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[Illustration: AN OLD SONG REVIVED.

COLONEL S-ND-RS-N _(the Irish "Lion Comique") sings_--

"WE DON'T WANT TO FIGHT,
BUT, BY JINGO, IF WE DO, ----"]

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THE USEFUL CRICKETER.

(_A CANDID VETERAN'S CONFESSION._)

[Illustration]

I am rather a "pootlesome" bat--
I seldom, indeed, make a run;
But I'm rather the gainer by that,
For it's bad to work hard in the sun.

As a "field" I am not worth a jot,
And no one expects me to be;
My run is an adipose trot,
My "chances" I never can see.

I am never invited to bowl,
And though, p'raps, this seems like a slight
In the depths of my innermost soul