A few years ago, England cricket fans began singing at one of the Australian bowlers, to the tune of The Sloop John B (the bit about drinking all night): He swings to the left He swings to the ri-i-ight That Mitchell Johnson His bowling is shite Of course, by the next series Johnson’s bowling had improved no end and he was taking England wickets in delivery after delivery, so they stopped singing it. But it was such fun to sing that lots of others – particularly football crowds – would take it up, by making a slight alteration to the words wherever appropriate. My favourite was at a Preston North End match: We don’t know the words We don’t know the wo-o-ords We’re Preston North End We don’t know the words.
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