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'''Godiva's Hymn''', named after [[Lady Godiva]], also sometimes called the ''Engineer's Hymn'', is a traditional song for the celebration of engineering. It has been associated with the US Army Corps of Engineers, and is widespread across numerous engineering faculties around North America.

The Hymn is usually sung to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", and at Skule™ it is typically sang at every appearance of the Mighty [[Skule Cannon]], whereupon the Cannon is fired at the conclusion of the Hymn. After the Cannon firing, students at Skule™ usually break out into the [[Skule Yell]]. At Christmas time, the [[Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad]] has been known to sing the song to the tune of Good King Wenceslas.

While the Hymn has many verses, it is unusual for students to sing more than the typical 2-3 standard verses commemorating Lady Godiva, or, during [[F!rosh Week]], the additional verses poking fun at other faculties. Many old verses of the song, particularly the off-colour verses, have been deprecated and are rarely remembered, much less heard, on campus. During [[Godiva Week]] at Skule™, many [[Godiva's Crown]] competitors have been known to show off their mastery in memorizing obscure verses, and many have invented their own.

== Chorus ==

:We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the Engineers,

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:For we don't know where the hell we are but fuck we're on a bus!

== Verses about Engineering ==

== Verses about Engineering and University ==

:Professors put demands on us, they say we have to tool,

:But all we want to do is sleep, we hate this fucking school.

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: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.

:A U. of T. Engineer once found the gates of Hell,

:Looked the devil in the eye and said, "You're looking well."

:Satan just returned the glare and said, "Why visit me?

:You've been through Hell already, since you went to U. of T.!"

== Verses about Disciplines ==

:A Comp and an Elec did battle outside Bahen hall,

:Students gathered round to watch the two great students brawl.

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:But the Comp kept rambling on and on and on recursively!

== Verses about other faculties ==

:All Eng Sci types in second year are really in a plight,

:They're the masochistic ones, who haven't seen the light,

:After two more years they will all be just as brain dead,

:As any first year Civil Engineering cement head.

:I happened once upon a girl, who eyes were full of fire,

:Her physical endowments would have made yours hands perspire.

"To my surprise she told me that she never had been kissed,

Her boyfriend was a tired Engineering scientist.

== Verses about other faculties and artsies ==

:An Artsie and an Engineer once found a gallon can,

:Said the Artsie, “Match me drink for drink as long as you can stand.”

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:Each drank a glass of water, but the Artsie hit the floor,

:For what he thought was H2O was H2SO4.

:On reading Karma Sutra, a guy learned position nine

:For proving masculinity, it truly was divine.

:But then one day the girl rebelled and threw him on his rear,

:For he was a feeble artsie and she was an Engineer.

:So now you’ve heard our story and you know we are the Engineers,

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:An Engineer’s starting wage can pull in 60 G’s,

:While an Artsie with a PHD can work at Mickey D’s.

== Verses from Skule history ==

:The [[Jerry P. Potts trophy]] for the [[chariot race]] at Skule™

:Had been stolen from the fold but Mario said, "Dis ain't cool".

:So Mario recovered it, returned it to the throngs,

:On the condition that the Skule™ mates sing his praises in their song.

:Joe E. Skule™'s 100 but he has a heart of gold;

:He gave the meds his [[Skulehouse]] when it was 94 years old.

:The meds were very grateful, but they have problems with precision,

:For they use those T-squares and dividers when making their incisions.

:For 50 years the engineers at Queens' have had our pole,

:From Varsity they took it, and their F!rosh week was its role;

:But 28 of our own went down, and with a cunning plan

:[[Queen's Grease Pole Liberation (2000)|We opened up an unlocked door and brought it home again]]!

== Naughty, suggestive, or verses in somewhat bad taste ==

: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 down, his left hand traced the curves.

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: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!

== Verses about fictional engineers ==

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:Said Kirk "Oh no! We all shall die!" but then he gave a cheer,

:For he just remembered Scotty was the resident engineer!

== Verses about history and mythology ==

:Sir Francis Drake and all his men set out for Calais Bay,

:They'd heard the Spanish Rum fleet was headed up that way.

:But the Engineers had beat them by a night and half a day,

:And though as drunk as they could be, you still could hear them say...

:Caesar went to Egypt at the age of fifty-three,

: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.

: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.

:Elvis was a legend, he's the King of Rock & Roll,

:But the life he was leading, well it finally took its toll,

:He realized too late that he choose the wrong career,

:So he faked his death, and came to Skule™ to become an Engineer.

== New Verses from Godiva Hymn Contest (2015) ==

Godiva's Hymn: Difference between revisions

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