Judd's Paradox
Original version (4:16)
[on Sticky Wickets]
Thomas Walsh - Neil Hannon - Thomas Walsh + Neil Hannon - Cathy Davey
Stephen Fry: Sweet is the sound as leather bound the well timed willow strikes
Mild the applause that cheers the cause of the bat and the ball alike
Soft is the ground where can be found a young man sound asleep
And old is the game that shares its name with the insect at his feet
How could he know the lengths to which they’d go
To claim his soul To claim his soul
For England and the Queen And the Queen
How could it be colonial brains conceived
Colonial brains conceived
That glorious game Glorious game
It always seems to be
The paradox The paradox
Stephen Fry: The bourgeoisie bat the proletariat toil in the field all day
I should be incensed by what it represents
And yet it’s a damn good game
And although I hope that the peasants revolt
And cast off the yoke of oppression
Perhaps Europe’s millions can storm the pavilions
After the afternoon session
How could he know the lengths to which they’d go
Lengths to which they’d go
To claim his soul To claim his soul
For England and the Queen And the Queen
How could it be
How could it be
Colonial brains conceived
Colonial brains conceived
That glorious game Glorious game
It always seems to be
The paradox The paradox
The paradox
The paradox
The paradox
The paradox
The paradox
The paradox
The paradox
The paradox
The paradox
The paradox