THE ENGINEERS' SONG
(Tune: John Brown's Body)

We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the engineers,
We can, we can, we can, we can demolish forty beers,
Drink rum, drunk rum, drink rum, drink rum,
        drink rum will all of us,
For we don't give a "bugger" for any old "bugger"
        that don't give a "bugger" for us.

Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride
To show to all the populace her lovely lily-white hide,
The only ones who noticed as she rode upon her horse,
Were a bleary-eyed surveyor, and an engineer of course.

"I am tired and I am thirsty and I have travelled far,
So take me off my bloody horse and lead me to a bar",
The only ones who helped her down and shouted her a
        beer
Were a bleary-eyed surveyor, and a drunken engineer.

My father was a minder way back in old Caloote,
My mother was a lady from a house of ill-repute,
The very first words I heard them say when I began to
        hear,
Were "get out of here you drunken bum and be an engineer".

Venus was a statue made entirely of stone
Not a fig leaf was upon her, she was naked as a bone,
On seeing that she had no arms, the engineer discoursed,
"The damn things faulty concrete, and should be reinforced".

A maiden and an engineer were sitting in the park,
They were doing scientific research in the dar,
The engineer, his methods were a marvel to observe,
His left hand took the reading while the right hand traced
        the curve.

Footnote:- This song has grown from the original Oxford
University Engineer Song. The first three verses are
believed to be original, whilst the last two were obtained
from an engineer from America, where the song is sung
very widley as an Engineers Song, with extra verses ad
infinitum.

University Song Book 1966. Edited by Geoff best, Tony Correll and Ian Owens. Australian university songbook.


See here: https://archive.org/details/1966-uni-song-book-by-best/page/n7/mode/1up?q=godiva