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“PATSY”
Now that April's dead and gone,
May is here to spend her weeks
Warming grasses, fattening buds,
Spreading brown on pinky cheeks.
Since to lilac-time at Lord's
Flowery cricket has been added,
Middlesex again presents
(With customary compliments)
Hendren gloved and padded.
May is here to spend her weeks
Warming grasses, fattening buds,
Spreading brown on pinky cheeks.
Since to lilac-time at Lord's
Flowery cricket has been added,
Middlesex again presents
(With customary compliments)
Hendren gloved and padded.
Business-like and broad he comes
Down the famous steps, to bring
Volleys of regard and trust,
Many-throated from the Ring.
Schoolboys worship, maids admire,
Clicking cameras snap his bearing.
Thus his Londoners address
(With customary thoroughness)
Hendren dark and daring.
Down the famous steps, to bring
Volleys of regard and trust,
Many-throated from the Ring.
Schoolboys worship, maids admire,
Clicking cameras snap his bearing.
Thus his Londoners address
(With customary thoroughness)
Hendren dark and daring.
Merry round that spread of turf
Sit the ringside devotees,
Under heaven of Oxford blue,
Murmuring as ten million bees.
Since to lilac-time at Lord's
Comrade Cricket now is added,
Middlesex in joy presents
(With customary compliments)
Hendren gloved and padded.
Sit the ringside devotees,
Under heaven of Oxford blue,
Murmuring as ten million bees.
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Comrade Cricket now is added,
Middlesex in joy presents
(With customary compliments)
Hendren gloved and padded.
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