Roger - I have no idea.. he just doesn't like other people doing it... he especially doesn't like people changing one or two of the words and doing it. A certain football clubs fans have 'adopted' it as their song, changing London to the name of their town. The sentiment of the song remains unchanged, but when the BBC asked him for permission to broadcast it, he refused point blank and has been very cagey about letting anyone do it ever since.

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