Jeannie C. Riley - Edna Burgoo lyrics

Edna Burgoo wore a shoe size No 10

When the roll was called that fall and class was ready to begin

She was five feet nine and showin' signs of growin' still some more

Every time she'd sit down she bump her knees and knock her pencils on the floor

There was one old gripy teacher in the bunch

Picked on Edna for everything from books to the baloney in her lunch

And Edna's temper every day was growin' mighty thin

So to avoid the clash she changed her class took up gym when basketball begin

Now the forward on our team was Mabel Earl

She refused to let her couch replace her with this big new girl

So Edna won the bench while we moaned and groaned as Mabel failed to score

Now I can't say who done it but at the half someone helped Mabel break her toe

Now the action sure got fast that second half

With Mabel out Edna came on strong to bring the hometeam back

There was no way that ball could miss when Edna raised her feet

And when a mighty throw put it through the hook

The crowd came screaming off their seats

Our strappy little guard was Emma Jean

No sooner the ball would miss the hook then she'd steal it for our team

Edna threw the goal so fast the lights couldn't keep up with the score

And a halftime 80:17 climbed all the way to read 90:84

Two minutes left showed on the scoreboard clock

Edna and Emma Jean were sweatin' like cotton hands on the dock

With seconds left a faster playin' just about splattered our minds

For Edna had two free shots coming and the score was 90:89

When Edna Burgoo put her tootsies on the mark

Everybody in that place got so quiet it hurt my heart

She bounced the ball on her fingertips and then she hit the spot

It was 90:90 but nobody moved and she steadied her knees for that second shot

Made no difference if her shoe was No 10

We were pullin' for her to make the mark and let our hometeam win

Then the hats flew high and the crowd went wild when Edna's shot was done

For she made champions of us all with the score of 90:91