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SERVICE
All I can do now
Is to teach the Little Ones how
A cricketer stands,
The bat in his hands,
Fronting a short or tall
Man with a ball.
Is to teach the Little Ones how
A cricketer stands,
The bat in his hands,
Fronting a short or tall
Man with a ball.
A nephew is one;
And my neighbour's slip of a son
Is glad to be taught
To play as he ought,
Flogging his Ones and Twos,
Bearing his bruise.
And my neighbour's slip of a son
Is glad to be taught
To play as he ought,
Flogging his Ones and Twos,
Bearing his bruise.
With enough of time,
I can drill these lads for their prime.
Imagine a Studd—
A Jessop—in bud!
Ponder the infant blobs
Leading to Hobbs!
I can drill these lads for their prime.
Imagine a Studd—
A Jessop—in bud!
Ponder the infant blobs
Leading to Hobbs!
All I can do now
Is to teach the Little Ones how.
Because I am old,
And easily bowled,
Captains to-day decline
Help such as mine.
Is to teach the Little Ones how.
Because I am old,
And easily bowled,
Captains to-day decline
Help such as mine.
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