Written by William Johnson Cory. First performed in 1863, the first verse goes:. . . .
Jolly boating weather,
And a hay harvest breeze,
Blade on the feather,
Shade off the trees,
Swing swing together,
With your bodies between your knees,
Swing swing together,
With your bodies between your knees.
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Eton Boating Song
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William Johnson Cory
William Johnson Cory, Ionicus, 1823 - 1892, teacher, scholar and poet. Lived ...
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Frederick Craufurd Goodenough
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Michael La Rose
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Jonathan Geach Tinner
Co-churchwarden of St Jude's in 1911. Jonathan Geach Tinner was born in 1847 in Tywardreath, Cornwall, the second of the three children of Richard Tinner (1806-1891) and Mary Ann Tinner née Blowey...
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Committee and Friends of the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union
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ICI - 2 - Mendeleeff
SW1, Millbank, 9, Imperial Chemical House
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Private John William Banner
John William Banner was born on 11 September 1880 at 49 Tyneside Terrace, Elswick, Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland, the eldest of the four children of Charles Banner (1845-1918) and Margaret Ann ...
War dead, WW1
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