Lyr Add: We are the Engineers

28 Sep 13 - 06:06 PM (#3562336)
Subject: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Lighter

Not in DT.

Nice performance!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsFeKhjvpSg

A more, er, traditional one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybtFO8cHCLk

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15 May 25 - 06:44 PM (#4222587)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

The second link doesnt work any more. The chorus is the following:

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, 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.

This is a variant of Lady Godiva without the Godiva verses.

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15 May 25 - 07:04 PM (#4222589)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

I've uploaded an 8 min version. It was originally uploaded in 2 parts in 2007. Since then it has disappeared from youtube.


See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsK2orm4wX0


Good "traditional" performance with topical and localized verses.

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15 May 25 - 07:14 PM (#4222590)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

The tune for the above link is the "Rambling Wreck of Georgia Tech".

The following untitled variant by UofL Chapter of Triangle Fraternity at
Fryberger in 2007 uses "John Brown Body" although the verses sort of
sounds a little like Ghost Rider's in the Sky.


See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tyQyOzdUrs



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16 May 25 - 07:59 AM (#4222616)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

MIT DRINKING SONG

Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride
To show the royal villagers her fine and pure white hide.
The most observant man of all, an Engineer, of course,
Was the only man who noticed that Godiva rode a horse.

Chorus:

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, drink rum, drink rum all day, and come along with us
Cause we don't give a damn for any old man who don't give a damn for us!

She said, "I've come a long, long way, and I will go as far
With the man who takes me from this horse and leads me to a bar."
The man who took her from her steed and led her to a beer
Was a bleary-eyed surveyor and a drunken Engineer.

Godiva was a lady well-endowed there is no doubt.
She never wore a stitch of clothes, just wound her hair about.
The first man who did make her was an Engineer, of course,
But on just one beer an artsie queer had made Godiva's horse.

Ace Towing roams the Cambridge streets each day and every night.
Towing cars and stowing cars to hide them out of sight.
They tried to tow Godiva's horse, the Engineers said, "Hey!"
Then towed away their towing truck, and now the Ace must pay!

Rapunzel let her hair down for two suitors down below,
So one of them could grab a hold and give the old heave-ho.
The prince began to climb at once, but soon came out the worst,
For the Engineer rode up a lift, and reached Rapunzel first.

Caes set out for Egypt at the age of fifty three,
But Cleopatra's blood was warm, her heart was young and free.
And every night when Julius said goodnight at three o'clock,
A Roman Engineer was waiting just around the block!

Sir Francis Drake and all his ships set out for Calais Bay.
They'd heard the Spanish rum fleet was headed out that way.
But the Engineers had beat them, by a night and half a day,
And though as drunk as ptarmigans, you still could hear them say:

Venus was a statue made entirely of stone
Without a stitch upon her, she was naked as a bone.
On seeing that she had no clothes, an Engineer discoursed,
"Why, the damn thing's only concrete, and should be reinforced!"

My father was a miner from the northern Malamute.
My mother was a mistress in a house of ill-repute.
The last time that I was at home, these words rang in my ears,
"Go to M.I.T., you son of a bitch, and join the Engineers!"

My father peddles opium, my mother's on the dole.
My sister used to walk the streets, but now she's on parole.
My brother runs a restaurant, with bedrooms in the rear.
But they don't even speak to me 'cause I'm an Engineer.

A maiden and an Engineer were sitting in the park.
The Engineer was working on some research after dark.
His scientific method was a marvel to observe
While his right hand held the figures, his left hand traced the curves.

I happened once upon a girl whose eyes were full of fire.
Her physical endowments would have made your hands perspire.
To my surprise she told me that she never had been kissed.
Her boyfriend was a tired Engineering scientist.

The Army and the Navy went out to have some fun.
They went down to the taverns where the fiery liquors run.
But all they found were empties for the Engineers had come,
And traded all their instruments for gallon kegs of rum.

An Engineer once stumbled through the halls of Building 10.
That night he'd drunken rum enough to drown a dozen men.
In fact, the only things there were that kept him on his course
Were the boundary conditions and the coriolis force.

An artsman and an Engineer once found a gallon can.
Said the artsman, "Match me drink for drink, let's see if you're a man."
They drank three drinks, the artsman fell, his face was turning green,
But the Engineer drank on and said, "It's only gasoline."

Princeton's run by Wellesley, and Wellesley's run by Yale.
And Yale is run by Vassar, and Vassar's run by tail.
Harvard's run by stiff pricks, the kind you raise by hand,
But Tech is run by Engineers, the finest in the land.

If we should find a Harvard man within our sacred walls,
We'll take him to the physics lab and amputate his balls.
And if he hollers "Uncle," I'll tell you what we'll do,
We'll stuff his ass with broken glass, and seal it up with glue.

And should there be a Harvard man a-strollin' our Great Court,
We'll fetch a pail of river glop and make him drink a quart.
The water of the River Charles can fix his every flaw,
And the Engineers all drink it 'cuz it makes us what we are.

