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Stripy Dance

from October by Helen Robertson

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lyrics

The most common kind of Zebra
is found on the plains of Africa
But I don’t concern myself with them
Leave them to david Attenborough

I’m talking ‘bout the rarer kind
The ones you find on rollerskates
They move around the derby track
And all the while officiate and

Do the stripy dance
Do the zebra dance
Do the stripy dance
Do the zebra dance

See derby’s got a lot of rules
There’s 60 pages for them to read
‘Bout how to score, and who to send off
And what stops a jammer being lead

These strange creatures don’t work alone
There’s 3 to 7 for each bout
If they see something going wrong
They’ll give a whistle and a shout and

Do the stripy dance
Do the zebra dance
Do the stripy dance
Do the zebra dance



High block, low block, blocking to the back
Elbows, forearms, cutting the track
Illegal re-entry from the penalty box
Blocking with the head, Multi-player block
Clockwise, stopped or out of bounds assist
Equipment violation and illegal positioning
False start, blocking while skating clockwise
Illegal engaging and stop to block, guys
Failure to return and failure to reform
Stalling, interference, insubordination
Skating out of bounds and blocking off the track
Gross misconduct, destruction of the pack
Delay of game and illegal procedure
If you don’t hear the whistle they probably didn’t see you
Referee points at you when you’re the leader jammer
And holds up five fingers when you get that grand slam, yeah

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from October, released November 1, 2014

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