Engineers Song Collection

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  Ankita Katdare

  THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS POEM
  
  They've a song about the Army
  The Navy and Marines:
  They've got one for the Air Force
  The whole darn works it seems.
  
  But they've never taken trouble
  Though we've served them all for years,
  To write a verse or two
  For the Corps of Engineers.
  
  We build their roads and airfields
  Their pipelines and their camps,
  From underground munitions dumps
  To concrete loading ramps.
  
  Before the others get there
  We had to break the ground,
  And we built it all to suit their needs
  Solid, safe and sound.
  
  But the ENGINEERS aren't kicking
  For when their moving in,
  We know it's just another place
  Where we've already been.
  
  If the Army and the Navy
  Ever look on Heaven's scene,
  'Tis said the streets will be patrolled
  By United States Marines.
  
  Now who will guard the streets up there
  We aren't disposed to say,
  But we offer this suggestion
  If they look at things that way:
  
  When the Marines have taken over
  In that land that knows no years,
  They'll find it designed and built
  By the Corps of Engineers!
  
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  Ankita Katdare

  Here's another:
  
  
  We lay down their rolling roads
  And cut down all the trees;
  And if the orders ever came,
  We'd forge the raging seas.
  
  Whenever they want to sleep awhile
  We put them up a town,
  And we build the blasted bridges
  So the Infantry won't drown.
  
  We get them over rivers
  And across mountain streams
  Do everything but tuck them in
  And wish them pleasant dreams;
  
  And when the going's really rough
  And bombs burst in their ears,
  A whole division is apt to pray,
  "God, send the Engineers!"
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  Ankita Katdare

  One more:
  
  Now the Lord of the Realms has glorified the Charge of the Light Brigade,
  And the thin red line of infantry, when will it’s glory fade?
  There are robust rhymes of the British Tars and classic Musketeers,
  But I shall sing till your eardrums ring of the muddy old Engineers.
  Now it’s all very well to fly through the air, or humour a heavy gun,
  Or ride in tanks through the ranks of the broken and shattered Hun.
  And it’s nice to think when a U-boat sinks, of the glory that outlives years,
  But whoever heard of a vaunting work for the muddy old Engineers?
  Now you must not feel as you read this rhyme that a Sapper’s a jealous knave,
  That he joined the ranks for a vote of thanks or in search of a hero’s grave.
  No, your mechanized is all right and your Tommy has darned few peers,
  But where in Hell would the lot of them be if it weren’t for the Engineers?
  Oh they look like tramps but they build your camps and sometimes lead the advance.
  And they sweat red blood to bridge the flood, to give you a fighting chance.
  But who stays behind when it gets too hot, to blow up the roads in the rear?
  Just tell your wife that you owe your life to the muddy old Engineers!
  No fancy crest is pinned on his chest; if you read what his hat badge says,
  Why “Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense”, is a queersome sort of phrase.
  But their modest claim to immortal fame has probably reached your ears,
  The first to arrive, and the last to leave, are the Glorious Engineers.
  
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  Farjand

  What are these poems doing in an engineering forum?
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  Whats In Name

  Farjand

  What are these poems doing in an engineering forum?

  Chill Farjand!
  This is a "Chillax"😁 thread, we can share anything in CE's chit chat corner.😒
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  Farjand

  I am not against anyone Whats in Name, I am only trying to say that we need to maintain the dignity of this ENGINEERING FORUM. This should not become a place to play.
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  Farjand

  Also, this thing should be stopped immidiately. Otherwise there is no meaning in technical discussions as most of the people are attracted to chit chat.
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  Whats In Name

  Farjand

  I am not against anyone Whats in Name, I am only trying to say that we need to maintain the dignity of this ENGINEERING FORUM. This should not become a place to play.

  I never said you are against anyone,😲you got the right to present your views and they are most welcome as well.I just presented my view.
  Talking technical isn't the only thing engineers do.😕
  Hope you don't mind my words.
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  Ankita Katdare

  @WIN: You got it right.
  We hope that there are no forum flames over this.
  
  This is a chillax section. Those who don't like to indulge in this may only focus on the technical section. 👍
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  Ankita Katdare

  Can we have some original compositions here? 😀