39. Bowls
Bees buzzing, birds singing
The jack turning off the crown
A lawnmower in the distance
The wood coming nicely 'round
Sitting near the green just chatting
A bad rub, ...
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4. Naming Names
Sniffer Clarke
Chopper Harris
The Doog
Crazy Horse
Norman Bite Yer Legs
The Barnsley Spud
Bonetti The Cat
Alan Ball's White
Alan Ball's White
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41. Amereicha
In '36 the world's teams
Played up, played up, and played the game
Runners, jumpers, footballers
All sieg-heilling the Fuhrer
Not so the black Americans
Who, point-b...
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42. One Under Par
Away from work finding peace
With a swing on the seventeenth lined with trees
You're out playing golf for the day
Hoping that with a bit of luck
Someone will study a chemis...
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43. The Tennis Racket
Sat with strawberries and cream
Listening to all the players scream
From right to left and left to right
"The ball was in!"
"No, it was out!"
The money goes up the f...
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44. The Worm Turns
A quiet Sunday afternoon, away from town and work
Scatter all the groundbait down, relax with rod and hook
But as the worm he wriggles round he dreams of just one wish
The angler ...
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45. Sporting Ties
The wife she washes the football strip
The wife buys my sports socks and irons my kit
I lose a golf shoe, the wife looks for it
And that's what I call teamwork
And that's w...
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46. Sports
When racing fast it's easy enough
To make a wrong decision
Just be sure that when you crash
You're on television
You're on television
You're on television
You...
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47. Sweet F.A.
In the light of the ignorance and misplaced fear
Of the panicked bosses of the Football League
It isn't surprising that hugging and kissing
Are banned on account of the threat of ...
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49. Armchair Sport
When Grandstand's finished, and Sport On Two
And there's nothing much left to do
Too lazy to leave the armchair
Can only manage to plug in the computer
And pretend that thi...
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5. Benefits of the Game
Whilst Robson plays his Sharp CD
And Beardsley paints his lounge "hint of green"
And the big clubs dream of a Superleague
Of Keegan's "reasonable" three thousand a week
But...
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50. Forgotten
Old, old limbs move slowly now
Up and down stairs from bed to chair
A balsa puppet struggles to remember
Cheering crowds and famous victories
That was a full life
No...
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51. Lost In Rome
That Thompson and Cram both lost in Rome
Was no surprise, when one thinks
Of all the rubbish they consumed
Those cereals and drinks
Lured by big advertising deals
Fo...
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52. Where Did the Chinaman Go?
Where did the chinaman go?
Where did the chinaman go?
Bowled out of favor when the paceman move in
As pitches got faster with no turn or spin
"Bowl faster, bowl at him, bow...
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53. For Those of You Watching in Black and White
Now he's going for the grey ball
Into the top left pocket
A touch off the slightly darker grey ball
And he's snookered behind the grey ball
Oh, he's going for the grey ball...
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54. The Englishman Abroad
Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun
Taking on the locals, every man jack of 'em
Stupid, drunken, gobby toughs
No excuse is good enough
Arrogant, ignorant, inse...
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55. Ashes to Ashes
The bowler's running in, the batsman lights a fag
He keeps a packet handy and it's lodged inside his pad
Because it's written in his contract that after every over
He has to have ...
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56. Changing Gears
From the deepest to the highest
Battling for the yellow vest
Changing gears rapidly
Ten seconds to change a wheel
King of the Mountains
Queen of the flats
Spr...
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57. In Praise of Sumo
Like two gigantic Buddhas
Someone carved from jelly
Huge yet nimble
Strong yet gentle
They pace the sawdust circle
No flicker of emotion
Huge yet nimble
...
892 песни
58. Frickley
Frickley in South Yorkshire, a small mining town
Where once the riot coppers beat the pickets to the ground
Has a football team, and a stand full of fans
Who love their game and w...
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