Date-stamped : 03 Feb95 - 22:30
Jack  O'Hagan  wrote  the  following  song  in   time    for  the
broadcasting  of  the  1930 Ashes Test Series between England and
Australia in England.

It was during the 3rd Test of this series (at Leeds) that Bradman
scored a then world record innings of 334.

"OUR DON BRADMAN" -  Words by Jack O'Hagan

Who is it that all Australia raves about?
Who has won our very highest praise?
Now is it Amy Johnson, or little Mickey Mouse?
No! it's just a country lad who's brinning down the house.
And he's

Refrain:
Our Don Bradman - And I ask you is he any good?
Our Don Bradman - As a bastman he can sure lay on the wood.
For whwn he goes in to bat
He knocks ev'ry record flat,
For there isn't any thing he cannot do,
Our Don Bradman - Ev'ry Aussie :dips his lid" to you.

Our Don Bradman - Now I ask you is he any good?
Our Don Bradman - As a batsman he is certainly "plum pud".
Tate and Larwood meet their fate,
For it's always "shut the gate"
When our boy from Bowral hits four after four.
Our Don Bradman - Always manages to top the score.

Woodfull, Grimmett, Ponsford, Kippax and the rest,
Proved that they were equal to the best,
How gallantly and nobly, we know they've done their share,
But there's one tops them all, a real Devil-may-care.
And he's

Refrain:
Our Don Bradman - And I ask you is he any good?
Our Don Bradman - As a bastman he can sure lay on the wood.
How that Mister Lyon, poor fish,
Must just sit and wish and wish,
That our Don had never come across the foam,
Our Don Bradman - What a welcome waits for you back home.

Our Don Bradman - Now I ask you is he any good?
Our Don Bradman - As a batsman he is certainly "plum pud"
Tho' those cricketers now gone.
Trumper, and Spofforth and so on,
Wrote their names forever in the Hall of Fame,
Our Don Bradman - Is the greatest ever played the game.

Thanks to Phil Elliott on r.s.c.
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