Please let me know who sang and the title of the song that starts "He
played for england yes he did he played before the war, he was magic
with a football and by god he made them roar"

Hello husskey,

With a big thanks to joan2222 for pointing to the correct song, here
are two transcriptions of the lyrics from "He Played for England," by
Harvey Andrews:

Online posting, "Lyr Add: HE PLAYED FOR ENGLAND (Harvey Andrews)," 
by harvey andrews (24 Mar 03)
The Mudcat Cafe
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=58059#916883

Online posting, "RE: Sporting hero songs?," by GUEST,harvey andrews (23 Aug 01)
The Mudcat Cafe
http://www.mudcat.org/Detail.CFM?messages__Message_ID=533822

According to these pages, the writer of these posts is Harvey Andrews himself!

- justaskscott


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"he played for england" "harvey andrews"

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"he played for england"

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 17 May 2005 17:29 PDT

A better link to the first transcription is:

http://www.mudcat.org/Detail.CFM?messages__Message_ID=916883

I believe it's a Harvey Andrews song called "He played for England."