M.I.T. was M.I.T. when Harvard was a pup.
And M.I.T. will be M.I.T. when Harvard's time is up.
And any Harvard SON OF A BITCH who thinks he's in our class
Can pucker up his rosy lips and kiss the beaver's ass.

I am a whore from Radcliffe and I fuck for fifty cents.
I lay my ass upon the grass, my pants upon the fence.
I'll let you rub my belly, or on Sunday fuck for free,
But get off of me, you son of a B., if you're from M.I.T.

An M.I.T. computer man got drunk one fateful night.
He opened up the console and smashed everything in sight.
When they finally subdued him, the judge he stood before,
Said, "Lock him up for 20 years, he's rotten to the core!"

A graduate in chemistry went out to take a stroll
Along the old Charles River bank, where all the compounds roll.
That day he felt dejected at the bursting of a dream,
For he couldn't seem to find a trace of water in the stream.

A physics man from M.I.T. went out and drank his fill,
And then went to a strip joint 'cause he had some time to kill.
The motions that he witnessed there excited all his nerves,
And he filled eleven napkins with equations of the curves.

The bravest souls at M.I.T. are those in A.P.O.
There is no place on earth, or off, that they won't dare to go.
They're just a bunch of volunteers, and happy with their lot,
For they know they're here to serve you, if you want them to or not.

@college @science @drink @sex
filename[ MITDRNK
TUNE FILE: SONGAMB
CLICK TO PLAY
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Retrieved from here: https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=4002


Listed as the MIT drinking song and opening with the Godiva verses.

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16 May 25 - 08:09 AM (#4222617)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

The Engineering Song
(To the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic)

Chorus:
We are, we are, we are we are we are the Engineers,
We can, we can, we can, we can demolish 40 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.

Verses:

Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride
To Show all of the villagers her lovely bare white hide;
The most observant man on Earth, an Engineer of course,
Was the only man to notice that Godiva rode a horse!

She said, “I’ve come a long, long way, the man will go so far
Who takes me off this goddamn horse and leads me to a bar.”
The men who took her off the horse and stood her to a beer,
Were a bleary-eyed Surveyor and a drunken Engineer!

Rapunzel let her hair down for two suitors down below,
So one of them could grab a hold and give the old heave-ho
The prince began to climb at once, but soon came out the worst,
For the Engineer rode up a lift, and reached Rapunzel first

Caesar set out for Egypt at the age of fifty-three
But Cleopatra's blood was warm, her heart was young and free
And every night when Julius said good-night at three o'clock
A Roman Engineer was waiting just around the block!

Sir Francis Drake and all his ships set out for Calais Bay
They'd heard the Spanish rum fleet was headed out that way
But the Engineers had beat them, by a night and half a day,

And though they were so far away, you could still hear them say:
The Army and the Navy went out to have some fun
They went down to the taverns where the fiery liquors run
But all they found were empties for the Engineers had come
And traded all their instruments for gallon kegs of rum

An artsman and an Engineer once found a gallon can
Said the artsman, “Match me drink for drink, let's see if you're a man.”
They drank three drinks, the artsman fell, his face was turning green
But the Engineer drank on and said, “It's only gasoline!”

An Engineer once came to class so drunk and very late,
He was carrying a load that you’d expect to ship by freight.
The only things that held him up and kept on his course,
Were the boundary condition and the electromotive force!

Venus was a statue made entirely of stone
Without a stitch upon her she was naked as a bone
On seeing that she had no arms, an Engineer discoursed
“Why, the damn thing's only concrete, and should be reinforced!”

A maiden and an Engineer were sitting in the park
The Engineer was working on some research after dark
His scientific method was a marvel to observe
While his right hand held the figures, his left hand traced the curves

An Engineer from U of A went out and drank his fill.
And then came to a strip joint, 'cause he had some time to kill.
The motions that he witnessed there excited all his nerves,
And he filled eleven napkins with equations of the curves.

The fire hose by day and forty beers by night,
An engineer may never sleep and still be just as bright.
And should you ever ask him how he keeps up his routine,
he'll raise his trusty can of JOLT, smile and say “caffeine”

Late one night, an engineer was lost in work and toil,
He set off to find a darling girl to help discharge his coil
In no time at all he'd warmed her up, her resistance at a low...
They fluxed until the morning's light, when their fuses, they did blow.

A man sat in a tavern with a lovely Cambridge lass
And stared when for the nineteenth time she raised and drained her glass
he said “You've out drunk four strong men, and half the bar, my dear.”
but the maiden smiled demurely and said “I'm an engineer.”

I happened once upon a girl whose eyes were full of fire,
Her physical endowments would have made your hands perspire.
To my suprise she told me that she had never been kissed,
Her boyfriend was a tired Engineering Physicist.

