Well, I've edited out more lines, shortening the verses, and I've standardized the chorus (copy and paste into WORD/TIMES/12 to line up chords):

Adapted by Charlie Ipcar, 8/9/08
Tune: Charlie Ipcar
Key: C (7/F)
By the Old Pagoda Anchorage [1926]-2


Am---C--------------------------------F-----------------C
By the old Pagoda Anchorage they lay full fifteen strong,
-------F-------------------C------------Am-----------------C
Their spars were like a forest, their names were like a song –
F------------------C
Fiery Cross and Falcon there,
F---------------------C
Lay with Spindrift, doomed and fair,
F------------------C
Robin Hood and Hallowe'en,
-----------Am----------------C
With Le-ander there were seen –
F-------------C----------F--------------------C
Ariel and Ti-tania, and proud Thermopy-lae,
--------F-------------C--------------------Am------------------C
By the old Pagoda Anchorage, when clippers sailed the sea,
--------F--------------------Am
When clippers sailed the sea:

Chorus:

Am-----F-------------------C
Racing home for London River!
------------F-----------------C
Crack her on for London River!
--------F----------------C----------------Am--------------C
Carry on for London River with her chests of China tea –
------------F----------------Am
With her chests of China tea!


By the old Pagoda Anchorage, so many years ago,
What a sight it was to see them with their decks like new laid snow:
Their brasses winking bright,
Their gleaming gold and white,
Their high and slender spars
Humming shanties to the stars –
Those ships so brave and beautiful that never more shall be,
By the old Pagoda Anchorage, when clippers sailed the sea,
When clippers sailed the sea:

Racing home for London River!
Crack her on for London River!
Carry on for London River with her chests of China tea –
With her chests of China tea!

By the old Pagoda Anchorage the clippers lie no more,
There's silence on the river, there's silence on the shore –
But the silted channels seem
Still to murmur as in dream
Of the strong and fair and fleet,
By those shores that used to meet –
By the old Pagoda Anchorage, when clippers sailed the sea,
Logging fourteen on a bowline, ay, an' seventeen running free,
An' seventeen running free:

Racing home for London River!
Crack her on for London River!
Carry on for London River with her chests of China tea –
With her chests of China tea!

Here's a link to a picture of the Pagoda Anchorage and an MP3 sample of the first verse and chorus: Click here and search for MP3 Sample!

This song certainly makes a fine tribute to the old China tea Clippers.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble