When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease
Roy Harper

When the day is done, and the ball has spun, in the umpire's pocket awaynAnd all remains, in the groundsman's pains for the rest of time and a daynThere'll be one mad dog and his master, pushing for four with the spinnOn a dusty pitch, with two pounds six of willow wood in the sunnnWhen an old cricketer leaves the crease, you never know whether he's gonenIf sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly mid-onnAnd it could be Geoff, and it could be John, with a new ball sting in his tailnAnd it could be me, and it could be thee, and it could be the sting in the alenSting in the ale.nnWhen an old cricketer leaves the crease, well you never know whether he's gonenIf sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly mid-onnAnd it could be Geoff and it could be John, with a new ball sting in his tailnAnd it could be me and it could be thee, and it could be the sting in the alenThe sting in the ale.nnWhen the moment comes and the gathering stands and the clock turns back to reflectnOn the years of grace as those footsteps trace for the last time out of the actnWell this way of life's recollection, the hallowed strip in the hazenThe fabled men and the noonday sun are much more than just yarns of their days.nnWhen an old cricketer leaves the crease, well you never know whether he's gonenIf sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly mid-onnAnd it could be Geoff and it could be John with a new ball sting in his tailnAnd it could be me and it could be thee and it could be the sting in the alenThe sting in the ale.nnWhen an old cricketer leaves the crease, well you never know whether he's gonenIf sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly mid-onnAnd it could be me and it could be thee.

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