The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts,
They blasted and dug with their sweat and their guts
They never drank water but whiskey by pints
And the shanty towns rang with their songs and their fights.
Navigator, Navigator rise up and be strong
The morning is here and there's work to be done.
Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamite
For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight
Yes to shift a few tons of this earthly delight.
They died in their hundreds with no sign to mark where
whiskey
where
their
sweat
strong
sleep
shift
shanty
there
pints
still
drank
earthly
darkness
peace
death
canals
empire
commerce
while
water
towns
morning
supply
bridges
fortunes
delight
buried
brass
fights
dynamite
shovel
entrepreneur
hundreds
landslide
which
blasted
navigator
songs
never
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