Billy came from a little town near the Ruins of Zimbabwe
Opening bat in a cricket match against the BHBCC
Billy's nickname was Zimbabwe and as he was padding up
They said you've gotta face raging Raymond
From the Bush Happy Bastard's Cricket Club

(Ah) Billy walked onto the pitch in the blistering African heat
When he saw big raging Raymond he was shivering at the crease
Then suddenly there came a voice out of his hometown crowd
It said chia lo six, Zimbabwe Billy heard it clear and loud

Oh, chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, aikona loser lo stix

Big Ray had a beard like a wildebeest he was nigh on 7 feet tall
And when he closed his mighty fist you couldn't even see the ball
They say that the run-up for a paceman from the boundry's pretty far
Raging Raymond took his run-up
All the way from the clubhouse cocktail bar

(Ah) The tales of Big Ray's speed and line Oom Jannie said, no lies
They say he killed a lion with a half-brick between the eyes
But suddenly another voice came out of the hometown crowd
It said chia lo six, Zimbabwe Billy heard it clear and loud

Oh, chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, aikona loser lo stix

The first ball hit Billy's shoulder the second one hit his heart
And the third one came in lower and it tore his box apart
And the fourth one came in higher and nicked him on the chin
Though the fifth one tipped him over here by now
Billy's eye was in

(Ah) And the sixth one found the willow, Billy hit it out of the grounds
And though they searched the whole damn town the ball was never found
Then suddenly there came a voice out of the hometown crowd
Kholo lo six, Zimbabwe Ray heard it clear and loud

Oh, chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, aikona loser lo stix

Billy never ever dreamed that there would come the day
His sons would both be cricketers and for their land would play
A tiny little country out there with the best
Playing a World Cup tournament out there
In a vital Test

(Ah) Then someone wrote a signboard for all the world to see
He held it high that, hometown guy, and it was on TV
They never faulted at the crease against the Aussies at Lords
It was Billy in the hometown crowd that wrote these little words

Oh, chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, aikona loser lo stix

Oh, chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six (And another one)
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six (And another one)
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, chia lo six (And another one)
Chia lo six, Zimbabwe, aikona loser lo stix