Nice Link, Brían. Here's the song we composed to help celebrate the Observatory successful renovtion (copy and paste into WORD/TIMES/12 for chord placement):


THE PORTLAND OBSERVAT'RY

(Words by Charlie Ipcar © 2000
Adapted Traditional Tune: Bonny Ship the Diamond
Key: Dm)

Chorus:

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Here's to Capt'n Moody,
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Heave with a will!
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Who raised the Portland Ob-servat'ry,
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High on Mun-joy Hill.


'Twas in the year eighteen-o-seven
Old Moody had a plan,
To build a signal tower
On Portland's highest land...

With his telescope in the lantern room,
He'd scan the Bay around,
And hoist a signal up the mast
When a vessel there he found...

'Twas in the War of 1812,
He beheld a thrilling sight,
As the Enterprise beat the Boxer,
It was one brutal fight...

In the Civil War, in '63,
The Rebels made a play,
From the tower we tracked the Cushing,
As she fled through Casco Bay...

In nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
The tower's work was through,
But hordes of tourists climbed the stairs,
To enjoy the view...

In nineteen hundred and ninety-five,
The tower was condemned,
But plans were made and money raised,
From hundreds of her friends...

Now the tower stands again,
From the elements defiant,
After all this work we're glad to know
She's Y-2-K compliant...

Cheerily,
Charley Noble