My father peddles opium, my mother's on the dole
My sister used to walk the streets but now she's on parole
My brother runs a restaurant with bedrooms in the rear
But they don't even speak to me, 'cause I'm an Engineer

Fornication, Copulation, Penetration, Fuck
Rim job, reem job, nose job, blow job, cunnilingus, Suck
Eating beaver, dipping wick, taking it up the rear;
these words don't mean a thing to me cause I'm an engineer

An engineer and his girlfriend were lying on a bed
She reached down to unzip his fly so she could give him head
But when she wouldn't swallow, the engineer did shout
“How can you say you love me if you spit my children out!”

My father was a miner from the Northern Malamute
My mother was a mistress in a house of ill repute
They kicked me out at the age of 5 and never shed a tear
So I said to Hell with them and I joined the Engineers!

Now you’ve heard our story and you know we’re Engineers,
And like all jolly good fellows we drink our whisky clear
We drink to every fellow who comes from far and near
‘Cause we’re a HELL-OF-A, HELL-OF-A, HELL-OF-A, HELL-OF-A
HELL-OF-AN-ENGINEER!

c2004. Untitled MS-Word songbook from the website for the Mechanical
Engineering Club at the University of Alberta, Canada.


Retrieved Nov 7, 2007 from : www.mece.ualberta.ca/~mececlub/Song%20book.doc

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16 May 25 - 08:22 AM (#4222618)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

Engineers

We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the engineers.
We can, we can, we can, we can drink all of forty beers.
Drink up, drink up, drink up, drink up, and come
along with us,
for we don't give a damn for any man who don't give
a damn for us.

My father was a miner on the upper Malamute.
My mother was a hostess in the house of ill repute.
And at the tender age of three, they threw me on my ear,
And there was nothing left for me to do but become
an engineer.

The Hard Verse
We are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are,
We are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are,
We are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are,
We are, we are, we are.

Special Hockey Verse
Sieve, Sieve, Sieve, Sieve, Sieve,
Sieve, Sieve, Sieve, Sieve, Sieve,
Sieve, Sieve, Sieve, Sieve, Sieve,
Sieve, Sieve, Sieve, Sieve, Sieve

Well, that's all of the normal verses, but recently I've
had some requests for the rest of the verses. Well,
OK. Here they are. But don't say I didn't warn you.

Now Venus is a statue made entirely out of stone,
There's not a fig leaf on here, she's naked as a bone.
On seeing her arms were broken, an engineer discoursed,
"Why the damn thin g's broken concrete and it should be reinforced."

The Army and the Navy were looking for some fun.
Down they went to the village where the fiery liquor runs.
But all they found were empties, for the engineers had come.
They had traded all their instruments for fiery kegs of rum.

One fine day a TOOT and TWIG sat down to do a task.
They both drank pure grain alcohol from an Erlenmeyer flask.
By the time that they had finished, it had eaten through the glass,
so they shouldered up their bookbags and they headed off to class.

The Library was crowded, System 5 was down again,
so they head ed to the liquor store; bought whiskey, rum, and gin.
Then beer, wine, schnapps, and vodka, an d mixed it in a can.
After it was emp tied, they head ed for the ex am.

The snow was piled high up on the second story roof.
My truck is buried 10 ft. deep, that means I'll have to hoof.
My thumb got frostbit yesterday, I couldn't hitch a ride.
Toda y I'll take a case of Strohs, I'm not above a bribe.

You can't study at the Library, but you can down a few.
Double Bubble at the D.T. brings the weekend in on cue.
The B&B ha s pickled eggs. The Dog House beer is great.
They all keep you in a stumbling, falling, red-eyed drunken state.

A C.C. cruise is welcome every weekend of the year.
A better car, a girl or two, and lots and lots of beer.
With Spring Fling, Homecoming, and Winter Carnival.
It's a wonder anybody ever graduates at all.

I went to the Ad. Building to drop a class or two,
And pay a bill and see the Dean was all I had to do.
I wandered 'round in circles for forty nights and days,
Without a way that leads out. It's the world's perfect maze.

Now the girls at MTU, well they're few and far between,
There are ten men here for e very girl, it's a ratio that's obscene.
And all the girls have waiting lists, of this you can be sure.
So a trip back home to Detroit remains the only cure.

The Techmen and the Co-eds they were looking for some beer.
Spanky's bar was well supplied of this they had no fear.
When the TOOTS walked into Spanky's they all let out a roar,
For the barmaid there was something they had never seen before.

My mother was a miner on the upper Malamute.
My father was a pervert in a house of ill repute.
They taught me how to belch and chug and truly be uncouth,
And when they didn't know the score they called for Uncle Ruth.

I left my home town high school to come to MTU.
They told me it was north of here and that was all I knew.
For 50 days and fifty nights I drove thu sleet and snow.
But now I'm at the North Pole and there's no where left to go.

