11-03-2025, 01:13 PM
Stan McCabe's bat
There have been many relics,
many a this and that
of what great men did their deeds with -
then there's Stan McCabe's bat.
For so they spoke of his scimitar
that day in '32,
showing Jardine for a gimmicker,
for a bunch of clowns his crew.
Though to us today, the hills and vales
look modest, of his career stats,
that won't impress the Laras, Gayles,
nor Sangakkara frats,
though the teams he slew were but a few,
till the war brought a requiescat
to his career, it holds true,
as true as space is flat,
at 29 parsecs it's still '32,
England's being tonked through and through
by Stan McCabe's bat.
There have been many relics,
many a this and that
of what great men did their deeds with -
then there's Stan McCabe's bat.
For so they spoke of his scimitar
that day in '32,
showing Jardine for a gimmicker,
for a bunch of clowns his crew.
Though to us today, the hills and vales
look modest, of his career stats,
that won't impress the Laras, Gayles,
nor Sangakkara frats,
though the teams he slew were but a few,
till the war brought a requiescat
to his career, it holds true,
as true as space is flat,
at 29 parsecs it's still '32,
England's being tonked through and through
by Stan McCabe's bat.