“Those Were the Days” – John Anderson

Once upon a time there was a high school

Where we came to learn a thing or two;

Harvey Carleton roamed the halls and checked the washrooms,

Lest we forget what we were there to do.

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Those were the days, my friends!

White bucks and crinolines,

We danced the jive while Elvis sang the song.

It was a carefree phase,

Our teen-age happy days, And Almonte High the world where we belonged.

La la la la la la
La la la la la la la!

Days at school were spent in different classrooms

Learning what our teachers thought we should.

Seats assigned according to our test marks,

Or whether we were bad or we were good.

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Taught by Whiessiel, Tom Keon, Don Maynard,

Gillan, Millar, Buttle, and Hawley;

Brian Doyle, Ron Gould, Missus McVicar,

Jill Norfolk, Carruthers, and McQuarrie.

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There was Phillips and Missus McQuatt,

Pat Porter, Falt, Georgina Garland;

Ann Richards, Stan Sutter, and Missus Billings

With Missus Kilburn keeping all in hand.

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It’s close to fifty years since those days

When Almonte High was centre of our lives.

And some have stayed and some have strayed much further,

Yet Almonte’s spirit in each heart survives.

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- John Anderson