I came to Mother Wadsworth in the fall of '63.
I found I had three roomates that were just as gross as me.
And all throughout that mighty year, we had ourselves a b all.
With what we knew we didn't need the local girls at all.

We make our hom e in Wadsworth Hall, they pac us three per room.
It sometimes gets disgusting, but we're never long in gloom.
They call us gross, degenerate, and Minnesota crude.
We pass the time belching, chewing snuff, and being lewd.

I decided Tech life was the kind of life for me.
I bought a Jeep, a pair of skis, and a TI-53.
I braved the cold, the dorm food, and lack of women here.
I lived like a monk, became a drunk, and a damn good engineer.

PDF songbook titled "Michigan Tech Cheers".

Retrieved Nov 7, 2007 from http://dawgs.students.mtu.edu/Docs/allsongs.pdf

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17 May 25 - 07:33 AM (#4222690)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

The Engineer Song
Submitted By: CPL Miller

Chorus:
We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the Engineers.
We can, we can, we can, we can demolish 40 beers.
Drink up, drink up, drink up, drink up and come along with us
Cause we dont give a damn about any old man who dont give a damn about us!

My father was a miner in the upper Malamute
My mother was a hostess in a house of ill repute.
They kicked me out of house and home, but in my tender years
So I told em all to go to hell and joined the Engineers!

Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride.
Showing all the villagers her lovely lilly hide.
The most observant fellow was a Engineer of course,
Hes the only one that noticed that Godiva rode a horse!

(Chorus)

"I've come a long long way" she said, "and go as long and far"
With the man who'll help me off my horse and to a bar.
The men who helped her off her horse and stood her to a beer,
Were a bleary eyed suveyor and a drunken Engineer!

(chorus)

A tanker and a Engineer were drinkin from a can,
The tanker to the Engineer "Out drink me if you can!".
The tanker took one drink and then he started turning green,
But the Engineer kept drinking it was only gasoline!

(chorus)

The Air Force and the Navy came to town to have some fun,
Down into the taverns where the fiery liquors run.
But all they found was broken glass, the Engineers had come.
The traded junk filled demo bags for gallon kegs of rum!

(chorus)

Now Venus was a statue made entirely of stone.
Not a fig leaf on her, she was naked to the bone.
And seeing that her arms were gone, two Engineers discoursed,
"Of course the damn things broken,and it should be reinforced"

(chorus)

Ceaser went to Egypt at the age of 53,
Cleopatra's blood was warm,her heart was young and it was free
But every night when Julie left the house at 3 o'clock,
There was a Roman Engineer awaiting just around the block!

(chorus)

Sir Francis Drake and all his men set out for Misery Bay,
They heard the Spanish Rum Fleet was a headin' out that way.
But the Engineers had bet them by a night and half a day,
And though as drunk as hooligans you could still here them say

(chorus)

We lay down all their roling roads, we cut down all their trees
And if the orders ever come, we'd forge the raging seas.
When ever they want to seep a while, we put them up a town,
And we build the basted bridges so the Infantry wont drown!

(chorus)

We put them over rivers and across the mountains streems,
Do everything but tuck them in, and wish them pleasant dreams.
When the goings realy tough, and bombs do burst their ears,
The whole divisions quick to say, "GOD SEND THE ENGINEERS!"

(chorus)

We build and bow your bridges and fix your roads up, too.
There aren't too many things in life an Engineer cant do.
You never seem to need us till your minds are full of fear,
Then the first thing that you call for are the Combat Engineer

(chorus)

We build and guard your barriers, we build your bunkers too.
And each and every we prove what Engineers can do.
For in the thick of every fight, the cry has been for years,
"Come dear the path, save our ass, you Combat Engineers!!!"

(chorus)

U.S. Army Marching and Running Cadences. Version 1.07 (Release
date Oct 8, 2003). Collected by ArmyStudyGuide.com. PDF file. pp.34-35.
In the marching cadences section of the PDF.

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17 May 25 - 02:47 PM (#4222724)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

"We are the Royal Engineers..." to the tune of "John Brown Body" in a pub in England.


See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqQN5EezRbU

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17 May 25 - 02:57 PM (#4222725)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip


Another "We are the Royal Engineers" to the tune of "John Brown's
Body" in the London Underground.


See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez7ZXaZCM28

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17 May 25 - 07:19 PM (#4222745)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

Battle Hymn of the Engineers
by RALLY POINT

We are, we are, we are, we are, the ENGINEER'S
we can, we can, we can, we can, demolish forty beers
Drink up, drink up, drink up, drink up and come along with us
Cuz we don’t give a damn, for any Old Man,
Who don’t give a damn about us

Verses:

A tanker and an ENGINEER once found a gallon can
Said the tanker to the ENGINEER "Out drink me if you can!"
The tanker took three drinks and died, his face was turning green.
But the ENGINEER kept drinking, it was only gasoline.

