My transcription from the recording found at The Internet Archive. The lyrics have also been published in several issues of The Rotarian.


IN THE ROTARY*
Words and music by Harry Lauder
New York: T. B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter, 1916.

1. Once ev'ry week, ev'ry week in the year,
A very fine bunch of good fellows appear.
They are the livest of wires you could find.
Always ahead, they are never behind.

CHORUS: In the Rotary, in the Rotary,
That's the place to find sociability,
No worry or care, from bus'ness right away,
Having a smoke, cracking a joke
With your pals in the Rotary.

2. Once ev'ry week, ev'ry week in the year,
Ev'ryone's sure of an hour of good cheer.
Now an hour of good cheer is a tonic we're told.
An hour of good cheer is worth barrels of gold.


[* Title as given in the sheet music. On various recordings, the title is given as IN THE RO-TA-RY or IN THE R-O-T-A-R-Y.]