Taken from "Hurrah for the CRE" the marching song of the Royal Engineers.
From memory:- Good Morning Mr. Stevens, it's a windy notchy night, Hurrah for the CRE, We've been working very hard, down at Upnor Hard, Hurrah for the CRE, You make fast, we make fast, Make fast the dingey, Make fast the dingey, Make fast the dingey, You make fast, we make fast, Make fast the dingey, Make fast the dingey pontoon. For we're marching on to Laffan's Plain, to Laffan's Plain, to Laffan's Plain, For we're marching on to Laffan's Plain, Where they don't know mud from clay. AH, AHHH AHHH AH AH AH AH AH oshta oshta oshta oshta, Hey Lumdana, Picaninny scoff, Man-ninga sabinza, here's another off Oolumda cried Matabelle Oolumda away we go Ah,Ah............. Shhhhhhhh {Loud Cheer}
CRE; Chief Royal Engineer; Upnor Hard; Bridging hard at Upnor, on the Medway near Chatham in Kent where Watermanship training was carried out. Laffan's Plain; RE Training ground near Farnborough in Hampshire, now part of the Royal Aircraft Establishment.