BRAZIL 1970

 

The Brazil side was

The best I’ve ever seen

They were the best

Team that’s ever been

 

Pele, Rivelino and

Jairzinho, Holy Trinity

Of the Champions

In Nineteen seventy

HAND OF GOD

 

It was in Mexico in nineteen eighty-six

When English hearts sank to the floor

When England were to meet Argentina

In the world cup quarterfinal draw

 

On that infamous night it occurred

The event that made the spectators roar

Diego Maradonna their great player

Had to use his hand to help them score

 

The English players protested in vain

That Maradonna had used his hand

Amazingly the referee gave the goal

Something that I still don’t understand

 

There was much discussion with the pundits

The video replay confirmed the cheating

Ironically his second goal was brilliant

And sealed the result of our defeating

 

Maradonna used a hand to help him score

But Diego claimed it was the hand of god

Argentina believes he is a national hero

The English all know he’s a cheating sod