Edna Burgoo wore a shoe size No 10
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When the roll was called that fall and class was ready to begin
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She was five feet nine and showin' signs of growin' still some more
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Every time she'd sit down she bump her knees and knock her pencils on the floor
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There was one old gripy teacher in the bunch
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Picked on Edna for everything from books to the baloney in her lunch
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And Edna's temper every day was growin' mighty thin
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So to avoid the clash she changed her class took up gym when basketball begin
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Now the forward on our team was Mabel Earl
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She refused to let her couch replace her with this big new girl
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So Edna won the bench while we moaned and groaned as Mabel failed to score
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Now I can't say who done it but at the half someone helped Mabel break her toe
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Now the action sure got fast that second half
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With Mabel out Edna came on strong to bring the hometeam back
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There was no way that ball could miss when Edna raised her feet
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And when a mighty throw put it through the hoop
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The crowd came screaming off their seats
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Our scrappy little guard was Emma Jean
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No sooner the ball would miss the hoop then she'd steal it for our team
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Edna threw the goal so fast the lights couldn't keep up with the score
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And a halftime 80:17 climbed all the way to read 90:84
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Two minutes left showed on the scoreboard clock
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Edna and Emma Jean were sweatin' like cotton hands on the dock
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With seconds left a faster playin' just about splattered our minds
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For Edna had two free shots coming and the score was 90:89
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When Edna Burgoo put her tootsies on the mark
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Everybody in that place got so quiet it hurt my heart
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She bounced the ball on her fingertips and then she hit the spot
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It was 90:90 but nobody moved and she steadied her knees for that second shot
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Made no difference if her shoe was No 10
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We were pullin' for her to make the mark and let our hometeam win
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Then the hats flew high and the crowd went wild when Edna's shot was done
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For she made champions of us all with the score of 90:91
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Edna Burgoo
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Jeannie C. Riley |