28:, 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. It was first performed on 4 June, 1863. Ordinarily, only the first, sixth, seventh and eighth stanzas are sung. Contrary to popular belief, the "Eton Boating Song" is not the school song of Eton College, that being "Carmen Etonense".
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episode "The Cham-Cham", Parker briefly sings part of the song as he prepares to go boating, before being called out on a mission by Lady
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