Cherry Ripe
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Cherry Ripe is an English folk song to words by the English poet Robert Herrick (1591-1674), 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]
An earlier poem by Thomas Campion (1567 – 1620) used the same title Cherry Ripe'.
The song's title has been used in other contexts on a number of occasions since. Its tune has also been appropriated for other uses. The song was popular in the time of WWI.
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[edit] In literature
The song Cherry Ripe is a recurring theme in John Buchan's WWI spy novel Mr Standfast (1919). It identifies Mary Lamington, a young intelligence officer, who fall in love and vice versa with the hero of the novel general Richard Hannay.
Later, the song is mentioned in Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales.
[edit] Paintings
In 1879 it was adopted by John Everett Millais as the title of his immensely popular painting depicting a young girl with cherries. It was based loosely on Joshua Reynolds's portrait of Penelope Boothby. The painting was reproduced in colour as a chromolithograph by the The Graphic newspaper as a gift with its Christmas edition. The image vastly increased the newspaper's sales.
A painting by Walter Osborne (1859-1903) 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. In the UK there is virtually identical chocolate bar called a Ruffle bar with similar 'chocettes'.
[edit] Numbers station
Cherry Ripe is the nickname for a numbers station operating in the far east using the tune of the 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.
[edit] Notes
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