I'M A ROKUDAN

Melody: The Lumberjack
Words: Francis Roads

(To be sung by MacFadyen solo, with a chorus of British Go Players).


I'm a roku-dan and I'm all right,
play Go all day and I sleep all night.

  He's a roku-dan and he's all right,
  plays Go all day and he sleeps all night.

I'm learned in joseki so I know where to play,
my brilliance in byoyomi makes my game last all the day.
  
  He's learned in joseki so he knows where to play,
  his brilliance in byoyomi makes his game last all the day.

I know all my tesuji so I'm never in a mess,
and when I'm tired of playing Go I play a bit of chess.

  he knows all his tesuji so he's never in a mess,
  and when he's tired of playing Go he plays a bit of chess.

I play along the second line and then I count the score,
if it's too small I jerk the board and then I've 19 more.

  He plays along the second line and then he counts the score,
  if it's too small he jerks the board and then he's 19 more.

My pocket's full of Go stones from opponent's view well hid,
and if I find that I'm behind I slip some in my lid.

  His pocket's full of Go stones from opponent's view well hid,
  and if he finds that he's behind he slips some in his lid.

And if you wonder how I keep my grade, remember that the man
who runs the grading subcommittee is your roku-dan.

  And if you wonder how he keeps his grade, remember that the man
  who runs the grading subcommittee is your roku-dan.

I'm a roku-dan and I'm okay,
play Go all night, watch birds all day.

  He's a roku-dan and he's okay,
  plays Go all night, watches birds all day.