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CRICKETCLUB.31
SONG.
`1CarltonCricketClub."
ThefollowingoldsongwaspresentedbyAIrTomlinson
ofLorettotoDrN.L.StevensonwhentheClubwere
playingtheSchool.Theoldmanuscriptwasratherthe
worseofwear,sotopreserveaninterestinghistoricalrelic
weventuretogivesomeoftheverseshere.Thesong
appearstohavebeenwrittenintheyear1865,butthereis
norecordastothenameoftheauthor,orwhetherhemet
withtherewardherichlydeserved!!
1.Tocelebrateanotheryear,theCarltonmeetoncemore
Withbrightandhappy=memoriesof186.{..
We'vebeenasbusyalltheyearasbeeswithinahive,
Andwethrashedthebestofcricketclubsin1865.
C110RUS—
I-Iurrah!then,fortheCarltonClub,
Hurrah!then,fortheblue;
We'veshewnallotherclubsthisyear
WhattheCarltoncando.
2.Ofthosewemetinothertimes,thisyearwemetafew;
Andmadeallthosewhobeatusthen,thisyearlookratherblue;.
Butwhatourhappymomentsandourpleasuremostalloys
IsthatNve'vemetnotonthefieldthefamous\IrNoyes.
3'I'heHighSchooltookourchallengeforthelothofflay,
ButsoontheirtimbersweredisturbedbyPearsonandbyGray
Nodoubttheycutafigurethattheythoughtwasveryfine,
Butthedufferslefttheirstumpsbehindforascoreof29.
-F.Iscarceknowhowtotellyouofthescoresthatthenweremade,,
HowTaylorandhowGoatlyandleft-handJamieplayed,
WhilePearsonwithhisbrillianthitsranupaheavyscore,
AndleftVice-Cape.Douglasnotoutfor34-
j.WesoughtwithhopesofvictorytheCaledonianfield,
Andnotwithstandingalltheirskilltheywereobligedtoyield.
TheCarltonfieldedgaily,GrayandTaylortooktheball,
AndHighetmadethe7/6toboundagainstthewall.
6.ThatdaytheCaledonianofbatsmenhadthecrack,
Butwithdismayuponeachfaceourbowlerssentthemback
AndevenGeordieHattonhadthevery-worstofluck,
Forinbothinningsthathehadheonlymadea"duck."

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