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White's Pawn on e5 Never Sleeps

Classical Mainline 7.f4 a6 · sung from White's side

No. 10 in the Radio ChessBase charts

Chorus

Pawn to e4, then pawn to d4 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5

Knight to c3, my bishop to g5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7

Pawn to e5, I take on e7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7

Pawn to f4, knight to f3 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3

My pawn on e5 never sleeps

Verse

I take on c5, bishop to d3 8...c5 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Bd3

Queen to d2, my pawn to h4 10...Qxc5 11.Qd2 b5 12.h4

Knight to e2, pawn to h5 12...b4 13.Ne2 a5 14.h5

Keep the queens on, keep the storm alive

Chorus

Pawn to e4, then pawn to d4 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5

Knight to c3, my bishop to g5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7

Pawn to e5, I take on e7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7

Pawn to f4, knight to f3 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3

My pawn on e5 never sleeps

End

The hook is the e5 pawn chain the opening is built on, and the verse is the modern main line's h-pawn march that only works while the queens stay on the board.