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Sing-a-long August 2026

Scotland the Brave
Hark when the night is falling,
Hear! Hear the pipes a calling.
Loudly and proudly calling,
Down thro’ the glen.
There where the hills are sleeping,
now feel the blood a leaping,
High as the spirits of the old Highland men.
Towering in gallant fame,
Scotland my mountain hame,
High may your proud
standards gloriously wave,
Land of my high endeavour,
Land of the shining river,
Land of my heart for ever,
Scotland the brave.

Loch Lomond
By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond
Where me and my true love spent many happy days
On the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond
Oh, You’ll take the high road and I’ll take the low road
And I’ll be in Scotland afore ye
Where me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond

On The Road To Passchendaele
There’s a light that shines in Flanders
As a beacon for the brave
From the distant past it wanders
To recall the lives they gave
And it tells each generation
To be wise and never fail
To remember those who fallen
On the Road to Passchendaele
CHORUS
On the road to Passchendaele
On the road to Passchendaele
Where the brave will live forever
On the road to Passchendaele

Soon May the Wellerman Come [Chorus]
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin’ is done
We’ll take our leave and go

Flower of Scotland
O flower of Scotland, When will we see
Your like again, That fought and died for
Your wee bit hill and glen, And stood against him
Proud Edward’s army, and sent him homeward
Tae think again

Amazing Grace
Amazing grace, How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I’m found
Was blind, but now I see
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.

Soon May the Wellerman Come

“Soon May the Wellerman Come”, also known as “Wellerman” or “The Wellerman”, is a folk song in ballad style first published in New Zealand in the 1970s. The “wellermen” were supply ships owned by the Weller brothers, three merchant traders in the 1800s who were amongst the earliest European settlers of the Otago region of New Zealand. Here are the lyrics for this song.

There once was a ship that put to sea
The name of that ship was a Billy o’ Tea
The winds blew up, her bow dipped down
Blow, my bully boys, blow

[Chorus]
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin’ is done
We’ll take our leave and go

She had not been two weeks from shore
When down on her, a right whale bore
The Captain called all hands and swore
He’d take that whale in tow
[Chorus]
Before the boat had hit the water
The whale’s tail came up and caught her
All the hands to the side, harpooned and fought her
When she dived down below
[Chorus]
No line was cut, no whale was freed
The Captain’s mind was not on greed
But he belonged to the whaleman’s creed
She took that ship in tow
[Chorus]
For 40 days or even more
The line went slack then tight once more
All boats were lost, there were only four
But still that whale did go

As far as I’ve heard, the fight’s still on
The line’s not cut, and the whale’s not gone
The Wellerman makes his regular call
To encourage the Captain, crew and all

Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin’ is done
We’ll take our leave and go
We’ll take our leave and go
We’ll take our leave and go