The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, "The Ballad of Candlepin Paul" from The Magic of Youth (The Last Angry Rude Boy)
Skammentary: The ballad of "Candlepin Paul": Wikipedia-link.
"It was May of 1992 when he made history,Sobering thought of the day: May of 1992 was twenty-five years ago. Remember when the 1990s seemed like the future?
The forty-third appearance for him on the telecast,
How he did what he did on that day remains a mystery,
And he holds a record to this day that no one has surpassed.
"Candlepin Paul, candlepin ball,
And that's all it took to make the candlepins fall,
They kept fallin', they kept fallin', they kept fallin' down,
They kept fallin', they kept fallin', they kept fallin' down!
"'Deadwood' David Richards was the champ in every sense,
A champion that showed up on that day just to defend
His television title and his pride; in his defense,
There was no one way that he could possibly predict how this would end.
"Candlepin Paul, candlepin ball,
And that's all it took to make the candlepins fall,
They kept fallin', they kept fallin', they kept fallin' down,
They kept fallin', they kept fallin', they kept fallin' down,
They kept fallin', they kept fallin', they kept fallin' down,
They kept fallin', they kept fallin', they kept fallin' down!
"Sometimes the order's too tall,
Odds had him comin' up short,
They called him Candlepin Paul,
The unlikely hero, the unlikeliest of sports!
"Remember Candlepin Paul,
A little love and support,
The man stands alone, after all,
The unlikely hero, the unlikeliest of sports!
"Those there cannot ever recall
Having seen anything of the sort,
What they saw was Candlepin Paul,
The unlikely hero, the unlikeliest of sports!"
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