A Kent midwife has recorded a Covid-19 parody version of a song from hit film The Greatest Showman.

Claire Graves, who works at the QEQM hospital in Margate and lives in Birchington, has rewritten the lyrics to This is Me to send an important message about the coronavirus and urge people to stay safe.

Claire Graves' parody version of This is Me from The Greatest Showman

The song, which has already been viewed almost 10,000 times, draws on topical themes such as panic buying and wearing face masks.

In her comic take on the tune, Claire, 35, encourages people to stock up on gin and wine while she describes the virus as spreading "faster than fake tan".

But the song also carries a serious message about the importance of staying home to help protect the "NHS family".

Claire's lyrics include: "Just think of us working on the front line. We are brave, we are tired, we are scared but carry on, we unite.

“This is real, what you see, please protect your family and stay clean - stay at home.”

Claire, who usually sings with band Milly Mae, initially recorded the song to "put a smile on colleagues' faces".

But she is delighted and humbled by the huge number of views, and positive reaction it has received.

“The response has been amazing," she said. "I recorded it for my colleagues on Facebook but they encouraged me to share it with the public and it’s now viral!

"I have always let my emotions guide me when I write songs. This is an emotional time and the lyrics just spilled out of me in one session.

"Music is a powerful tool. If my voice and my lyrics can encourage someone who wasn’t listening before, to listen now, then I know I have done my job.”

When social restrictions are lifted, Claire will reunite with her band, who perform across Kent.

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