{"id":5211,"date":"2025-10-10T08:31:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/?page_id=5211"},"modified":"2025-10-10T08:46:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:46:01","slug":"radnage-cricket-song-anon-c1720","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/radnage-cricket-song-anon-c1720\/","title":{"rendered":"Radnage Cricket Song &#8211; Anon (c1720)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-page pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5211?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Possibly the earliest piece of cricket music, sometimes dated to the late Seventeenth-Century, but I think more likely early Eighteenth. Suggested to have originated in Buckinghamshire, but maybe not, as not very much cricket was played in that area at the time. The lyrics are brimming with double meanings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Come all ye Jolly Cricketers<br>Whoever ye may be<br>I'll have ye pay attention <br>And listen unto me<br>For to cricket we will go, we'll go<br>To cricket we will go<br><br>We'll go out on the Common boys<br>And there we'll choose our ground<br>But first we'll choose our Umpire <br>And then we'll choose our men<br>For to cricket we will go, we'll go<br>To cricket we will go<br><br>Well played my pretty partner<br>Be sure to bat upright<br>And when she comes with a hop hop hop<br>We'll cut her out of sight<br>For to cricket we will go, we'll go<br>To cricket we will go<br><br>Well played my pretty partner<br>See how she tips the pail<br>And if we keep them to a length<br>I'm sure we shall not fail<br>For to cricket we will go, we'll go<br>To cricket we will go<br><br>Well thrown my pretty partner<br>See how she nips the wind<br>And when she goes wi the bowler<br>We'll all back up behind<br>For to cricket we will go, we'll go<br>To cricket we will go<br><br>And now the game is ended boys <br>We'll merrily drink and sing<br>Good health unto out cricketers<br>And glory to our Queen<br>For to cricket we will go, we'll go<br>To cricket we will go<br><br>And now the game is ended boys <br>And we have won the ball<br>The very next time we come this way<br>We'll give this house a call<br>For to cricket we will go, we'll go<br>To cricket we will go<br><br><br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5211-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radnage-Cricket-Song-Bucks.-folk-song1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radnage-Cricket-Song-Bucks.-folk-song1.mp3\">https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radnage-Cricket-Song-Bucks.-folk-song1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Possibly the earliest piece of cricket music, sometimes dated to the late Seventeenth-Century, but I think more likely early Eighteenth. Suggested to have originated in Buckinghamshire, but maybe not, as not very much cricket was played in that area at the time. The lyrics are brimming with double meanings. 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