Cherry Ripe
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Cherry Ripe is an English folk song to words by Robert Herrick, which contains the refrain
Cherry ripe, cherry ripe,
Ripe I cry,
Full and fair ones
Come and buy.
Cherry ripe, cherry ripe,
Ripe I cry,
Full and fair ones
Come and buy[1]
The song is mentioned in Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales. An earlier poem by Thomas Campion has used the same title.
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[edit] Paintings
The song's title has been used on a number of occasions since. In 1879 it was adopted by John Everett Millais as the title of his immensely popular painting depicting a young girl holding cherrys. The painting was reproduced in colour by the The Graphic newspaper, selling in great numbers. A painting by Walter Osborne of a cherry seller in Ulster also used the title[2]
[edit] Chocolate
An Australian chocolate bar manufactured by Cadbury Australia Pty. Ltd uses the name. It is Australia’s oldest chocolate bar brand, first introduced in 1924 by MacRobertson's. It consists of a cherry and coconut mix covered in Old Gold dark chocolate. It is similar in many ways to dark chocolate Bounty bar.
Cherry Ripe Chocettes are a variation.
The Strawberry Ripe was introduced in 2000, but was later discontinued due to poor sales.
[edit] Numbers station
Cherry Ripe is the nickname for a numbers station operating in the far east using the above folk song as its interval signal. The transmitter is believed to operate from the U.S. Territory of Guam. It is also believed to be operated by the British Secret Intelligence Service due to its great similarity to another such station, the Lincolnshire Poacher.
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