup in 2006
 
Sing La La La La Engerland La La
Sing La La La La Engerland La La
Sing La La La La Engerland La La
Sing La La La La Engerland La La
Sing La La La La Engerland La La
 
Were all off to Germany
So lets go down in history
Black or white, rich or poor
We'll go mad when England score
God bless England
Viva England
Long live England
 
Say Magnifique England, Magnifique, England, England,
 
repeat to fade...............................
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Get ready for 'ONLY FOOLS AND ENGLAND' released on 12th June 2006 and set to the theme tune of the multi award winning BBC TV show 'Only Fools and Horses'.  'ONLY FOOLS AND ENGLAND' is the brainchild of John Matthews, lead singer with 90’s band Undercover who scored two huge top five hits in 1992, (BAKER STREET - chart position No. 2 which subsequently went on to sell over a million copies world-wide and NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY - chart position No. 5) whilst signed to Pete Waterman’s "PWL." record label.
John Matthews,  (who along with "Wayne Rooney" is a complete 'Only Fools and Horses'  fan),  Wayne mentions sitting in on a Saturday night with Colleen, pizza and a DVD of  Only Fools and Horses in his up and coming book!!!, came up with the unique plan of turning the theme tune to the UK's best loved sitcom, into the people's football song.
Choosing from a list of all the influential managers and players from past and present,  John replaced the lyrics to the theme tune of 'Only Fools and Horses' as the new lyrics state "black or white, rich or poor, we’ll go mad when England score".
The writer and creator of "Only Fools and Horses" - John Sullivan,  was contacted via his agent and a meeting was arranged to discuss the possibility of re-recording the song and changing the lyrics.  John Sullivan's agent  was so impressed with it he immediately took it to John Sullivan to play, and he loved it so much he gave his blessing and permission for the track to be re-recorded and released.
'ONLY FOOLS AND ENGLAND' is a people's football song, a real sing-along song, a true fans song, that you CAN sing on the terraces.  So all together now…………

Sing la la la la, Engerland la la, sing la la la la, Engerland la la
 

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