A SCOTTISH musician has issued a rallying call for his countrymen to get behind their old rivals in the World Cup.

Chris Bradley's song "Put a Smile on England's Face!" supports Scotland's biggest sporting rivals at this summer's football tournament.

The tune features lyrics invoking the famous SAS motto "he who dares is he who wins" and others urging England to win such as "all for one and one for all/one by one we will see them fall".

While loyalties for some Scots may be torn, the 38-year-old, from Edinburgh, says he has always wanted England to perform well in all sports and has never questioned it.

His unofficial anthem features WWII air raid sirens, the voice of an old British Army Colonel and Cockney geezers singing the chorus.

The BAFTA award-winning musician says that the majority of Scots have been supportive of the song.

And Chris says that any of his compatriots opposed to his support of the Three Lions should speak to the owners of whisky distilleries in the north of the country, who enjoy the benefits of their strong English customer base.

The father-of-one said: "I came at it with the idea of how much Englishness can I manage to cram into one England world cup song?

"It made for a challenge and an opportunity for a kind of humble gesture of support to our friends south of the wall.

"It's been a surprise that the song has gotten such a brilliant response up here from all kinds of Scots who rightly feel that what's good for England is only good for us.

"Many of us have English friends and family, and many of us go on holiday, or to university or to work in England. That works in reverse order too obviously.

"I've done this with a humble heart, trying to support our fellow islanders.

"The cultural and economic links between Scotland and England couldn't be deeper.

"To the tiny minority of Scots who get spiteful about the English football team, I'd say go and have a chat with the whisky distilleries up north and ask them how they'd feel if they lost their English customer base."

The singer-songwriter won a BAFTA for his music in the thriller film Killer.

He has also written promotional material for Creative Scotland, Jura Whisky and the World Health Organisation.

It is not the first time that a Scot has written a World Cup song for their neighbours south of the border with Lonnie Donegan penning the 1966 song World Cup Willy.

Chris says the day Scotland qualify for the World Cup he will compose a song for the Tartan Army.

He added: "Scotland will make it into the World Cup soon enough and you can be sure I'll be on the case with a Scottish world cup song when that day comes."

The Football Association in England has not commissioned an official squad single to mark the competition despite previous efforts such as World in Motion proving to be very popular.

England begins their World Cup campaign against Tunisia on Monday before going head-to-head with Panama and Group G favourites Belgium.