Football and Music

For those of you who haven’t checked the calendar, today is St. Georges Day.

St George is not just England, but of Georgia and Moscow too. The above pic is from a World War II memorial in Moscow.

I wanted to find some appropriate music to go with this day. Thanks to the England teams various efforts (in the recording studio that is) there are a few to choose from.

But I also wanted to find something else, some non-footie&musical songs that are not jingoistic but still is a celebration of England and all things English.

So three variations on a theme starting with…

Traditional:

» And did those feet in ancient time…     Lyrics/info

I know Fat Les did a “version” of this, which you can listen to via the Jukebox.
Even though I’m not all religious I find this hymn to be very stirring.

- Next we have a folk song:

» Ralph McTell - England

You know him, he’s the bloke who did Streets Of London.

Lastly an obvious one which I think is the third outing on F&M now:

» 1970 England Squad - Oh Sweet England

Extra Time - a reposting of some England desktop wallpapers I did. Click on the image to view the full image and then do the business to set it as your wallpaper:

Bonus link - The Chariots of Fire soundtrack.
(Has a version of Jerusalem with Vangelis music over it)

Don’t say I don’t give you owt ;)

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