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- "Godiva's Hymn", "Engineer's Hymn" or "Engineers' Drinking Song" is a traditional drinking song for North American engineers. Versions of it have been associated with the Army Corps of Engineers, as well as MIT, MTU, and various other universities, and is now often performed by the MIT a cappella group The Chorallaries. In many university engineering faculties, military engineering corps and other engineering organizations and societies, Lady Godiva is a school icon or mascot. Godiva's Hymn is sung either to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" or "The Son of a Gambolier". Near Christmas, it is a tradition of the Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad (sic) of the University of Toronto to sing Godiva's Hymn to the tune of Good King Wenceslaus. One Version of the Chorus is as follows: 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 for--We don't give a damn for any old man--Who don't give a damn for us-- Five of Godiva's Verses: Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride--To show to all the villagers her fine and lily-white hide--The most observant villager, an engineer of course--Was the only one to notice that Godiva rode a horse-- Professors put demands on us, they say we have to tool,--But all we want to do is sleep, we hate this fucking school.--You can bitch or tell us off, even abuse us if you please,--But we're all set to graduate, and all we need are C's!-- Venus is a statue made entirely of stone,--There's not a fig leaf on her, she's as naked as a bone.--On noticing her arms were gone, an Engineer discoursed,--"The damn thing's busted concrete and it should be reinforced."-- An Engineer once came to class so drunk and very late,--He stumbled through the lecture hall at an ever-diminishing rate.--The only things that held him up and kept him on his course,--Were the boundary condition and the electromotive force.-- (en)
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- "Godiva's Hymn", "Engineer's Hymn" or "Engineers' Drinking Song" is a traditional drinking song for North American engineers. Versions of it have been associated with the Army Corps of Engineers, as well as MIT, MTU, and various other universities, and is now often performed by the MIT a cappella group The Chorallaries. In many university engineering faculties, military engineering corps and other engineering organizations and societies, Lady Godiva is a school icon or mascot. One Version of the Chorus is as follows: Five of Godiva's Verses: (en)
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