In my opinion Sir Murchison Fletcher Was our ablest governor In my opinion Sir Murchison Fletcher Was our ablest governor We only wish the Downing Street authorities Would send more men like him to the West Indies His resignation was a shock to me Regretted throughout this colony Sir Murchison Fletcher will ever be Beloved in every Trinidadian's memory For he proved in sincerity His interest in the welfare of this colony "We must foster local industry," said he "And augment the island's prosperity" It is no wonder with regret and pain We learn he ain't comin' back again Many of you will remember and know When he first came I sang a calypso In which I'll admit I was rather bold For I contended he was too old When he was here a year I changed my opinion For he gloriously justified his selection And today we find his resignation Is a cause for lamentation In this my sentiments which are sincere and true I must include Lady Fletcher too For interest in the oppressed masses she has shown Her baby clinic work is too well known This social worker fought indefatigably To help and aid suffering humanity So we can say our luck is bad To lose them both here in Trinidad We don't know whom his successor may be But this we can say independently He might be as good but cannot be better Than our own Sir Murchison Fletcher We receive his resignation with deep regret We know what we had but we don't know what we going to get But still, the population is always glad To welcome him back to Trinidad