Oh, to be in England Now that Summer’s there! For who plays the Game in England Is each morning well aware That the cricket-pitch is water-logged, An… - C. J. Dennis

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Oh, to be in England Now that Summer’s there!
For who plays the Game in England Is each morning well aware
That the cricket-pitch is water-logged,
And the in-field’s wet and the out-field’s bogged: For it’s surely raining, anyhow, In England—now!

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About C. J. Dennis

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis (7 September 1876 – 22 June 1938), better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet and journalist known for his best-selling verse novel (1915). Alongside his contemporaries and occasional collaborators Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson, Dennis helped popularise in literature, earning him the title "the laureate of the ".

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Alternative Names: Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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