Umbrella

Date Written	15th July 2007
Length	4:23

 

After hearing Comedy Dave from the Chris Moyles show do his version of Umbrella by Rihanna and Jay-Z, in which he sang about C-list British celebrity Will Mellor, I decided that maybe a version on the subject of English cricket had a future. The song practically wrote, and speaks for, itself.

 

Lyrics

 

Uh huh, uh huh! Uh huh, uh huh!

Keyboards. Oh yeah! Jiggerman.

Rihanna; Good Girl Gone Bad.

Umbrella ... we feelin' this.

Stop. Stop.

Oh yeah.

 

Verse 1

 

In Canberra playing Australia,

Or in Calcutta playing India.

Near or far, no matter who they are,

We play our best cricket under an umbrella.

 

Chorus

 

Because, when the sun shine we're due some spankings,

Now we're heading up the rankings.

Said I'll always be England.

I took an oath; I'm-a-stick it out to the end.

Now that it's raining more than ever,

Know that we'll still have the weather.

You can stand under my umbrella.

You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh.

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh.

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh.

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, eh.

 

Verse 2

 

Jimmy Anderson isn't very good,

But even he looks good next to Saj Mahmood.

Then we found a star in Monty Panesar

And he could spin it miles. We played Ashley Giles.

 

Chorus

 

Because, when the sun shine we're due some spankings,

Now we're heading up the rankings.

Said I'll always be England.

I took an oath; I'm-a-stick it out to the end.

Now that it's raining more than ever,

Know that we'll still have the weather.

You can stand under my umbrella.

You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh.

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh.

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh.

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, eh.

 

Middle 8

 

It's no surprise when we collapse, drop our catches and perhaps

It's never been our strength - line and length.

So come and let the rain pour, 'cause we only need the draw.

Oh yeah!

 

Chorus

 

Because, when the sun shine we're due some spankings,

Now we're heading up the rankings.

Said I'll always be England.

I took an oath; I'm-a-stick it out to the end.

Now that it's raining more than ever,

Know that we'll still have the weather.

You can stand under my umbrella.

You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh.

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh.

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh.

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh.

 

Outro

 

Oh baby it's raining. My darling it's raining.

My lover it's raining. Oh umbrella.

Oh baby it's raining. Oh baby it's raining.

My darling it's raining. Umbrella.