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The Cornstalk ladles out his Fours Or Fivers, as the slog may be. Oh, how the ring of watchers roars When Lyons's set and Taking Tea! But when the hitter shows his paces I like to note the varied faces --
Shrewsbury's with grief in it, George Giffen's with relief in it, When Lyons puts his beef in it And planks her to the railings!