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See in bronzing sunshine / Twenty-two good fellows, / Such as help the world along, / Such as Cricket mellows! / Health and heartiness and joy / Come to them for capture, / Lucky lads, plucky lads, / Relishing the rapture!
Watch the flying fieldsman, / Keen to save the fourer, / Gallop past the wooden box / Sacred to the scorer! / Think you demi-gods of Greece / Matched him in their story? / Lucky lad, plucky lad, / Sprinting hard for glory!
Watch the hitting hero / Loosely clad in flannel -- / There's a figure to adorn / Any sculptor's panel! / Every inch of him enjoys / Sharing in the tussle, / Lucky lad, plucky lad, / Speed and grit and muscle!
See in bronzing sunshine / Thousands of good fellows, / Such as roll the world along, / Such as Cricket mellows! / These shall keep the Motherland / Safe amid her quarrels, / Lucky lads, plucky lads, / Trained to snatch at laurels!