King Sacrifice

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Sacking the King

by

King Bishop and the Squares

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Some chess players tell a story

about how they sacrificed a pawn,

and if they sacked a knight or bishop,

well, they just go on and on.

Some sacked a rook, or even a queen.

That don't mean a thing.

Just listen as I tell you how

I sacrificed my king.

It was the 3rd of August,

in a year that ended in "1",

when I plunked down my money,

a more than princely sum,

to play in an exhibition

out on the chess club lawn.

A famous master from the east

was there to take us on.

The others in my chess club,

a bunch of simple fools,

all lost their games quite quickly,

by playing by the rules.

But not me, I play surprising strokes, and by move 25,

the master was just hanging on,

his king barely alive

I raised my hand to make a move,

concluding the attack,

when I saw a face in the gathering crowd

that made me put it back.

It was a young boy, not more than nine,

and I could plainly see

that the master was his hero,

or so it seemed to me.

I thought "If I defeat him,

this child will lose a hero,

and then replace him with some low-life,

some crook, or other zero,

then grow up in a twisted mist,

and spend his life in jail"

My duty is to lose this game,

in this I must not fail.

So I raised my arm again,

and I took my king in hand,

and moved it forward, right into

a patch of enemy land.

The master raised an eyebrow,

and there on the club lawn,

he accepted my king sacrifice,

shook my hand, and then moved on.

Some chess players tell a story

about how they sacrificed a pawn,

and if they sacked a knight or bishop,

lord, they just go on and on.

Some sacked a rook, or even a queen,

but that don't mean a thing.

Just listen as I tell you

how I sacrificed my king.

I had a winning move,

but I made one that was wrong,

to keep America strong!

https://youtu.be/OICSLZ76cRU

Awesome 

"Fifteen Queens" is very funny

https://youtu.be/sZ2H4nYgpmA

Great song, Tungst, it tells an unexpectedly good story with a nice tune.

Was not expecting this