If you thought that all Peter could do was catch footballs then you'd be proven completely wrong. Amongst his talents he is a musical master. In his spare time, he likes to bash away at his drum kit and twiddle with his piano. So when his Euro '96 championship appearence was pending, Peter Schmeichel wrote his very own hit single in order to cheer on his team mates and get the nation behind them.

The song was called "We can do it" (Yes, Sådam, Såmænd!), and it went flying up the Danish charts. The single was sung by a popular Danish singer called Gry Luka. Peter, not wanting to be left out, sang the rap and he played almost all of the instruments as well. Unfortunately, despite the song, the cup holders Denmark went out in the early stages of the competition!

Thanks to Brit Jonasen for sending me the CD.

Lyrics - Dansk Version

Rap	De går der og mener, på de britiske øer, At hvis vi tror vi vinder, jah, så må vi være skøre, Vi ka' jo gøre det igen, det må selv de' ku' forstå, Det satser jeg min røde hvide næse på!	Omkvæd	We can do it again, Yes! Sådan! såmænd! De ka' bar' komme an, Fo vi ved hvem der kan, The champions af EM, Ta'r atter guldet hjem, Yes! Sådan! såmænd! Det er os der bar' tar' pokalen igen.
Vers 1	Et bøgetræ, en bedstemor, En klokkenklang, et hjerte stort, Får støtte fra, et Vikingetræf, når dre skal spilles, på det engelske græs.	Vers 2	Og nummer 10, gør det forbi, med fortidens fjender, på krigens sti, med snævre træk, og hvis han vil, så er der en Laudrup til.
Vers 3	En Rouligan, er en fornøjelig mand, hans horn, bli'r aldrig væk, Han trives bedst, når han står på lægterne, og synger ned til Mikkel Beck,	Vers 4	Den danske sang, har en herlig klang, Lyrikken er helt i top, den klinger lystigt, mens drengene spiller, og alle andre hold gir op.

Lyrics - English Version

Chorus	We can do it again, Win, and then retain, The trophy for the Danes, We can do it again, We'll put you all to shame, 'Cos we will win again, We can do it again, We can do it, yes we can do it again.	Verse 1	Did you ever think we could do it then? We've done it before, we can do it again, Look out the writing is on the wall, The Danish team is here to win it all, Ability, a touch of class, Consistency, and a master's pass, We we'll play our pass, go all the way, Finish as winners at Wembley.
Rap	Oh yes, that's where we wanna be, To play the final game at the famous Wembley, We know we can achieve it, So you'd better start believe it, We've done it before and we can do it again.	Verse 2	All through the night the invasion starts, The Vikings return, And they'll play their part, The party begins and one and all, The Viking's have always loved to win at football.

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