Anything Goes

I am gradually going through my collection (on cassettes) of the BBC request programme 'Anything Goes" to see if anything can be thrown away. The Oct 1988 "A G" was interesting because reception was clear; side A had Herbie Hancock with Tom Hubbard, the Maharajah of Megador, Tennyson's "Crossing the bar" (reproduced here) and Abdul the Bull Bull Amer. When I acted for Johnson Matthey the catalytic converter years ago they sang the Abdul song which, I said, proved their vintage. I was very flattered when they called me the Marshall of Hall of Malaya and even invited me to attend their do in Australia, which I politely declined.

Crossing the Bar
Tennyson

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea.

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home!

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;

For though from out our bourn of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.