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Album cover for Shoheigh O'Tawney — sepia portrait of a young man in vintage cricket attire, suspenders, cricket cap, smoking a pipe, holding a bat over his shoulder. An EMERALD CRICKET CLUB scoreboard behind him shows INNINGS 1/2, RUNS 1/88, FOR 7/WKTS. A wooden sign at the corner reads TRY HARD / BE LUCKY / & DON'T BE A FOOL.

Shoheigh O’Tawney

Blue Diamond Phillips

[Verse 1]

Well, he came from the cliffs of Carrington Fee
With a quilt of red berrings and gold in his sleeve
A bat made of Blarney and a glove made of twine
He would whistle “Fair Mary” as he strolled to the pine

[Pre-Chorus]

Some giants they do live among us
Some heroes look fate in the chest!

[Chorus]

Shoheigh
Shoheigh
Shoheigh O’Tawney: mother Ireland’s boldest son
Shoheigh
Shoheigh
Shoheigh O’Tawney: a cricketeer’s favorite chum
Shoheigh
Shoheigh
Shoheigh O’Tawney:
He sprang from the mulch down Carrington Fee
Shoheigh
Shoheigh
Shoheighy O’Tawney:
A ballplayer’s dream, a knight among thieves

[Outro]

Now when you hear the legend of ’Tawney get sung
Suspend all your doubts. set your mind free to run
Do abide by the tales of a stone-caster’s life
And ogle the splitters that dance in the night