My father was a miner on the upper Malamute,
My mother was a hostess in a house of ill repute.
When I was only sixteen years, she shouted loud and clear
Get out of the house, become a man, and join the ENGINEERS!

The Air Force and the Navy came to town to have some fun
Down to the taverns where the fiery liquors run
But all they found was broken glass, the Engineers had come
And traded junk filled demo bags for gallon kegs of rum

We plan and guard your barriers, and we build your bunkers too,
And each and every war we prove what the ENGINEERS can do.
For in the thick of every fight, the cry has been for years
Come clear the pass, and save our ass, you Combat ENGINEERS.

2011(?). "Battle Hymn of the Engineers", on the Hooah CD by Rally
Point [Justin List]. British singer with "John Brown's Body" tune.


Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziwAs7ymfMc

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17 May 25 - 07:41 PM (#4222748)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

Correction. The singer of "Battle Hymn of the Engineers above is an American."

The Engineers Drinking Song

Well, 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 drink rum drink rum drink rum all day
And come along with us,
For we don’t give a damn for any old man
Who don’t give a damn for us.

Well, Godiva was a lady,
Who through the town did ride,
With nothing but her long black hair
To cover up her hide.
And when the show was over,
An engineer of course
Was the only one to notice
That Godiva rode a horse.

[chorus]

Well Smith is run by Wellesley,
And Wellesley’s run by Yale.
Yale is run by Radcliffe,
And Radcliffe’s run by tail.
Harvard’s run by stiff pricks,
The kind you raise by hand,
But Tech is run by engineers,
The finest in the land.

[chorus]

Transcribed from the youtube video uploaded Aug 31, 2019. He learned
this song the very first night at MIT in 1971. The tune is the
"Rambling Wreck".


See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_wJEWHkjz0

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17 May 25 - 09:39 PM (#4222752)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

LADY GODIVA

Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride,
To show the royal villages her fine and pure white hide.
The most observant man of all, an engineer of course
Was the only man who noticed that Godiva rode a horse

CHORUS: 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, 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.

She said, "I've come a long, long way and I will go as far
With the man who takes from me his horse and leads me to a bar
the man who too her from her steed and led her to a bar,
Was a bleary eyed survivor and drunken engineer.

My father was a miner from the northern malamute,
My mother was a mistress of a house of ill repute,
The last time I saw them, these words rang in my ears,
Go to MIT you son of a B_____ and join the engineers.

The Army and the Navy went out to have some fun,
They went down to the taverns where fiery liquors run,
But all they found where empties for the engineers had come,
And traded all their instruments for gallon kegs of rum.

Sir Francis Drake and all his ships set out for Calais way,
They heard that the Spanish rum fleet was headed out there way,
[ - - - - Two lines over typed and ineligible - - - ]

Venus was a statue made entirely of stone,
Without a stitch upon her, she as naked as a bone,
On seeing that she had no clothes an engineer discoursed,
why the damn thing's only concrete and should be reinforced.

Princeton's run by Wellesly, Wellesley's run by Yale,
Yale is run by Vassar; and Vassar's run by tail,
Harvard's run by stiff pricks, the kind you raise by hand,
But Tech is run by engineers, the finest in the land!!!!!

If e should find a Harvard man within our sacred walls,
We'll take him up to physics lab and amputate his balls,
And if he hollars Uncle, I'll tell you what we'll do,
We'll stuff his ass with broken glass and seal it up with glue.

MIT was MIT when Harvard was a pup,
And Mit will be MIT when Harvard's busted up
And any Harvard son of a bitch who thinks he's in our class,
Can pucker up his rosy lips and kiss the beaver's ass.

A maiden and an engineer were sitting in the park,
The engineer was working on some research after dark.
His scientific method was a marvel to observe,
While his right hand wrote the figures, his left hand traced the curves.

1962. The One The Only Baker House Super Duper Extra Crude
Song Book. Baker House is a residence on the campus of MIT.


See here: https://archive.org/details/1962-the-one-the-only-baker-house-super-duper-extra-crude-song-book

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17 May 25 - 10:18 PM (#4222754)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

Two noteworthy traditions characterized engin-
eering student life in the 1970s. One was the annual
set of freshmen rituals, which encompassed many
activities including the Lady Godiva ride and the
freshmen parade. Lady Godiva was the name
given to a tradition that began each academic
year in which engineering students hired a scantily
clad woman to ride on a horse around campus.
Beer drinking was a major part of the festivities,
which allegedly ended with a male student having
sex with the woman. On these occasions, the few
women students including Gwen were warned by
some men not to attend because `the guys get
loaded up and get all horny and crazy and you're
just not safe there.' In the freshmen parade, all new
students were taught the traditional song which
symbolized their initiation into engineering student
life. Gwen reflects on the lyrics she sang in order to
be accepted and form `part of the gang':

`We are, we are, we are the engineers, We can, we can,
we can demolish 40 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.'

