Tony Norwell
Miscellaneous
From The Old Yacht Tavern
From The Old Yacht Tavern…
From the old Yacht Tavern down to Mudlarks Way,
From the Sailing Barge Iverna, (down) to Peartree Wharf today,
Greenwich Yacht Club breathed its first and now is here to stay -
And we’ll keep on sailing – yes we’ll keep on sailing,
Till Old Father Thames has drained away…
And we’ll keep on sailing – yes we’ll keep on sailing,
Till Old Father Thames has drained away…
A hundred years of sailing, a hundred years of fun;
A hundred years of meeting when the long day’s work is done.
Wars and storms and floods and fires – all of them have not -
Stopped us building up our club with what we all have got.
So here’s a health to all commodores, past and present too,
And one to all our officers who stand for me and you.
Here’s a health to all our members wherever they may be -
May they always sail where’er they are and drink with you and me.
And here’s a health to the members who serve the beer and food,
And to the duty officers when we’re so often rude.
Here’s a health to all past members where’er they’re sailing now –
May their winds be fair and skies be clear and mermaids grace their bow. ..
From the old Yacht Tavern down to Mudlarks Way,
From the Sailing Barge Iverna, (down) to Peartree Wharf today,
Greenwich Yacht Club breathed its first and now is here to stay -
And we’ll keep on sailing – yes we’ll keep on sailing,
Till Old Father Thames has drained away…
And we’ll keep on sailing – yes we’ll keep on sailing,
Till Old Father Thames has drained away…