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Irresistible! An ironic history of cricket intoned as an Anglican hymn

December 13, 2012 by

All that’s wanting is a Geoffrey Boycott solo.

12/13/12 5:21 PM | filed under: main |

Comments

  1. james brinton says:
    December 13, 2012 at 5:27 pm

    Reminds me of Geoffrey Burgon.

  2. Brian Robins says:
    December 13, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    Splendid! But your terminology is a somewhat adrift. An intoned chant is not a hymn.

  3. Paul Kelly says:
    December 13, 2012 at 6:31 pm

    Amusing and nicely sung. But such an ancient idea. I remember Masters at my Prep school amusing us at the end of term by singing the school rules as a Psalm – over 40 years ago.. Possibly exactly the same Psalm too.

  4. Anon says:
    December 13, 2012 at 7:09 pm

    If you want more:
    http://www.signumrecords.com/catalogue/cantabile/songs-of-cricket/sigcd217.html

  5. Brendan Ball says:
    December 13, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    Sorry to be a pain about ‘terminology’. I’m sure you all know this before I mention it, anyway. ‘The Rules of cricket’? Cricket has laws, not rules!

  6. Robin Tyson says:
    December 14, 2012 at 9:39 am

    Also on that CD from The London Quartet there is also a sung version, in the style of Arvo Pärt, of the text from the well-known “ins and outs” cricket tea towel. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/cricket-tea-towel-ins-outs/id455161303?i=455161455 for a preview…

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