This is hardly inspirational music or language, or
anything that one should aspire to as part of becom-
ing a whole and enlightened person. It's at a lower
level. It can be in some respects, considered fun, but
it's the lowest form of fun. There's nothing emotion-
ally, intellectually or psychologically uplifting. It
tends to pull one down in terms of consciousness.

"Women Engineering Graduates from the 1970s, 80s and 90s:
Constraints and Possibilities of a Non-Traditional Career Path*" by
SANDRA INGRAM

Gwen went to an unnamed North American university to study engineering
in 1971.

Retireved from here: https://www.ijee.ie/articles/Vol22-2/08_Ijee1739.pdf

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17 May 25 - 10:36 PM (#4222759)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

THE ENGINEER SONG
Version before 2021

We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the Engineers.
We can, we can, we can, we can demolish forty beers.
So come, so come, so come, so come, so come along with us,
for we don't give a damn for any old man who don't give a damn for us.

Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride,
a'showing all the villagers her lovely lily-white hide.
The most observant villager, an Engineer of course,
was the only one who noticed that Godiva rode a horse.

CHORUS

I've come a long, long way she said and would go again as far
for the man who'd take me off my horse and lead me to the bar.
The man who took her off her steed and led her to her beer
was a blurry eyed surveyor and a drunken Engineer.

CHORUS

The Engineers of Peter The Great, who was a Russian Czar,
While remodeling the palace, put a throne room in the bar.
He lined the walls with vodka, rum, and 40 kinds of beer, and
Advanced the Russian culture by one hundred and seven years.

CHORUS

We did a piss-poor job upon the timber trestle bridge.
We lost the fourth platoon out a'fighting on the ridge.
We zeroed in our rifles with precision and with care,
but when we fired for record Maggie's drawers were in the air.
CHORUS

An Engineer and his lady were spooning in the park.
The Engineer and his lady were spooning in the dark.
His scientific manner was a wonder to behold
for his left hand took the readings while his right hand turned the knobs.

CHORUS

Venus was a lady made entirely of stone,
There's not a fig leaf on her. She's as naked as a bone.
On seeing her misfortune an Engineer discoursed,
She's a broken hunk of concrete and she should be reinforced.

CHORUS

The Engineers and the Infantry were downing a gallon can.
The Infantry said to the Engineers, "Out-drink us if you can."
The Infantry they took three drinks and died a ghastly green.
But the Engineers kept drinking, HELL it was only gasoline.

CHORUS

(The last verse is sung slowly and with GREAT feeling.)
My father was a miner on the Upper Malamute.
My mother was a hostess in a house of ill repute.
My brothers all were fairies and my sisters all were queers.
So I told them all to go to HELL and joined the Engineers.

CHORUS

Text retrieved from PDF May 17, 2025 from here:

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/f9e74eae-dc6c-4dc4-92b6-34778701bcf9/downloads/EngineerSong%2C%20Traditional.pdf

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17 May 25 - 10:54 PM (#4222761)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

THE ENGINEER'S SONG

CHORUS (Sung after each verse)
We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the Engineers,
We can, we can, we can, we can, demolish forty beers.
Drink up, drink up, drink up, drink up, and come along with us,
For we don't give a damn for any old man, who don't give a
damn for us.

My father was a miner on the upper Malamute
My mother was a hostess In a house of Ill repute
They threw me out of the house and home while in my tender years
So I told them all to go to hell and Joined the Engineers

Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride
Showing all the villagers her lovely, lily hide
The most observant fellow was an Engineer of course
He's the only one that noticed that Godiva rode a horse

I've come a long, long way she said and I'll go as long and far
With the man who'll help me off my horse and lead me to a bar
A bleary-eyed surveyor and a drunken Engineer
Helped Godiva off her horse and they stood her to a beer

Julius Caesar went to Egypt at the age of fifty three
Cleopatra's blood was warm, her heart was young and free
But every night when Julie left her house at three o'clock
There was a Roman Engineer awaiting Just around the block

Sir Francis Drake and all his men put out at Misery Bay
They heard the Spanish Rum Fleet was aheading out that way
But the Engineers had beat them by a night and a half a day
And though as drunk as hooligans you still could hear them say:

Venus Is a statue made entirely out of stone
There's not a fig leaf on her, she's as naked as a bone
On observing her condition an Engineer discoursed
She's a broken hunk of concrete and she should be reinforced

An Engineer and his girlfriend were sitting in the park
The Engineer was doing some research after dark
His scientific method was a marvel to observe
While his right hand took the figures down his left hand traced
the curves

An Engineer and a tanker once downed a gallon can
Said the tanker to the Engineer, "Out drink me If you can"
The tanker took three drinks and died, his face was turning green
But the Engineer kept drinking - it was only gasoline

The Air Force and the Navy came to town to have some fun
Down by the taverns where the firey liquors run
But all they found was broken glass, the Engineers had come
And traded all their Instruments for gallon kegs of rum

We did a piss-poor Job on a timber trestle bridge
We lost our third platoon while fighting on the ridge
We zeroed In our weapons with accuracy and care
But when we fired for record, Maggles drawers were In the air

We lay down all their rolling roads and cut down all their trees
And If the order ever comes, we'd ford the raging seas
Whenever they want to sleep awhile, we put up a town
And we build the blasted bridges so the Infantry won't drown

We put them over rivers and across the mountain streams
Do everything but tuck them In and wish them pleasant dreams
And when the going's really tough and shells burst In our ears
The whole Division's apt to say, "GOD, SEND FOR ENGINEERS!"

