The Farewell Tour 2026 Song Sheet

Given the family penchant for CFEs and jolly jaunts, we thought that this particular version would benefit from a selection of chants and ditties that can be sung with gusto at (in)appropriate moments whilst in Hong Kong. We thanks all authors and illustrators for their contributions.

‘The cry of the William is heard through the land, belt up, shut up, stoppit’, […and by then your uncle would be in an incandescent rage.  Fun for two elder brothers, but horrifying for the woke.  Oh for more robust times.]

with thanks to Richard Peters

The gentle gorilla resides in the west

He roars like a lion and drums on his chest 

He never goes out without chancing to kill 

A few of the natives that gentle gorilla 

And when he returns to the family tree 

He’s greeted with smiles by the fair Mrs G

And the little ones cry on beholding him there

Wah hoo goggory bagwag 

Which means here comes Papa 

with thanks to Richard Peters

She sailed away on a sunny summers day on the back of a crocodile

You see says she he’s as tame as tame can be, I’ll float him down the Nile

The crock winked his eye as she waved her friends goodbye, wearing a sunny smile

At the end of the ride, the lady was inside of the smile on the crocodile…

with thanks to Richard Peters

The Sandsend chant (from the milk carton)

Sealed in the dairy

Ealed in the dairy

Aled in the dairy

Led in the dairy

Ed in the dairy

Dead in the dairy

In the dairy

N the dairy

The dairy

He dairy

E dairy

Dairy

Airy

Iry

Ry

Y

with thanks to Willie Peters