OK, so what tune does he (or The Mrs Ackroyd Band) use when he (or they) sing (or play) EARWIG O? Since no one has asked for the tune, I assume it is a familiar one, at least to most of the people who have posted to this thread. I don't recognize it.

I know that Les Barker frequently writes parodies of songs that are familiar, at least to folkies. I thought this might be the case for EARWIG O, but if it is a parody, I don't recognize the song he is parodying. Maybe this is because I am an American while (or whilst) most Les Barker fans are British. Perhaps you misunderestimate the depths of American ignorance about British (or world) football (or soccer) customs. Can you enlighten me?

Also, how does one wave a toilet roll "football style"? And what, if anything, does toilet paper have to do with football or with earwigs?