School's Three Lions is 'brilliant', says comedian

Comedian David Baddiel said an Oxford school's rewrite of the iconic song Three Lions was "so brilliant and so moving".

St Nicolas CE Primary School in Abingdon have been getting ready for Sunday's Euros final between England and Spain.

Headteacher, Mr Spooner, rewrote the lyrics to the song, originally produced and performed by Mr Baddiel, Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds in 1996.

While speaking to BBC Radio Oxford, Mr Spooner and his students Emily and James found out what Mr Baddiel thought of their version.

In a video recording from the comedian, who co-wrote the original song, he joked Mr Spooner "did not have legal permission" to change the lyrics and he's considered "coming into the school and having him arrested".

But he added: "Your version of it was so brilliant and so moving, you did it so well.

"I've decided to let him off so well done for that and let's all hope football is coming home."

Reacting to the clip, 11-year-old pupils James and Emily said it was "awesome" he'd heard the song.

The school released a video of the year 6 pupils performing Mr Spooner's rewritten version of Three Lions

Mr Spooner's rewrite included lyrics like: "Germany hosts, it’s been three years. A win, two draws, we’re top of the group, but it starts, all the fears and critics who have been there before say the team’s such a bore."

He recorded 60 of his year 6 pupils singing the song during an assembly and said they didn't have much time to rehearse.

The video of their performance has since been uploaded to social media.

Mr Spooner told Radio Oxford host, Adam Ball: "Obviously all of the children have been very excited over the last few weeks and I'm a rather large football fan myself.

"I wanted to bring a bit of festive cheer and fun and share it with the world just to enjoy this special occasion."

More of his rewritten lyrics include: "But then we see Jude’s bicycle kick, and those penalty kicks, Ollies goal last minute, the nation’s screaming."

Mr Spooner added: "It's just reflecting the tournament and we talk to the children a lot about navigating hard times, but ultimately it can lead to amazing success.

"Some of the comments [on the video] have been really overwhelming and put, hopefully, a smile on people's faces. The children can't quite believe what's happened."