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ANDY KNEE-ROBINSON
(With apologies to Simon and Garfunkel - I should probably apologise to Andy too, but frankly, he's been getting away with it for far too long...)

And here's to you, Andy Knee-Robinson
Your crew loves you more than you will know (row, row, row)
Catch timing please, Andy Knee-Robinson
Drive those legs down harder all the way
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

They'd like to know a little bit about your rowing style
They'd like to help you learn to row yourself
Look around you, all you see are veteran rowers' eyes
Row along the Thames until you make it home

And here's to you, Andy Knee-Robinson
Your crew loves you more than you will know (row, row, row)
Hold finishes in please, Andy Knee-Robinson
Body swing follows after hands away
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

Hiding out in Thames Tradesmen where you went to row
Boating on the Tideway with your clubmates
It's a little secret, just Knee-Robinsons' gettin' old
Most of all, you've got to hide that you're a vet

Ca, Ca, Catch-a crab, Andy Knee-Robinson
Finish only eight more strokes to go (oh, oh, ow)
Hope you can swim, Andy Knee-Robinson
Rivers cold, no place for you to stay
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

Swimming in the tidway on a Sunday afternoon
Clinging to the boat to stay afloat
Bob around it, float about it
Not a lot to choose
Ev'ry way you swim with it, you lose

Where have you gone, oh Thames Tradesmen crew
Time keeper turns his lonely eyes to you (boo, hoo, hoo)
What's that you say, Andy Knee-Robinson
Stroke man's top-nut has left and gone away
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

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