The Ashes: Sour Aussies Gladden English Hearts With Bitter Chant
THE fifth Ashes Test and England are thrashing Australia…again. This is getting to be a habit. One thing has changed, though: Australia have two songs. The usual song is a cub-scout-style “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, oi, oi!”. The new one – Song 2 – says:
“Four Saffers in your team! You’ve got four Saffers in tour team…”
This is a reference to Trott, Pietersen, Strauss and Prior – all born in South Arica. It is pretty rubbish song. “Saffers” makes it sound endearing. In truth, it is just desperate, a sour, pitiful chant that reveals just how much England winning at a minority sport has hurt the Aussies. Still, they do still have the swimming. And England has football – which is why our chants are better:
“He bowls to the left, he bowls to the right that Mitchell Johnson is…”
Posted: 5th, January 2011 | In: Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
