See you in IOS

See you in IOS
 
The winds are taking us all outward
So as once again we may all be
Friends and fellow competitors
Out on the clear blue waters 
Of the beautiful Isles of Scilly
 
Oh sure the venue is expensive
And you might holiday more cheaply
Or for longer at the same price
Almost anywhere
But when the massed gigs line up
To race home from Saint Agnes there
Is not a finer sight to see or hear?
Then the sound of clicking thole pins
Or bending cleaving oars that fill the air   
 
So see you there the same as last year
And like so many other years before
And we’ll meet on the sands
So as to shake each others hands
Before we go to battle in a rowing war
 
And when we are not out rowing
Or making good our kit and boats
We will while away the hours there
Telling yarns with a glass in hand before
Again we all of us take ourselves afloat
 
Yet no sooner does it get underway
Then it will be over leaving
Us once again to go our separate ways
And where once thousands made to
Go rowing on the May bank holiday
There will be again nothing but empty
White sand to fill those island bays!
 
Kevin Pyne

Dartmouth,
Tuesday April 12th  2011 - 02:15 hrs BST

Kevin from Dart Club talking about the history of the club kyle_29_april_1_great_story_from_kevin_dart_club_on_history_of_club_no_outro by Radio Scilly