BLACK IS THE COLOUR

tune: Chelsea Football song
text: Francis Roads


White is the colour, Nidan is the strength,
we're in byo-yomi, ten seconds is the length,
so cheer us on as we slash and hack,
white stones are twice as strong as black.

Black is the colour, 6 kyu is our grade,
white hasn't noticed the few mistakes we've made,
so cheer us on as he moans and groans,
'cos we took one too many stones.

Brown is the colour, goban is my name,
they keep on playing, but always just the same.
Every move is a crushing bore,
at my age you've seen them all before.

Green is the colour, scorepad's what I'm called,
Goban thinks it boring, but I am quite enthralled
for 90 moves on the board I see,
but only 88 on me.

Pink is the colour, kibbitzer am I.
I'd like to help them, but I don't dare to try.
I'd show them both how to force their wins,
but leave with badly injured shins.

Wahtever the colour, one thing stays the same,
it doesn't matter how well you played the game.
Just one thing counts when the counting's done,
it's whether you lost the game or won.