Schedule reminder and previous anthem parodies (times ET):
Thursday, 11 a.m.: Russia-Saudi Arabia
Friday, 8 a.m.: this one
EGYPT
These melismas are killing me …
Mo Salah, Mo Salah, Mo Saaaa-lah
Likely you’ll be-e-e our leading scorrrr-er
Bob Bradley, Bob Bradley, Bob Bradley
Thanks to you, we’re now better than the ni-ineties
We inven-n-ted lots of stuff
Saying “thaaank you” wouldn’t hurrrrrt
Yes we know the Sphinx lost its nose
We’re sorrrrry Napoleon was blamed
The tourists, the tourists, the tourrrr-ists
Count for twee-lve percent of our worrrrk-force
Repeating, repeating, repeeeeeating …
Does this anthem just ha-ave seven worrrrrds?
URUGUAY
(Instrumental fanfare until the 1:08 mark. Sing “Kill the wabbit” where it fits.)
1930 and then 1950!
Yes, we’ve won this thing once and again
(Repeat)
This is really a long brutal anthem
And it goes on and on and on and on
(Repeat, even though the meter really doesn’t fit — the original has the same problem)
Yes, it goes on and on …
This is really a long brutal anthem
And it goes on and on and on and on
And it goes on and on …
Four minutes more!
(Seriously, this anthem never ends. Most of it is about dying for your country.)
Ranting Soccer Dad 