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Eton Boating Song
The "Eton Boating Song" is the best known of the school songs associated with Eton College that are sung at the end of year concert and on other important occasions. It is also played during the procession of boats. The words of the song were written by William Johnson Cory, an influential Master at the school. The melody was composed by an Old Etonian and former pupil of Cory, Captain Algernon Drummond and transcribed by T. L. Mitchell-Innes. The piano accompaniment was written by Evelyn Wodehouse.〔British Library Catalogue〕 It was first performed on 4 June 1863. Ordinarily, only the first, sixth, seventh and eighth stanzas are sung.〔"The Eton Boating Song Sheet Music (EtonCollege.com ) (Retrieved December 24, 2008)〕 Contrary to popular belief, the "Eton Boating Song" is not the school song of Eton College, that being "''Carmen Etonense''"/
==Cachet==
The traditional status of Eton as the training grounds for Britain's wealthy elite endowed the song with a peculiar cultural cachet. For instance, writer George Orwell, an Old Etonian himself, wrote in his famous autobiographical essay "Such, Such Were the Joys" that:
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