Rules of Cricket - Anglican Psalm Chant
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- Chant: Rev. William Henry Havergal, one-time Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral, 19th Century.
Performers: The London Quartet
From 'Songs of Cricket'
1. Addenda to "The Laws of Cricket", as
written by the | M. C. | C.: Two thousand code,
second e-|-ditión . two | thousand . and | three
2. With more than one hundred nations now
playing the wonderful | game of | cricket:
it is necessary to write specific | rules for |
cer-tain | territories
3. These rules must be taken with | all due |
seriousness: honour, gentility, | and a | pinch
of | salt.
4. The first MCC tour took place to the
United States of America in eighteen | fifty |
nine: nevertheless, they are still hopeless at
the sport, | Ha ha | Ha ha | ha.
5. France, despite being silver medal holders
of the Olympic | cricket | title: have | little . to be
| proud of | either.
6. No suggestions shall be heeded from America
as to how to "liven | up the | game": things
perhaps have gone far enough already, we are
now playing at night, to piped music, in pyjamas,
with dancing girls, white balls, no, scrub that,
pink balls; that reminds me, | must | go and |
wash my | box.
7. My beloved spake, and | said un.to | me:
"Oy you! You're going to the cricket again, me
and the | kids, we | ne-ver | see you..!"
8. In Europe, it is important that each side
respect one a-|-nother's | territory: occupation
of the crease will not be achieved by the laying
down of towels, even in the morning session, and
remember to polish the | bat, not | bat the | Polish.
9. The cut will be the most effective stroke in
the | Middle-| East: Nota bene -- some of the
English team | shall be | half-| cut.
10. If, at the behest of the captain, any player
should bowl re-|-pea.ted | no balls: the umpires
shall have the power to empty their | pockets.
of their | bundles. of cash.
| W G | Grace
Same chant used back in the 1960s by a group of schoolmasters from Abingdon School set to the words of the Highway Code
Also...this dripped its way onto the continent thanks to local radio. Rather hilarious though not overly easy keeping up with all of the posh words for us Dutch. Sheer class!
No gloria at the end.
I have no knowledge about chants, but heard this occasionally on BBC 3 (archive) and HAVE to search for the brilliant lyrics. Thank you for sharing!
Edit: Greetings from a fellow Hongkonger, hope all is well.
Brilliant!!
this is fantastic!!!!
I would love to have the pointing and words. Used to sing the Highway Code to the same chant, which was always a good encore for church concerts
This is Great!
High camp! Electric! The Lord is alive.
the english, old sport, the english ...
Does anyone know where I could get the chant from? Is it in print anywhere? Many thanks.
First chant in the older example of parody psalms, The Highway Code: www.batesline.com/archives/2012/11/03/Highway%20Code%20Anglican%20Chant.pdf
Many thanks!
so disappointed this is a one off!
If this was recorded by the Master Singers, they also recorded The Weather Forecast, The Shipping Forecast and The Highway Code, all? produced by the little known Sir George Martin