White's Slow Road to d5
6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 · sung from White's side
Style1960s British blues-rock ballad
Genre Blues Mood Mellow
Verse 1
My h-pawn rests on h3
My knight fell back to b3
My bishop stands on e3
His pawn on e5 holds the line
But his d-pawn's stuck behind
Chorus
My queen to f3, nice and slow 8...Be7 9.Qf3
I castle long, now he knows 9...O-O 10.O-O-O
My rook hits d6, cold as stone
The hole on d5 calls me home
Verse 2
His pawn to b5, the race is on 10...b5
The g-pawn is the next to run
My king on c1, his on g8
Three of mine watch d5 and wait
Rush that pawn with my king at home
His a-pawn rolls, my knight must roam
Chorus
My queen to f3, nice and slow 8...Be7 9.Qf3
I castle long, now he knows 9...O-O 10.O-O-O
My rook hits d6, cold as stone
The hole on d5 calls me home