307TH ENGINEER BATTALION: PROP BLAST -- AN AIRBORNE TRADITION by Lieutenant
Colonel Robert J. Melchior. United States Army. April 24, 1991.


Retrieved from here: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA237079.pdf">https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA237079.pdf

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17 May 25 - 11:01 PM (#4222763)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

“We are! We are! We are the engineers!”
[Hand written on a very old photo.]

Photo caption reads: "U of S engineering students pose with surveying equipment in 1914."

Photo reproduced in the following PDF. See here: https://www.apegs.ca/assets/2010-apegs-annual-report.pdf

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18 May 25 - 06:52 AM (#4222780)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

This is probably not exactly what you were looking for but...

It just happens that Lady Godiva is the adopted patron saint(OK, maybe
not a saint) of the engineering school at the University of Toronto.
In fact, the engineering band is called The Lady Godiva Band and they
have a Lady Godiva theme song. Memorizing the lyrics and being able
to sing this song anywhere, anytime was an essential part of
obtaining an engineering degree. Remember, this was essentially a
university drinking song, so it improves, at least in the minds of
the singers, in direct proportion to the amount of alcohol consumed.

The U of T Lady Godiva Band Song
(Sung to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Repbulic)

Godiva was a Lady who through Coventry did ride
To show to all the villagers her proud and lilly white hide
The most observant villager, and Engineer of course
Was the only one to notice that Godiva rode a horse

Chorus:
We are, we are, we are, we are, we are, The Engineers
We can, we can, we can, we can, we can, demolish 40 beers
Drink rum, drink rum, drink run, drink rum & come along with us
For we don't give a damn for any damn man who don't give a damn for us

Said she, "I've come a long, long way & I will go as far"
"With the man who lifts me from this horse & leads me to a bar"
The only two to take her up & stand her to a beer
Were a bleary-eyed Surveyor & a drunken Engineer

(Chorus)

(Repeat as necessary until your voice gives out and/or until the beer's gone)

There's probably more, but if there is I no longer remember it.

Posted by Dave T on Feb 16, 1999 to the mudcat thread Lady Godiva songs.


See here: https://mudcat.org/detail_pf.cfm?messages__Message_ID=58839

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18 May 25 - 10:29 AM (#4222785)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

LADY GODIVA

Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride,
To show the royal villagers her fine and pure white hide.
The most observant man of all, an engineer of course,
Was the only man who noticed that Godiva rode a horse.

CHORUS:
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, drink rum, drink rum boys and come along with us,
For we don't give a damn for any damn man who don't give a damn for us

She said, "I've come a long, long way and I will go as far
With the man that takes me from this horse and leads me to a bar,
The man who took her from her steed and led her to a bar
Was a bleary-eyed survivor and a drunken engineer.
CHORUS:

My father was a miner from the northern malamute,
My mother was the mistress of a house ofii11 repute,
The last time that I saw them, these words rang in my ears,
Go to MIT you son of a B and join the engineers.
CHORUS:

The Army and the Navy went out to have some fun,
They went down to the taverns Where fiery liquors run,
But all they found were empties for the engineers had come
And traded all their instruments for gallon kegs of rum.
CHORUS:

Sir Francis Drake and all Eris ships set out for Calais Bay,
They heard the Spanish rum fleet was headed out their way,
But the engineers had beat them by a night and half a day
And though drunk as Ptarmigans, you still could hear them say:
CHORUS:

Venus was a statue made entirely of stone
Without a stitch upon her, she was naked as a bone,
On seeing that she had no clothes an engineer discoursed,
Why the damn things only concrete and should be reinforced.
CHORUS

Princeton's run by Wellesley, Wellesley's run by Yale,
Yale is run by Vassar, and Vassar's run by tail,
Harvard's run by stiff pricks, the kind you raise by hand,
But Tech is run by Engineers, the finest in the land.
CHORUS:

If we should find a Harvard man within our assured walls,
We'll take him to the physics lab and amputate his balls,
And if he hollers Uncle, I'll tell you what we'll do,
We'll stuff hiss ass with broken glass and seal it up with glue.
CHORUS:

M.I.T. was M.I.T. when Harvard was a pup,
And M.I.T. will be M.I.T. when Harvard's busted up,
And any Harvard son of a bitch who thinks he's in our class,
Can pucker up his rosey lips and kiss the beaver's ass.
CHORUS

A maiden and an engineer were sitting in the park,
The engineer was working on some research after dark,
His scientific method was a marvel to observe,
While his right hand wrote the figures, his left hand traced the curves
CHORUS:

[1962]. The East Campus Song Book. pp 14-5.



