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 begin   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