The Ashes (in song): ‘We won The Ashes’ (Glenn Butcher)

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1. Anon says

   December 25, 2025 at 10:53 am

   Great song Glenn.

   The following is a suggestion for “We won The Ashes”, a parody of John Lennon’s Happy Xmas (War is Over)”.

   So we won The Ashes
   The Poms have been done
   In 11 days it’s over
   And Boxing Day’s the next one

   And so we won The Ashes
   There was plenty of fun
   After having many injuries
   To some of our best ones

   And so we won The Ashes
   Our team is one to fear
   Alex Carey’s a good one
   And Head has no peer

   And so won The Ashes
   They said we weren’t strong
   From former players and commentators
   We proved them all wrong

   And so we won The Ashes
   Starc’s wickets were a sight
   Whereas for England
   There wasn’t much fight

   And so we won The Ashes
   3 nil’s one to cheer
   Let’s hope it’s a clean sweep
   In the New Year
2. Glenn Butcher says

   December 25, 2025 at 1:49 pm

   Thank you

   Hahaha love it!
3. Anon says

   December 28, 2025 at 8:46 am

   This is an Ashes update to the parody of John Lennon’s “Happy XMas (War Is (Over)”:

   So this is The Ashes
   And what have the Aussies done?
   In 2 days the Melbourne Test’s over
   And now it’s 3-1!

   And so this The Ashes
   That Australia have won
   It’s now off to Sydney
   Let’s hope we make more runs!

   And so this is The Ashes
   The Aussies have been too strong
   In Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide
   But in Melbourne they got it wrong!

   And so this is The Ashes
   The last Test was tight
   In Noosa England had more fun
   But in Melbourne they did it right

   A very memorable Ashes
   With Sydney in the New Year
   Let’s hope we win the next one
   For us to cheer!
4. Anon says

   January 8, 2026 at 9:30 pm

   This is another update to the Ashes after the 5th Test in Sydney has finished. Once again the song is a parody of John Lennon’s Happy XMas (War is Over) song.

   So this was The Ashes
   We won it 4-1
   Khawaja’s career’s over
   And Smith got a ton!

   So this was The Ashes
   Head and Webster got runs
   We didn’t play a spinner
   But we still won!

   So this was The Ashes
   We just proved too strong
   With Head, Carey and Starc
   How could we go wrong?

   And so this was the Ashes
   The Sydney Test became tight
   But Carey and Green
   Stopped England’s fight

   So this was The Ashes
   And a one off Test next year
   Let’s we hope we win the next Ashes
   In England in two years!