Available on the MIT website here:: https://ec.mit.edu/media/pdf/1962-TheEastCampusSongBook.pdf

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18 May 25 - 12:34 PM (#4222796)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

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

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18 May 25 - 01:44 PM (#4222800)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

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

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18 May 25 - 02:36 PM (#4222803)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

THE ENGINEERS SONG

CHORUS
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, DRINK RUM, DRINK RUM AND COME ALONG WITH US,
FOR WE DON’T GIVE A DAMN FOR ANY OLD MAN WHO DON’T GIVE A DAMN FOR
US.

My father was a hunter practising to shoot
My mother was a mistress from a house of ill repute
The last time that I saw them these words rang in my ear
Get out of here you son of a bitch and join the Engineers.

A maiden and an engineer were sitting in the park
The engineer was busy doing research after dark
His scientific method was a marvel to observe
While his right hand wrote the figures his left hand traced the curve.

Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride
To show the local citizens the colour of her hide
My father who was standing there an engineer of course
Was the only one noticed that Godiva rode a horse.
                
She said "I've come a long way and I will go as far
With the man who takes me from this horse and takes me to a bar"
The man who took her from her horse and shouted her a beer
was a well dressed perfect gentleman***a drunken engineer.

Moses was a baby, in a basket he was found,
By the Pharaoh's daughter with the rushes all around,
She showed him to her father who gave a mighty sneer
He said the little basket is the work of an engineer.

Kinsey was a doctor who wrote a long report
On sex and other forms of sport
He said that 66% of us all are really very queer
The other 24% are bloody Engineers.

Sabrina was a lady with a 42 inch bust
Structurally unstable and insecurely trussed
The local Council said that wasn't right
So they sent an engineer to inspect her every night.

The Army and the Navy were out to have some fun
Down at the local pub where the firely liquors run
But all they found were empties, for the Engineers had come
And traded their instruments in for gallon kegs of rum.

Francis Drake and all his ships set out for Cadiz Bay
They heard the Spanish Rum Fleet was heading that way
But the Engineers had them beat by a night and half a day
And though they drank for all that time, you still could hear them
say ********

Now Caesar went to Egypt at the age of fifty three
But Cleopatra's heart was warm and young and free
And every night when Julius said "Good Night" at 3 o'clock
There was a Roman Engineer waiting around the Block.


She wears her silk pyjamas in the summer when it's hot,
She wears her wool pyjamas in the winter when it's not,
But sometimes in the springtime and sometimes in the fall,
She slips between the sheets with nothing on at all.
Glory how I'd like to be there
Glory how I'd like to be there
Glory how I'd like to be there
In the springtime and the fall.

c2002. The RAE Waterloo Dinner. p.17. MS-Word document with
history and songs of the Royal Australian Engineers. The tune is not
indicated but the "She wears her silk pyjamas..." is universally sung
to "John Brown's Body". I converted the word document to PDF for
archival purposes.


See here: https://www.horntip.com/html/books_&_MSS/2000s/2002ca_RAE_songs_and_cadences_(WORD)/2002ca_rae_songs_and_cadences.pdf

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18 May 25 - 03:24 PM (#4222805)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

WE ARE THE ENGINEERS S. 107

Sir Fracís Drake and all his crew
set sail for Galway Bay
to meet the Spanish Rumfleet,
that was heading buy the way.
The engineers gave cut them short
by a night and half a day.
Although they’re drunk like hooligans,
you still can hear them say.

We are, we are, we are, we are the engineers …

Godiva was a lady
that through Coventry did ride
to show to all the villagers
her skin so pure and white.
The most observing man in town,
an engineer of course,
Was the only one that noticed
that Godiva road a a hoarse.

We are, we are, we are, we are the engineers …

‘I’ve come a long way’, she said,
’a man may go as far.
And get me off this bloody horse
and lead me to the bar!’
The man that get her off her horse
and stood with her to beer,
Were a bloodshoteyed surveyor
and a drunken engineer.

We are, we are, we are, we are the engineers …

Taskumatin lisälehdillä: Epävirallinen lisäannos,kun Taskumatti ei riitä.   
Finnish ms-word songbook. Primarily filled with Finnish songs the few
in English are drinking songs often bawdy. p.45


Retrieved Nov 7, 2007 from here: http://leevi.kapsi.fi/vk/taskumatti+_2puol.doc

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20 May 25 - 07:01 AM (#4222899)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We are the Engineers
From: Jack Horntip

"We are the Royal Engineers" to the tune of "John Brown's Body".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvZfAs6rw24


Contains variant and new verses up to the Gulf War in Iraq.

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