More Cricket Songs

Author of Cricket Songs Barty's Star A Country Muse and other works.
1905
DEAR JOHN DENTON,
Not long ago you reminded me that once, when you were a boy and I was a schoolmaster, I was angry with you because you pouted all through a lesson in arithmetic. Let bygones be bygones, and accept as a proof of my continuing friendship the dedication of this little volume, in which there are no other sums than those of the Telegraph.
Most sincerely yours,
NORMAN GALE.
Here's to the lad with his useful Fifteen,
Here's to the Bowler that's thrifty,
Here's to the Bat who is Lord of the Green
With his frequent and thundering Fifty!
For their courtesy in allowing him to reprint some of these songs the Author thanks the Editor of The Westminster Gazette , Prince Ranjitsinhji, Mr. James Bowden, the Editor of The Country , and the Editor of The Sun .