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Front Cover
“...Songs
and
music
CHEFOO...”
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“...CHEFOO SONGS AND MUSIC
CONTENTS
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1 Chefoo Boating Song..............2
2 Centennial Hymn For Chefoo School.4
3 Chefoo In Exile..................6
4 The Fields Of Yesterday..........8
5 God Is Our Refuge...............10
6 Greet We The School.............12
7 The Latin School Song...........16
8 Lord Of All Power And Might.....18
9 Parent Comes To Chefoo..........20
10 Psalm 23........................22
11 Swimming Pool Song..............24
12 There Is A School..............27
13 These One Hundred Years........30...”
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“...1 - CHEFOO BOATING SONG
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“...1 - CHEFOO BOATING SONG
1. Hector is waiting and Daphne in the sea,
And Neptune to row across the bay,
Leave the others to their cricket,
Bumpy ground and matting wicket,
While the south wind sends our oar-thrash up in spray.
To the boats, to the boats,
Hear the word from eager throats,
Where the boats are waiting handy
Carried down by Kansampandi,
To the boats, to the boats, to the boats.
2. Calm seas look pretty, but there’s time for waves as well,
When the wind comes whistling over from the Bluff,
There are days when oars get broken,
And the coach is too outspoken,
And just half a dozen blisters seem enough.
But the sea, oh the sea,
There’s no better place to be,
Leave behind the playground dusty,
Leave behind the school books musty,
To the sea, to the sea, to the sea.
3. Stroke gets all the glory, but Three does all the work,
With the backing off Bow and of Two,
And the blame goes to Cox when he steers us on the rocks,
But the victory belongs to all the Crew.
To the Crew, to the Crew...”
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“...2 - CENTENNIAL HYMN FOR CHEFOO SCHOOL
JUNE 1981
ST GEORGE’S (WINDSOR)
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“...2 - CENTENNIAL HYMN FOR CHEFOO SCHOOL
JUNE 1981
ST GEORGE’S (WINDSOR)
1. Thankful friends from far and near
Celebrate this joyful year,
Chefoo, born on China’s shore,
Grown through days of peace and war;
Lessons learnt in class, at play,
All have led us in His way,
Hearts and voices let us raise,
Our Jehovah-Jireh praise!
2. Now in highlands valley cool
Worldwide prayers surround our school,
Fears and laughter, tears and joy,
Love for every girl and boy.
Crafts and skills and half-term fun,
Inward battles fought and won,
Guide and Guard through all our days,
Our Jehovah-Jireh praise!
3. Thus rejoicing, let us still
Serve our Lord with mind and will,
Having gained this hundredth year
Strong in faith we'll persevere.
Staff and students from each age
Share this glorious heritage -
Though all else be sacrificed,
We’ll REMEMBER JESUS CHRIST.
Words: L S Conway
Tune: St George’s (Windsor)
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“...3 - CHEFOO IN EXILE
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“...3 - CHEFOO IN EXILE
1. On that far-away shore long ago left behind,
How hot was the sand and how keen was the wind,
Where the hills lift their brown rugged line o’er the Bay
And the junks past the Lighthouse and Bluff glide away.
2. The old way of life we’ve abandoned for good,
With servants in dozens to answer our nod,
Pirate Bill and Zerubbabel counting the loaves,
And our old Kansampandi to manage the stoves.
3. What’s become of Leander and Hero today,
And the Guide Room emblazoned with heraldry gay?
Who today use our Field, scene of many a race,
And the Quad, that re-echoed with Prisoners’ Base?
4. ‘Nihil Absque Labore”s a true motto still:
God, the Fountain of Wisdom, still shows us His will,
Still upholds those who steadily trust in His truth,
And maturity strengthens the choice of our youth.
Words: S Gordon Martin
Tune: The Meeting of the Waters
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“...4 - THE FIELDS OF YESTERDAY
1. In eighteen hundred and eighty-one
The Chefoo School was first begun,
The finest school beneath the sun,
Chefoo, Chefoo, for ever.
Chorus: School work, & tennis, & cricket, & tea,
Boating and swimming in the sea,
Football and hockey and sport for me,
Chefoo, Chefoo, for ever.
2. In eighteen hundred and eighty-two
They started cricket in Chefoo,
And beards and toppers improved the view,
Chefoo, Chefoo, for ever.
3. In eighteen hundred and eighty-three
Football began with brutal glee,
And ankles were broken, and shins and knee,
Chefoo, Chefoo, for ever.
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“...eighteen hundred and eighty-four
They started to row by the Chefoo shore
And backs were tired, and hands were
sore,
Chefoo, Chefoo, for ever.
5. In eighteen hundred and ninety-six
They built the school of straw and bricks,
The scholars got up to monkey tricks
Chefoo, Chefoo, for ever.
6. In nineteen hundred and thirty, see
McCarthy welcome P.A.B.,
They’re jolly good fellows, and so say
we,
Chefoo, Chefoo, for ever.
7. In nineteen-hundred and thirty-four
The sexes separate no more.
Co-Ed’s the scheme for evermore,
Chefoo, Chefoo, for ever.
8. In nineteen hundred and thirty-five
The pirates captured us alive,
But British planes drove off the hive,
Chetoo, Chefoo, for ever.
9. In nineteen hundred and forty-two
They swiped our school and compound
too,
To Temple Hill we then withdrew,
Chefoo, Chefoo, for ever.
