Outward Bound - the old school song

Do you remember the song? Do you know the words? Hear the song recorded at the Farmers Arms, Newbarns, April 2023.

Scroll to the foot of the page to hear the song

 

OUTWARD BOUND

A song for the Grammar School, Barrow-in-Furness
Words and Music by Thomas Wood (at the school 1905-1907)

Autumn gold and winter weather
Summer dew and bluebell spring
Days afoot in Furness heather
These I knew, These were mine
These are part of me till I Perish

CHORUS

Westaway, the seas lie open
Eastaway, the sun rides high
Outward bound in morning glory
Free and ready, here am I

Friends to share in games and laughter
Songs at dusk and books at noon
Warnings that will tell hereafter
These you gave- You, my school
Knowing I shall prove myself Worthy

CHORUS

Harbour lights and clustered shipping
Clouds above the wheeling gulls
Flags aloft and ensigns dipping
Year by year, Showed the way
Shaped the course that I am now Making

CHORUS

Time will set the changes ringing
Those to come must have their day
Mine's at hand to claim me, bringing
Work to do, Risks to face
Worlds to conquer and the hour's Striking!

 

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