The Euros 2024 is just around the corner, so it’s time to get our chants at the ready and cheer on our boys to bring it home.
Picture the scene…you’re in a beer garden, pint in hand, Harry Kane has just scored an excellent goal and everybody starts chanting but you simply don’t know the words.
Humiliation hits and you start to panic, how are our lads going to bring home the title if you can’t join the booming chorus of a simple chant? Pfft.
Do not worry, because we’ve pulled together a list of all the chants and songs that you might need to know when watching the Euros this summer.
So get the honey and lemon at the ready, because you’re voice is about to get a bit croaky after belting out all these banging tunes.
Three Lions (It’s Coming Home)
Come on, it’s an absolute classic. But if you’ve been living under a rock then here are the lyrics to this absolute banger which will no doubt become the soundtrack to our lives over the next few months.
“I think it’s bad news for the English game
We’re not creative enough, and we’re not positive enough
It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming
Football’s coming home
It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming
Football’s coming home
It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming
Football’s coming home
It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming
Football’s coming home
Everyone seems to know the score, they’ve seen it all before
They just know, they’re so sure
That England’s gonna throw it away, gonna blow it away
But I know they can play, ‘cause I remember
Three lions on a shirt
Jules Rimet still gleaming
Thirty years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming
So many jokes, so many sneers
But all those “Oh, so near”s wear you down through the years
But I still see that tackle by Moore and when Lineker scored
Bobby belting the ball, and Nobby dancing
Three lions on a shirt
Jules Rimet still gleaming
Thirty years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming
England have done it, in the last minute of extra time!
What a save, Gordon Banks!
Good old England, England that couldn’t play football!
England have got it in the bag!
I know that was then, but it could be again
It’s coming home, it’s coming
Football’s coming home
It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming
Football’s coming home (England have done it!)
It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming
Football’s coming home
It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming
Football’s coming home
(It’s coming home) Three lions on a shirt
(It’s coming home, it’s coming) Jules Rimet still gleaming
Football’s coming home
(It’s coming home) Thirty years of hurt
(It’s coming home, it’s coming) Never stopped me dreaming
Football’s coming home
(It’s coming home) Three lions on a shirt
(It’s coming home, it’s coming) Jules Rimet still gleaming
Football’s coming home
(It’s coming home) Thirty years of hurt
(It’s coming home, it’s coming) Never stopped me dreaming
Football’s coming home
(It’s coming home) Three lions on a shirt
(It’s coming home, it’s coming) Jules Rimet still gleaming
Football’s coming home
(It’s coming home) Thirty years of hurt
(It’s coming home, it’s coming) Never stopped me dreaming
Football’s coming home”
Southgate You’re The One
Parading the pitch in his beautiful waistcoat, Mr Southgate most definitely deserves a song all to himself. And what better than the gorgeous melody of Atomic Kitten to do so?
“If you see me walking down the street
Staring at the sky
And dragging my two feet
You just pass me by
It still makes me cry
But football’s coming home again
And if you see me in the stands
I’m laughing and I’m joking
Doing what I can
I won’t put you down
‘Cause I want you around
Football’s coming home again
Looking back on when we first met
I cannot escape and I cannot forget
Southgate, you’re the one – you still turn me on
Football’s coming home again
Time is laying heavy on my heart
Seems I’ve got too much of it
Since we’ve been apart
My friends make me smile
If only for a while
Football’s coming home again
Looking back on when we first met
I cannot escape and I cannot forget
Southgate, you’re the one – you still turn me on
Football’s coming home again
For now I have to wait
But this is our time
It is our fate
‘Cause I just can’t go on
It’s already been too long
Football’s coming home again
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Looking back on when we first met
I cannot escape and I cannot forget
Southgate, you’re the one – you still turn me on
Football’s coming home again
Oh, oh, oh
Looking back on when we first met
I cannot escape and I cannot forget
Southgate, you’re the one – you still turn me on
Football’s coming home again
Southgate, you’re the one – you still turn me on
Football’s coming home again
Sweet Caroline
A classic at karaoke and on the football pitch, you probably already know the lyrics to this one but we’ll remind you of them anyway.
“Where it began, I can’t begin to knowing
But then I know it’s growing strong
Was in the spring
And spring became the summer
Who’d have believed you’d come along
Hands, touching hands
Reaching out, touching me, touching you
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I’ve been inclined
To believe they never would
But now I
Look at the night and it don’t seem so lonely
We filled it up with only two
And when I hurt
Hurting runs off my shoulders
How can I hurt when holding you
One, touching one
Reaching out, touching me, touching you
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I’ve been inclined
To believe they never would
Oh no, no
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
Sweet Caroline
I believe they never could
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good”
Don’t Take Me Home
Set to the tune of Billy Ray Cyrus’ Achy Breaky Heart, this is a short but sweet song to plead the lads to stay in the tournament for as long as possible.
“Don’t take me home,
Please don’t take me home
I just don’t want to go home
I wanna stay here, drink all your beer
Please don’t, please don’t take me home”
Vindaloo
Written by British band Fat Les, if you can’t remember the lyrics to this one then we you’ve got no hope.
“Where on earth are you from?
We’re from England
Where you come from
Do you put the kettle on?
Kick it
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah (bonjour)
Nah nah nah (monsieur)
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah Nah
We’re England
We’re gonna score one more than you
England!
Can I introduce you please
To a lump of cheddar cheese
Knit one, pearl one
Drop one, curl one
Kick it
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah Nah
We’re England
We’re gonna score one more than you
England!
Me and me Mum and me Dad and me Gran
We’re off to Waterloo
Me and me Mum and me Dad and me Gran
And a bucket of Vindaloo
Bucket!
Vindaloo
Vindaloo
Vindaloo
Vindaloo nah nah
Vindaloo
Vindaloo
Vindaloo
Vindaloo nah nah
Vindaloo
Vindaloo
And we all like Vindaloo
We’re England
We’re gonna score one more than you
England!
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
And we all like Vindaloo
We’re England
We’re gonna score one more than you
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
Nah nah nah (Vindaloo)
And we all like Vindaloo
We’re England
We’re gonna score one more than you
England!”
Engerland
This one is exactly what it says on the tin to be honest, just chant the word “Engerland” to the melody and you’re in for a winner.
We’re On The Ball
Enter Ant & Dec with their football song released ahead of the 2002 World Cup, those boys really can do everything can’t they?
“They thought it was all over but it’s only just begun
The cup of eastern promise in the land of the rising sun
Seemed a million miles away and one thing’s for sure
The talk begins of 66 ’cause we haven’t found a cure
Send an SOS, a country’s in need
Sven’s the man, he’s got a plan, we’ve found a super Swede
A nation re-united and England comes alive
Golden balls is captain and Heskey makes it five
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
Red, white and blue, the colors, the whole world in our hands
The time has come to kick it, can we kick it? Yes, we can
Sven’s army marching forward, hear three lions roar?
We’re England forever, now altogether, we’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
We’re on the ball
Over the wall, and into the net! David Beckham has done it!
What do you think of the song Motty?
Oh fantastic song
Is it gonna be a hit?
Yes it is!
Cambell to Rio, he’s in the middle
It’s Neville to Cambell (we’re on the ball)
Cambell to Rio (we’re on the ball)
Rio to Scholesy (we’re on the ball)
Scholesy Gerrard (we’re on the ball)
Gerrard to Beckham (we’re on the ball)
Beckham to Heskey (we’re on the ball)
Heskey to Owen, to Nodd (five one)
(We’re on the ball)
It’s Neville to Cambell (we’re on the ball)
Cambell to Rio (we’re on the ball)
Rio to Scolsey (we’re on the ball)
Scolsey Gerrard (we’re on the ball)
Gerrard to Beckham (we’re on the ball)
Beckham to Heskey (we’re on the ball)
Heskey to Owen to Nodd (five one)
(We’re on the ball)
It’s Neville to Cambell (let’s go to Cambell please)
Cambell to Rio (he always get the journey)
Rio to Scolsey (we’re on the ball)
Scolsey Gerrard
Gerrard to Beckham (we’re on the ball)
Beckham to Heskey (we’re on the ball)
Heskey to Owen to Nodd
We’re on the ball”
We Love You England
Again, not much to say about this one. It’s basically just saying how much we love England.
“England till I die,
I’m England till I die,
I know I am I’m sure I am,
I’m England till i die”
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Featured image – Road To Victory (Supplied)
