ROTARACT SONGS

MY GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK

My grandfather’s clock was too large for the shelf
So it stood ninety years on the floor,
It was taller by half than the old man himself
Tho’it weighed not a penny weight more
It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born
And was always his treasure and pride
But it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died

Chorus
Ninety years without slumbering
(Tick, tock, tick, tock)
His life seconds numbering
(Tick, tock, tick, tock)
It stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died

It rang an alarm on the dead of the night
An alarm that for years had been dumb
And we knew that his spirit was plumbing for flight
That his hour of departure had come
Still the clock kept the time with a soft and mumbled chime
As we silently stood by his side
But it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died. (Chorus)

ROTARACT MY ROTARACT

Tune: ‘O’ Tannenbaum

Thy praises high I love to sing,
Rotaract my Rotaract,
My homage now to thee I bring
Rotaract my Rotaract,
With friendship, loyalty and cheer,
I’ll serve my brothers far and near,
And hold thy precepts ever dear,
Rotaract my Rotaract.


Still louder now my song I’ll sing
Rotaract my Rotaract,
And make it ring o’er hill and dell
Rotaract my Rotaract,
May truth and honour be my goal
Exalt my life, make sweet my soul
While thousands sing from pole to pole,
Rotaract my Rotaract.

CLEMENTINE

In a cavern, in a canyon
Excavating for a mine
Dwelt a miner, forty –niner
And his daughter, Clementine


Chorus
Oh, my darling, Oh my darling
Oh my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorrow, Clementine

Light she was, and like a fairy
And her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes, without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine (Chorus)


Drove she ducklings to the water
Ev’ry morning just a nine
Hit her foot against a splinter
Feel into the foaming brine (Chorus)

Ruby lips above the water
Blowing bubbles soft and fine
Alas, for me! I was no swimmer
So I lost my Clementine. (Chorus)

SHARE ROTARACT WITH ME

My Rotaract is here in Nigeria
My Rotaract is right here with me
True Rotaract is international
But Rotaract starts right here with me

Refrain: O come, O come!
O come and share Rotaract with me
O come, O come!
O come and share Rotaract with me

Do you want to serve well your neighbour?
Without counting cost o’ returns?
Do you want to serve well your nation?
Without blowing horns or trumpets?

Do you take pride in your own business?
Do you take pride in fellowship?
Do you take pride in the 4-way test?
Then come and share Rotaract with me!

SHOW ME

Show me, show me, show me, show me
Who you love, Rotaractors,
Show me, show me, show me, show me
Who you love, Rotaractors,
(Were founders)

District 911
District 912
District 913
And 914

SING EVERYONE SING

SING
Sing, everyone sing
Sing, everyone sing
Let’s get together in all kinds of weather
And sing everyone sing

SMILE
Smile, everyone smile
Smile, everyone smile
All of your troubles will varnish like bubbles
So smile, everyone smile

SERVE
Serve, everyone serve
Serve, everyone serve
Serving humanity’s Rotaract destiny
So serve, everyone serve

DING DONG

Ding Dong come and share with us
Our fellowship in Rotaract
Ding Dong come and share with us
The thrill the joy of service

CHORUS
Ro.o.o.o.o.o.o.. Rotaract
o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.. Rotaract
o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.. Rotaract
o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.. Rotaract
o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.. Rotaract
our profit lies in service

Making truth our guiding light
And fairness to each other
Spreading goodwill all around
And building links of friendship (Chorus)

Holding out a helping hand
To young and old our neighbours
Far from us or near at hand
In all our lives endeavour (Chorus)

VIVE LE ROTARACT

Let every good knight raise his helmet and glove
Vive le Rotaract
To carry our message of service and love
Vive le Rotaract

Chorus
Vive le, Vive le Rotaract
Vive le, Vive le Rotaract
Truth is our light
Love is our might
Vive le Rotaract!

When something is wrong let us straighten it out
Vive le Rotaract
For nothing is worse than a fear or a doubt
Vive le Rotaract (Chorus)

The grooming of man is a duty we claim
Vive le Rotaract
Let’s carry on business with fame to our name
Vive le Rotaract (Chorus)

The lady with a smile is the fellow we need
Vive le Rotaract
Who loses herself in the shaming of greed
Vive le Rotaract (Chorus)