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