Barmy Army songs

[Robert]

To the tune of Colonel Bogey

Ponting , without Mcgrath and Warne
Is hopeless and only 5ft tall
He's skipper but now so bitter
As we claim the Ashes once more


Sung to the tune of 'Waltzing Matilda'

Once a jolly Aussie sat down at a cricket match
Sat in the shade of the BARMY ARMY
And he sat and he sighed and then the poor Aussie cried
Why have the Poms got more humour than me?

MORE SENSE OF HUMOUR
MORE SENSE OF HUMOUR
WHY HAVE THE POMS GOT MORE HUMOUR THAN ME

Cos I'm thick as a brick
I'm a seventh generation skip
That's why the poms have more humour than me

And so the Aussie sits there
And he starts to think a bit
Thought he'd make a song
That his mates could enjoy
So he thought up a song
And it didn't take him very long

(Falcetto) AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE
OI OI OI

To the tune of Sloop John B
He bowls to the left
He bowls to the right
But Mitchell Johnson
His bowling is sh***
He wants to go home
He wants to go home
Oh please Ricky Ponting
please let him go home

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

My favourite is

Barmy Army

Barmy Army *Clap Clap*
Barmy Army *Clap Clap*
Barmy Army *Clap Clap*
Barmy Army *Clap Clap*
Barmy Army *Clap Clap*
Barmy Army *Clap Clap*
Barmy Army *Clap Clap*

 

[SOSami]

My fave is....

"Ohhhhhh Jimmy Jimmy, Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Anderson"
Goes on for hours...

The simplest ones are always the best.

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

Everywhere we go is another one of my favourites

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[Sledger]

The best one (although limited to Aus,NZ) is certainly:

"Get your **** stars off our flag, get your **** stars off our flag, get your **** stars off our flag".

(to the tune of "The Whole World in Our Hands" ))

 

[Sledger]

A fine rendition by Mr. Incredible is seen here btw:

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[Wasim_Waqar]

I joined in at Edgbaston 2005:-

Everywhere we go
People wana knooow
Who we are
Where we come from
We are the England
The mighty mighty England
We are the army, The Barmy Army

BARMY ARMY!!!

Or I do like..someone's singing my lord, Michael Vaughan, ohhh lorddd Michael Vaughan!

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

^)

That Video is quality

 

[James]

The best one (although limited to Aus,NZ) is certainly:

"Get your **** stars off our flag, get your **** stars off our flag, get your **** stars off our flag".

(to the tune of "The Whole World in Our Hands" ))

Haha!

 

[Wasim_Waqar]

I remember sitting at Headingley in the Western terrace on Saturday (day 2) in 2006 for the Pakistan test.

The blond guy from Barmy Army was there trying to rouse some of the England fans. They were all so out of it- by good friend Simon who was wanting to watch the cricket was getting really annoyed. I didn't mind it...

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

I was at Lords watching a T20 between Essex and Middlesex and there were a few guys who kept on chanting

Barmy Army
Nasser Hussain
Barmy Army
Nasser Hussain
ect.

When i went to watch Pak vs Eng this year sadly there was no chanting

 

[PakFan2010]

I was at Lords watching a T20 between Essex and Middlesex and there were a few guys who kept on chanting

Barmy Army
Nasser Hussain
Barmy Army
Nasser Hussain
ect.

When i went to watch Pak vs Eng this year sadly there was no chanting

Most Barmy army fans were saving up money for the ashes.

My favourite chant is " Barmy Army , Barmy Army.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Agree with the posters who say "barmy army, barmy army...." is the best. Some of the chants are quite funny. Amazing how different the English footy fans are to their cricketing counterparts.

 

[Big Harvey]

Heard on the last tour of the Caribbean (to the tune of "Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be?"):

Oh dear, what can the matter be?
Allen Stanford's in penitentiary,
He'll be serving at least half a century,
And we all wanted him there!

(There were a number of verses to this, which poked fun at some of the people such as Giles Clarke who'd so enthusiastically had dealings with him!)

Often heard on tours of Sri Lanka (to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"):

Throw, throw, throw the ball,
Gently down the seam,
Murali Murali Murali Murali chucks it like a dream!


An old Ashes favourite (to the tune of "My Old Man's a Dustman" followed by "God Save the Queen.")

The Aussies love the English,
You may think it quite strange,
Cos we sent them off Downunder,
With only balls and chains.
And when they see the English,
They always shout and scream,
But when they had the chance to vote they voted for The Queen!

Oooh...

God save YOUR gracious Queen,
Long live YOUR noble Queen,
God save YOUR Queen,
(You're a convict)
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over YOU,
God save YOUR Queen!


