The Hammer Lyrics - Matilda The Musical London Cast Recording - Matilda London Cast

Look at these trophies 

See how my trophies gleam 

in the sunlight, see how they shine 

What do you think it 

took to become English 

Hammer-throwing champion 

Nineteen-sixty-nine? 

Do you think in that moment 

When my big moment came 

That I treated the rules 

With casual disdain 

Well, LIKE HELL! 

As I stepped up to the circle 

did I change my plan? Hmm... what? 

As I chalked up my palms 

did I wave my hands? I DID NOT! 

As I started my spin 

did I look at the view? 

Did I drift off and dream 

for a minute or two? 

Do you think I faltered or amended my rotation? 

Do you think I altered my intended elevation? 

As the hammer took off did I change my grunt 

From the grunt I had practised for many a month? 

Not a jot, not a dot did I stray from the plot 

Not a detail of my throw was adjusted or forgotten 

Not even when the hammer left my hands 

And sailed up, up above the stands 

Did I let myself go? 

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... 

No 

If you want to throw the hammer for your country, 

You have to stay inside the circle all the time, 

And if you want to make the team, 

You don't need happiness or self-esteem, 

You just need to keep your feet inside the line. 

Sing, children 2, 3, 4! 

If you want to throw the hammer for your country, 

Bambinatum est maggitum. 

You have to stay inside the circle all the time. 

Circulum! Maggitum! Maggitum! 

And if you want to teach success, 

(Aaah) 

You don't use sympathy or tenderness. 

Tenderness 

You have to force the little squits to toe the line! 

Sing, Jenny 2, 3, 4! 

If you want to throw the hammer for your country, 

Bambinatum, Bambinatum, Gloria Maggitum 

You have to stay inside the circle all the time. 

Circulum ex Deus, Deus. 

Apply just one simple rule - 

To hammer-throwing, life, and school - 

Life's a ball, so learn to throw it. 

Find the bally line and toe it, 

And always keep your feet inside the line. 

Now get out!