▁and ▁Paul ▁Green ▁inherited ▁the ▁responsibility ▁of ▁leading ▁the ▁school ▁song ▁for ▁a ▁year ▁until ▁a ▁new ▁music ▁master ▁was ▁appointed . ▁The ▁two ▁students ▁found ▁that ▁no ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁existed ▁and ▁H utch ings ' ▁h ymn ▁book ▁notes ▁had ▁been ▁lost . ▁U sh er ▁played ▁the ▁accompan iment ▁as ▁he ▁remembered ▁it ▁and ▁Green ▁taught ▁the ▁younger ▁students ▁the ▁lyr ics . ▁Although ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁were ▁written ▁down , ▁when ▁the ▁two ▁students ▁left ▁a ▁year ▁later ▁the ▁mel ody ▁had ▁still ▁not ▁been ▁written ▁down ▁and ▁only ▁surv ived ▁through ▁memory ▁and ▁through ▁passing ▁it ▁down ▁from ▁one ▁generation ▁to ▁the ▁next . ▁ ▁Th irty ▁five ▁years ▁later ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁U sh er ▁was ▁invited ▁by ▁Head master ▁Michael ▁F ram pton ▁to ▁teach ▁A - level ▁music . ▁U sh er ▁was ▁shock ed ▁to ▁find ▁that ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁rarely ▁s ung ▁and ▁had ▁changed ▁somewhat ▁due ▁to ▁it ▁being ▁passed ▁on ▁through ▁or al ▁tradition . ▁U sh er ▁wrote ▁down ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁from ▁memory ▁and ▁made ▁numerous ▁copies . ▁A ▁few ▁years ▁later ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁H utch ings ' ▁mel ody ▁res ur fac ed ▁in ▁an ▁old ▁school ▁news letter ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁and ▁U sh er ▁was ▁delight ed ▁to ▁find ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁only ▁mis - rem ember ed ▁one ▁note ▁and ▁a ▁slightly ▁spread ▁ch ord . ▁During ▁his