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TESTING
Under my feet
Middlesex turf
Warm in the heat;
Over my head
Measureless blue
Perfectly spread.
Middlesex turf
Warm in the heat;
Over my head
Measureless blue
Perfectly spread.
What of the Toss?
Whose is the gain,
Whose is the loss?
Many a hat
Signals aloft:
England to bat!
Whose is the gain,
Whose is the loss?
Many a hat
Signals aloft:
England to bat!
True to the clock,
Southerners, come
Forth in a flock!
Now, on the best
Pitch in the world,
Open the Test!
Southerners, come
Forth in a flock!
Now, on the best
Pitch in the world,
Open the Test!
Berry-brown, lean,
Swift as a buck,
Startle the Green!
First with the Ball,
Then with the Bat,
Fever us all!
Swift as a buck,
Startle the Green!
First with the Ball,
Then with the Bat,
Fever us all!
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Under the high
Acres of blue
Hot in the sky
Gallop, you fit
Sons of the Star
Hambledon lit!
Acres of blue
Hot in the sky
Gallop, you fit
Sons of the Star
Hambledon lit!
Victory's sweet.
Yet if you crush
Lord's with defeat,
Then will you hear
How, in the gloom,
England can cheer!
Yet if you crush
Lord's with defeat,
Then will you hear
How, in the gloom,
England can cheer!
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