10. In nineteen hundred and forty-three
They made us shift and travel by sea;
And we came to Weihsien C.A.C.,
Chefoo, Chefoo, for ever.
11. In nineteen hundred and forty-five
The camp at...”
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CAMP CHORUS
At the beginning of the Summer Term, 1942, the Headmaster of the Chefoo
Schools, Mr P. A. Bruce, conducted the school service. He took for his text the
opening verses of Ps. xivi and the refrain, ‘The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God
of Jacob is our refuge.’ Never had the meaning come home to me with such
power, in view of the presence of the Japanese and the uncertainty of the future.
I wrote this chorus almost immediately as the expression of my deep feeling, and
throughout our internment we sang it constantly. Stanley Houghton
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“...6 - GREET WE THE SCHOOL
The Chefoo School Song
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“...6 ■ GREET WE THE SCHOOL
The Chefoo School Song
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“...6 - GREET WE THE SCHOOL
The Chefoo School Song
1. Greet we the School in whose honour we sing,
Whose fame is our trust and care!
Grateful affection to thee would we bring,
Proof by the deeds we dare.
Storing our minds with the lore of the past,
Secret of Nature’s Art;
Fresh conquests making, we strive to the last
Nobly to play our part.
Chorus Under the glow of a lamp that is lit
On the shores of on Eastern sea;
Daughters and sons, in loyalty knit,
Plight we our troth to thee.
(For Chefoo)
2. Stung by the icy blasts of the North,
Or jaded with South-wind blow,
Team against team to battle goes forth
To conquer a friendly foe.
Riding the billows, we rise and fall,
Straining with rythmic swing;
Partners, we serve and return the ball,
Swift as a stone from a sling.
(For Kuling)
3. Swiftly descending the slope in the snow,
On sledge or toboggan we glide:
Straining each sinew, our bodies aglow,
Over the track we stride:
Cooled in the depths of the mountain stream,
We frolic exultantly:
Climbing...”
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“...6 - GREET WE THE SCHOOL
The Chefoo School Song
4. Plaudits of men we lightly appraise,
Set we a nobler aim -
Ever to bring through the toil of the days
Glory to God's great Name.
Many the voices that ring in our ears,
Many the cries of need;
God give us grace in the coming years
His voice alone to heed.
Chorus Plaudits of men we lightly appraise,
Set we a nobler aim -
Ever to bring through the toil of the days
Glory to God’s great Name.
Music and words by Stanley Houghton
Chefoo School
Cameron
Highlands
Malaysia
1952 —
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“...canamus litore Serico
artisque doctrinaeque causa
auspicio positas secundo.
II. robur lacertis unda natantium,
ludi pilarum et remigium mans
montesque lustranti et serenum
suppeditarrt Boreaeque flatus.
III. hie mentibus lux orta petentibus
quam Roma praebet quamque recentior
aetas, per obscurum viarum
ne faciamus iter trementes.
IV. sed clarions tons sapientiae,
tons unde maius ducere fidimus
et robur et mentis salutem,
Omnipotentis alacre Verbum.
Words: S Gordon Martin
Tune: Stanley Houghton
Chefoo School
Nanae, Japan
1951 —
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“...9 - PARENT COMES TO CHEFOO...”
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“...9 - PARENT COMES TO CHEFOO
1. Parent comes to Chefoo,
Brings his little chick,
Wants to come and see who
Will his darling lick,
Lands he in a bluster
Blowing from the Bluff.
Parent in a fluster —
Clothing not enough.
2. Rickshaws claim the party,
Take them to the San,
Where a welcome hearty
Warms the inner man,
Then they ask direction;
To the School they seek,
And the parent humble
Takes his infant meek.
3. By and by the chatter
To the school’s kind friends,
And they hear the clatter
Clatter which ne’er ends.
How hard-hearted teachers
Do not understand,
Treat the dears like creatures,
Feelingless and bland.
4. One day passing quad-ward
On their ears there fall
Sounds that neither of them
Understand at all.
Is this not a Boys’ School?
Yet an ‘uncle’, ‘aunt’,
‘Cat’ and ‘doctor’ meet them,
Understand they can't.
5. London Zoo in Chefoo
Surely this must be,
Animals around them
Everywhere they see.
‘Pussy’, ‘Leo’, ‘Dicky’,
‘Gollywog’ and ‘Ape’,
Then ‘Tar-baby’, ‘Chicken’,
Make them fairly gape...”
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“...HUNDRED YEARS
Experience Worketh Hope
1. Praise God for these years! How much worship we owe Him
Who answered our faith and dispelled lying fears.
Chefoo and Kuling both taught us to know Him.
Thank God for these seventy years.
Chorus: In sunshine and shadow, by sea or on mountains,
The tale of the past speaks a message that cheers.
Secure we draw courage and hope from deep fountains:
Thank God for these seventy years.
2. In games strong and eager, to studies we’re bringing
Traditions of industry patient and keen,
Rejoicing in books and in music and singing,
Delight in things heard and things seen.
3. Enriched by the lore of the lands that we hail from,
And learning from China’s old wisdom and art,
We gain the wide view, see the ills our lands ail from,
And learn with the team to take part.
4. Now thirty years later the thread is unbroken;
Chefoo is a name still loved and alive;
God guides us and gives us each day a new token
That His work still continues to thrive.
5. And from the old stock...”
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