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England- your country needs you

joe morris

Sunday, July 14th, 2024

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Oh, England, England
How your country needs you
To just win, nothing else
Nothing more
Picturesque, rural
Spread out like a picnic
Hamper over the fields
And timeless meadows
Across the matchless
Lake District
The Pennines,
The peak of the
Peak District
Gushing forth
An abundance
Of water, cowslips,
And richly uplifting
Yellow cornfields
Overlapping folds
Of private patchwork
Quilts of countryside
Shivering in the breeze
Of our hopes and dreams
Where the village pubs
Tonight will reveal
Gareth Southgate’s England
We are now at journey’s end
The final destination
Spain in Euro 2024 Final
A pint of your best
Barman and barmaid
A thousand glasses of
Amber celebration
For family and friends
If, after 58 years
It wends its weary home
We stand on the verge
Of history’s judgement day
It’s been far too long
Yesterday they gave us
The 1966 World Cup Final
In its colourised splendour
We salute you Channel 4
If only today’s generation
Could use yesterday as a perfect
Inspiration, a reminder
Of what can be done
It’s feasible, possible
Quite definitely
We can replicate that
Golden day yet again
And of course Labour
Were in charge on the
Day of Sir Alf Ramsey’s
Release from the chains
Of solemnity and seriousness
It has to be tonight
Because if not
Then it’ll be exactly
60 years next time around
In the USA, Canada and Mexico
Another World Cup again
Seize the day
Carpe diem England, today
No more delaying tactics
Pausing on the ball
And just waiting for
Something to happen
We have faith and trust
Of course we fear
The Holland syndrome
Of two successive defeats
In tournament Finals
For 1974 and 78
West Germany and Argentina
Dutch pass masters
Blasted out of the water
For 2021 read tonight
Let’s do it
One more time tonight
Blighty, believe in
The law of averages
It has to be England’s turn
Oh surely
Richly merited victory
Against all the odds
Even though
It was a horrific watch
Come on England

Notes

Hi there,

So here we are on this day of days. It’s England- Spain in the Euro 2024 Final. Come on England.

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Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/england-your-country-needs-you/