Engineer’s Song
(Air: The Vicar of Bray)
Long years ago to Bittern park
Came Julius, Alias Caesar,
At Cobden Bridge he beached his bark
And climbed a lofty tree, Sir,
“Dear, Dear,” quoth he, “No road I see,
Fall in the Engineers, Sir,
Review, survey, mark out and lay
A road from hence to here, Sir.”
Chorus:
For it is now as it was then
The Engineers they knew things,
They are the Big, Strong, Silent men
Who do not talk but do things.
In days of yore, The Western Shore
Was rude to King Canute, Sir,
It rolled its waters to his feet
And wetted his hest boot, sir.
“This is,” said he, “too much for me,
Fall in the Engineers, Sir,
Surround this shore, both aft and fore
With docks and quays and piers, Sir.”
Tha Captains and the Kings depart,
As Rudyard once did not, Sir,
By barge, and ‘bus, by road and rail,
By motor and by boat, Sir,
By whatsoever mode they cross,
Sea, Land or Atmosphere, Sir,
They cannot move a yard without
The lusty Engineer, Sir.
Some time ago the Undergards
A pond to build decided;
They said “We’ll toil and dig and mix,
With tea and cakes provided.
The Engineers, as is their way,
Spoke little if at all Sir;
But started right away to build
The Pond beside the Hall, Sir.
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