AN ENGLISH ONE-KYU'S GO BAN

tune: An English Country Garden
text: Andrew Grant, 1978

How many ways are there to rip off stones
on an English one-kyu's Goban?
I'll tell you now of some that I know
and if you use them, you'll reach sho-dan.
Nakades and two-step kos,
moves that leave large groups in sh'chos,
clever shiboris making big dangos.
There is always a way to find a hamete
on an English one-kyu's Goban.

How many ways are there to play tesuji
on an English one-kyu's Goban?
I'll tell you of some that I know
and if you use them, you'll reach sho-dan.
Snap-backs, throw-ins and me-ari,
even vulgar crude atari,
catching his dangos in damezumari.
You can always contrive to get your group alive
on an English one-kyu's Goban.

How many ways are there to play good yose
on an English one-kyu's Goban?
I'll tell you now of some that I know
and if you use them, you'll reach sho-dan.
Play your sente in big lumps,
kill his group with monkey jumps,
then he will feel right down in the dumps.
Cut through his bamboo joint and win by half a point,
on an English one-kyu's Goban.