Текст песни A Question of Sport - Dave Swarbrick , Martin Carthy

Oh, I am humanity cast in the flood
Wave your liberty as I come among you
I ride the ark on a sea of blood
They call me the Great Bazania
I soared like the dove, released in the air
When they tossed me through the window tied to a chair
Landed in the middle of Trafalgar Square
Come to visit all your bad dreams upon you

Now the first that I met when I came in to land
Was the Grantham grocer's daughter
She cried aloud, "How sorry I am
There wasn't anybody here but I called you"
She crooned in my ear like I knew she could
A cabinet briefing on the misunderstood
Bathed my wounds in my very own blood
Calling on the world-pressed to support her

Oh, the cameras rattled and the questions flew
Everybody sang, "Oh, Rule Britannia"
Cabinet jumped up two-by-two
Joining in with their own memoranda
They went, "Maximum leverage, minimum force
You get your dividend, but you gotta stay the course"
Sang as they all trooped off to the house
"God save our gracious Tina"

Oh, they knew by the bruising around my body
I clearly was a threat to the nation
Knew that menace to life and limb
Was a matter of interpretation
They had me down at the dog track running like a hare
I was huge on the replay screens up there
Crowds flung their hats in the air
Marvelling at my acceleration

Oh, they heard me cry when I fell among thieves
The billy club beat a tattoo on me
Joined the brokers and crowded the eaves
Jostling to get the best view of me
They sang, "Suffer little children and see how they run"
As the tear gas flew and the sham box sang
Still as the white wall necklace plugged
They prayed out aloud for their piece of me

Oh, the birdmen of Pollsmoor raged in the dark
"Radman, grab the saddle up and ride 'em"
Birdmen of Pollsmoor built them an ark
No divine telegram to guide 'em
"Radman shouted, Radman cajoled"
Did the township jive for the photo call
The words of the birdmen spangled the wall
A weeping tear-gassed diadem

It said, "I am humanity cast in the flood
Wave your liberty as I come among you
I ride the ark on a sea of blood
They call me the Great Bazania
I soared like the dove, released in the air
You left me for dead at the foot of the stair
And when I rise in the middle of Trafalgar Square
Resurrections all around you"