ETON BOATING SONG "Words adapted for the use of American Colleges, by J. C. Macy," 1890.
1. Jolly boating weather, and a hay harvest breeze, Blade on the "feather," shade off the trees, Swing, swing together, with your backs between your knees. Swing, swing together, with your backs between your knees.
2. Skirting past the rushes, ruffling o'er the weeds, Where the lock-stream gushes, where the wild duck feeds, Let us see how the wine-glass blushes at supper beyond the meads. Let us see how the wine-glass blushes at supper beyond the meads.
3. Some may be more clever, others can make more row, But we'll row forever steady from stroke to bow, And nothing in life shall sever the chain that is round us now, And nothing in life shall sever the chain that is round us now.
4. Twenty years hence, this weather may tempt us from office stools. We may be slow to "feather," and seem to the boys "old fools," But we'll still swing together and swear by "the best of schools," But we'll still swing together and swear by "the best of schools."
5. Others will fill our places, dressed in the well-known hue. We'll recollect our races. We'll to the flag be true, And youth will be still in our faces when we cheer for the old-time crew, And youth will be still in our faces when we cheer for the old-time crew.