Another Ashes favourite (to the tune of Yellow Submarine):

In the town,
Where I was born,
Lived a man,
Who was a thief,
And he told me of his life,
Stealing bread,
And sh*gging sheep!

So they put him in the nick,
And a magistrate he went to see -
Who said "put him on a ship,
To the convict colony."

2-3-4

You all live in a convict colony, a convict colony, a convict colony!
You all live in a convict colony, a convict colony, a convict colony!

 

[Big Harvey]

To the tune of "Those Were the Days My Friend:"

We've had a garlic naan,
We've had a butter naan,
We've had a plain,
We've had a keema too.
But our favourite naan
Is known as Tim Bres-naan,
All because oh Timmy we love you!


To the tune of "Quinn the Eskimo:"

Swings it out,
Comes steaming in.
He's gonna knock 'em over,
He's Steven Finn!

 

[Decipher]

I loved the songs only when captured during a live game by the official camera and its audio recorder. It makes an amazing echo type back ground beat in the entire ground.

Some folks who have recorded the songs as being part of the crowd and sitting next to the singing group are no fun really. Youtube has some of 'em tasteless clips.

 

[ghufran7]

Stuart Broad
Stuart Borad
He's big, he's bad
He's better than his Dad
Stuart Broad Stuart Broad


Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting's a broken man
Without Warne he has no plan
He tries to carry the team all on his own
He's losing his hair
But we don't care
'Cos Strauss our captain will take the urn home


Justin Langer
Justin Langer
Langer is an Aussie
He wears the gold and green
He is the biggest whinger
That we have ever seen

He wasn't very happy
When we called Brett Lee's no ball
He's got a very big mouth
And he's only five feet tall


Ricky Pointing
Ricky Pointing
Ponting is the captain
Of the Aussie cricket team
But once the match is over
He is a gay drag queen


Ponting's special friend
Is a man called Glenn McGrath
You'll see them holding hands
At the Sydney Mardi Gras

 

[ghufran7]

Tim Bresnan
We've had a Garlic Nan ,
We've had a butter nan,
We've had a plain , we've had a keema too'
But our favourite Nan , is Tim Bresnan
all because he hates the convicts too


Graeme Swann
Oh Graeme Swann is bowling,
He's going to get you out.
Whenever it is turning,
He'll always have a shout,
And when he takes your wicket,
He'll tweet it on his blog,
So never cut a spinner or pat a burning dog!


Dan Vettori
Dan Vettori
Dan Vettori
Harry Potter in disguise
We are going to
Steal your glasses
And poke you in the eyes


Stanford the businessman
I'm Stanford the businessman
Not even a cricket fan
But if there's a WAG
It's like a red rag
To Stanford the businessman


My name is Shuan Pollock
My name is Shaun Pollock and I cannot count
One more run run, one more run
I miscalculated and we got knocked out
One more run run, one more run

Oh I had a panic attack
Oh and I got the sack
Oh we needed one more run
One more run run, one more run

 

[yadunoe]

can anyone tell me why is it called barmy army

 

[Big Harvey]

can anyone tell me why is it called barmy army

The Australian media christened England's supporters the Barmy Army because they couldn't understand why an army of supporters would travel to the other side of the world to cheer on a team that was almost guaranteed to lose almost every game they played. They thought we must be barmy.

The worse the England team played, the louder the English supporters seemed to be cheering them on, which was something the Australians simply couldn't understand. As we've seen in this series, the English concept of loyalty to your team hardly exists among Australians. The most extreme example of this was on Boxing Day at the MCG, where a crowd of 85,000 had shrunk to less than 20,000 two hours before the close of play!

What such fickle "supporters" don't understand is that enduring the bad times and backing your team through adversity makes success when it comes taste so much sweeter.

 

[Robert]

Often heard on tours of Sri Lanka (to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"):

Throw, throw, throw the ball,
Gently down the seam,
Murali Murali Murali Murali chucks it like a dream!

Throw, throw, throw the ball,
Gently through the air,
Murali Murali Murali Murali, where is Darryl Hair?

 

[Colorblind Genius]

Are these guys no more?

What happened to them?

I was watching WI vs England highlights today, and there definitely seemed more English fans in the crowd than the local West Indians; however, no Barmy Army presence?

I think they created an atmosphere in the cricket like no other did!

Cricket needs that.

 

[Kroll]

Are these guys no more?

What happened to them?

I was watching WI vs England highlights today, and there definitely seemed more English fans in the crowd than the local West Indians; however, no Barmy Army presence?

I think they created an atmosphere in the cricket like no other did!

Cricket needs that.

They're still around, its just that international travel still hasn't returned to pre-covid levels yet for most Britons or probably for a lot of countries for that matter.

 

[Asad T]

Always bringing entertainment wherever they go

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