A retirement song that celebrates a career

Who a retirement song is for

A colleague, a boss, a teacher, a nurse, a parent or a grandparent leaving work after years or decades. A team can order it for the leaving party, a family for the dinner at home. The song celebrates the career and the life that starts now.

What to tell us about the retiree

• Their name, their job and how long they did it; “32 years at the same depot” says a lot.
• What colleagues will remember: the mug, the jokes at the Monday meeting, the person everyone asked for help.
• What they are retiring to: the garden, the grandchildren, the boat, the long trip.
• Who it is from: the team, a department, the family.
• The tone: funny for an office party, touching for the family, or both.

Timing for the leaving party

• Book it a week before the send-off, so there is time for the preview and for changes to the lyrics.
• At the party, play the MP3 from a phone or laptop; the lyrics come with the song, so everyone can read along.
• The Gift Pack’s lyric video works well on the screen at a send-off.
• Playing it at a workplace party is fine: that is personal, non-commercial use, not advertising.