England rugby national team's traditional song?

Question

is the song that the england fans sing on the stadium to support the rugby team...I have heard it a couple of times, but I would like to know more about it, if it has a name or where can I find it on the web

Answer 1

Swing low sweet chariot.

Answer 2

I belive the song is called Sweet Chariot.

Answer 3

Swing low,Sweet chariot.

Answer 4

England song-Gayboys are we

Anthem-God save us when we play Wales!

Answer 5

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.

Song and video with lyrics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwFyxZ71u...

Answer 6

That would be Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and the youtube version is by UB40 (I think)

Answer 7

It's called swing low sweet chariot

Coming into the last match of the 1988 season, against Ireland at Twickenham, England had lost 15 of their previous 23 matches in the Five Nations Championship. The Twickenham crowd had only seen one solitary England try in the previous two years and at half time against Ireland they were 0-3 down. However during the second half England scored six tries to give them a 35-3 win. Three of the tries came in quick succession from Chris Oti, a black player making his Twickenham debut. A group from the Benedictine school Douai started to sing a rugby club favourite – the gospel hymn Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – in honour of their new hero, large sections of the crowd joined in. The song is still regularly sung at matches by supporters.[4][5][6] There is also a series of gestures that accompany the song, one of which is sexual.

The England national rugby union team returned from the 2003 World Cup triumph in Australia on a plane dubbed 'Sweet Chariot'

Answer 8

The song is "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot " It was composed by Wallis Willis, a  slave of the Choctaw Indians  around 1862.

It was first sung at Twickenham in 1988 to celebrate Chris Oti, a black player making his England debut, scoring three tries in a 35-3 victory over Ireland.

There are plenty of versions of the song on YouTube