“ What so good when time is sunny, [22] And the air as sweet as honey,As the game of crease and wicket,England's proper pastime—Cricket? [23] A TOMBOYThat long-legged darling, Alice James,Plays cricket with the Johnson boys;A dozen engines could not makeSo shrill a noise. She's only twelve, and so, unfrockedBeyond her sometimes shameless knee;And never maiden longed so muchA boy to be. She puts on gloves and pads to bat,And makes young Johnson bowl her slows.Good heavens! How she pulled that ball! ”
Norman Gale
Summary
“Cricket Songs”, is a work by Norman Gale. It explores elements such as licks, cricket and Dowsabella.
Quotes from Cricket Songs (Norman Gale)
“ So far Old Time has said 'Not out!'But one day he will change to 'Over!' God bless the grilling days of Cricket!They're gone, but I shall bless them ever,For good it is to guard a wicketBy sudden wrist and big endeavour. ”
“ For Cricket is played again, again,At freezing time in Hull or Bath;When Summer's done the game's not gone—There's Cricket on the Hearth! [64] DARK BLUEO Statesmen who devise and plotTo keep the White above the Black,Who tremble when your bolt is shotLest love and loyalty grow slack,There's not a deed of craftsmanship,There's not a thing Red Tape can do,Shall knit the Hindoo with the CeltAs much as this—the Cambridge Blue! No million acres of Despatch,No tanks of governmental ink,Can force a native not to watchFor days when England's star may sink. ”
