ENGINEER'S SONG
Tune of John Brown's Body

CHORUS:

We are, we are, we are, wear are, we are the engineers
We can, we can, we can, we can, demolish forty beers
Drink rum, Drink rum, Drink rum, drink rum and come along with us;
For we don't give a damn for any damn man, who don't give a damn for us.

Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride,
To show the local populace her beautiful lily white hid.
The most observant person there, and engineer of course
Was the only man who noticed that Godiva rode a horse.

She said I've gone a long, long way, and the guy who goes as far,
Will take me of this goddamn horse and lead me to a bar
The man who took her off her horse and stood her to a beer
Was a bloodshot eyed surveyor and a drunken engineer.

My father was a miner on the upper Malemute,
My mother was a keeper of a house of ill repute,
They kicked me out at a tender age and didn't shed a tear
So I said to hell with them boys and joined the engineers.

A maiden and an engineer were sitting in the park,
The engineer was busy doing research in the dark
His scientific method was a marvel to observe,
His left hand took the reading, while his right hand traced the curves.

Now Venus is a statue made entirely out of stone,
There's not a fig leaf on her, she is naked to the bone.
On seeing that her arms were gone, an engineer discoursed,
Of course the damn thing's broken and it should be reinforced.

An artman [marginal note: should be Airman] and an engineer once found a gallon can,
Said the artman, "match me drink for drink, let's see if you're a man"
They drank three drink, the artman died, his face was turning green
But the engineer drank on and said it's only gasoline.

My mother peddles opium and my father's on the dole,
My sister used to talk the streets, but now she's on parole,
My bother runs a restaurant with some bedrooms in the rear,
But they don't give a damn for me 'cause I'm a goddamn engineer.

1950s. RCE SONGS. Songbook of the Royal Corp of Engineer's (British). Undated but Bill Getz has this dated as the 1950s.


See here: https://www.horntip.com/html/books_&_MSS/1950s/1950s_RCE_Songs/1950s_RCE_Songs_(getz_collection_no_085).pdf