▁time ). ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁Lion el ▁El vin ▁( a ▁student ▁and ▁School ▁Captain ▁at ▁the ▁time ) ▁was ▁invited ▁to ▁write ▁an ▁original ▁song ▁for ▁the ▁school ▁after ▁a ▁conversation ▁with ▁his ▁history ▁master . ▁El vin ▁wrote ▁five ▁vers es ▁which ▁summar ised ▁school ▁life ▁and ▁the ▁nost alg ic ▁sentiment ▁of ▁its ▁pup ils . ▁The ▁song ▁was ▁presented ▁to ▁the ▁Head master ▁who ▁approved . ▁Although ▁El vin ▁imag ined ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁could ▁be ▁s ung ▁to ▁the ▁t une ▁of ▁The ▁L ass ▁that ▁Lov es ▁a ▁S ail or ▁by ▁Charles ▁D ib din , ▁the ▁school ' s ▁music ▁master ▁wrote ▁an ▁original ▁t une ▁for ▁El vin ' s ▁lyr ics . ▁ ▁S omet ime ▁before ▁the ▁second ▁world ▁war ▁two ▁of ▁El vin ' s ▁five ▁vers es ▁were ▁dropped . ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁another ▁music ▁master , ▁Arthur ▁H utch ings , ▁composed ▁a ▁new ▁t une ▁for ▁the ▁song ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁used ▁ever ▁since . ▁H utch ings ▁wrote ▁the ▁new ▁mel ody ▁as ▁a ▁piano ▁accompan iment ▁in ▁p enc il ▁at ▁the ▁back ▁of ▁his ▁h ymn ▁book . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁construction ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁organ ▁was ▁completed ▁and ▁music ▁master ▁Regin ald ▁Fox well ▁adapted ▁the ▁t une ▁for ▁organ . ▁When ▁Fox well ▁died ▁suddenly ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁A - level ▁music ▁students ▁Ger ald ▁U sh er