Ashes 2017: 5 new chants by the Barmy Army

Jerusalem... or England?

You'd be forgiven for thinking this is biblical - it's certainly taken from a popular hymn. It is, after all, the official anthem of the England and Wales cricket board, but that is in its original form.

The hymn itself was a work by English poet William Blake in the early 1800s - and it was set to music only 100 years ago.

The Barmy Army has since rewritten it with lyrics that still sound biblical - and have replaced the 'promised land' with England.

Jerusalem

And did those feet in ancient time

Walk upon England’s mountains green?

And was the holy Lamb of God

On England’s pleasant pastures seen?

And did the Countenance Divine

Shine forth upon those clouded hills?

And was Jerusalem builded here

Among those dark Satanic mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold

Bring me my arrows of desire

Bring me my spear: O clouds unfold!

Bring me my chariot of fire

I will not cease from mental fight,

Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand

Till we have built Jerusalem

In England’s green and pleasant land