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The Ballad of Sir David Attenborough

from "B​-​Sides" & "Rarities" by Sarah Shay

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Written for a songwriting challenge in 2013, hosted by Roderick Cumming. Song titles were suggested by all participants and selected at random every week. This prompt suggested by Dain Luscombe.

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Sir David Attenborough
Tell me, do you know
All of the honors and titles you've received
Can you name them off the top
Of your grey, distinguished head
Or do they really not mean all that much to you?

Do they seem excessive at times?
Do they ever trouble your mind?

Member of the Order of Merit
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Companion of Honour
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellow of Zoological Society of London

And the only person to have ever won a BAFTA in black and white, and colour, and HD, and 3D.

Oh, Sir David Attenborough
Oh, Sir David Attenborough

OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS
I don't know what any of those letters mean
But they're pretty impressive anyway

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from "B​-​Sides" & "Rarities", released March 21, 2014

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