Invercargill March

The Invercargill March is possibly the best advertisement the town has ever had as the work is a brass-band favourite and the word 'Invercargill' is whispered amongst audiences worldwide.

Invercargill radio announcer John O'Connor recorded those lyrics but they did not fit into the difficult music score correctly and so no one else has ever sung them.

Though I've sailed overseas from Invercargill There's a yearning strong that calls me back to Southland Where in childhood days, I used to play and be part of a local music family.

Joyous hours playing with the Garrison Band Concerts and contesting all around New Zealand And marching down to Dee Street, in the southernmost town.

The memories, of childhood, and playing tunes, I loved to learn Someday I will return, to mountains high and green leafed fern Oreti Beach, Waihopai, an Oyster feed, from Foveaux Strait I cannot wait to see, who greets me, at Bluff port gate.