The day has sadly arrived now
That Cate Edmonds will retire
Off come her shoes, slippers go on,
And a chair gets pulled up by the fire.
You must be joking, that’s not like Cate
She still has a lot to do
Caring for all those who need her,
People like me and you.
While all of us in this congregation,
Who have known Cate for many years
Accept her leaving with resignation
We can’t help shedding some tears.
So what will our Cate do now?
One really cannot tell
But she won’t sit in front of the fire
That we all know very well.