Ashes Poetry

When this Ashes Test is over
No more joy or misery
Let’s shake hands with erstwhile strangers
We’ll cherish present company

No more pints of polite clapping
No more shouting out for more
Shake hands with those beside you
They’re your neighbours  from next door

Sung with great feeling and Welsh choralness
A modification of the lyrics of When This Lousy War is Over, from “Oh What A Lovely War”; Joan Littlewood, based on the original hymn by Joseph Scriven, What a friend we have in Jesus