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<p>128.189.69.121: You might want to beef up your security</p> <hr /> <div>'''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. <br /> <br /> The Hymn is usually sung to the tune of &quot;The Battle Hymn of the Republic&quot;, 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.<br /> <br /> 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. &lt;p&gt;<br /> &lt;h2&gt;Chorus&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the Engineers,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;We can, we can, we can, we can demolish forty beers.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Drink rum, drink rum, drink rum, drink rum, so come along with us,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;For we don't give a damn for any damn man, who don't give a damn for us.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;h2&gt;Verses about Godiva&lt;/h2&gt;''The first verse is always sung first before the chorus, typically followed by the second. After that it's anyone's game!''<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;To show to all the villagers her fine and lily-white hide.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;The most observant villager, an Engineer of course,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Was the only one to notice that Godiva rode a horse.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Said she, &quot;I’ve come a long, long way, and I will go as far,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;With the man who takes me from this horse, and leads me to a bar.&quot;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;The men who took her from her steed, and led her to a beer,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Were a bleary-eyed Surveyor and a drunken Engineer.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Godiva woke next morning and she had an awful head,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Decided to be sensible and spend the day in bed.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;The only ones to visit her and bring her lots of cheer,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Were a broken-down Surveyor and a bloodshot Engineer.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Godiva died and where she fell a bench marks the spot,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;In any Engineering text, its level can be got.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;And up in Heaven, every day Godiva craves for beer,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But she'll have to wait until the gates let in the Engineers&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Godiva was a lady well-endowed, of that there was no doubt.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;She never wore a stitch of clothes, just wound her hair about.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;The first man who ever made her was an Engineer of course,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But on just one drink, and Artsie fink once made Godiva's horse.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;h2&gt;Female Verse&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;We are, we are, we are, we are the female Engineers,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;We can, we can, we can, we can demolish twice as many beers.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;So cum, so cum, so cum, so cum, so cum all over us,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;For we don't give a damn about any damn man that can't get it up for us.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;A firehose by day and forty beers by night,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;An engineer may never sleep but still stay just as bright,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;And if you ever ask her how she keeps up her routine,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;She'll raise her trust can of Jolt, smile and say 'Caffeine!'&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;A man sat in a tavern with a lovely looking lass&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;And stared when for the nineteenth time she raised and drank her glass&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&quot;You've out-drunk four strong men, and half the bar my dear&quot;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;The maiden smiled sweetly, said &quot;I'm an Engineer!&quot;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;I happened once upon a maid whose eyes were full of fire, &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Her physical endowments would make your hands perspire,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;She shocked us when she told us that she never had been kissed,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;For her boyfriend was a worn-out Engineering Scientist.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;At the Arts Quad at our school there are many untruths told&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;'bout how female engineers are frigid, strange, and cold,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But truth be told men look for lady engineers of course,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;And sleep with girls who study friction, motion, stress and force.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;h2&gt;Version française&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Nous sommes, nous sommes, nous sommes, nous sommes les ingénieurs français&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Quand on a fini de boire la bière, on sort le Bourgelais&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;On boit sans fin, on fait la fête et les filles nous adorent&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Rien de mieux que la langue française pour stimuler un corps.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;h2&gt;Politically Correct Verse&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the Engineers,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;We can, we can, we can, we fix anything with gears.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;We work real hard, we play real hard, so come along with us,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;For we don't give a damn for any damn man, who don't give a damn for us.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;h2&gt;Pubcrawl Verse&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;We're lost, we're lost, we're lost, we're lost, we don't know where we are,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;We want, we want, we want, we want, we want to find a bar.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come along with us,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;For we don't know where the hell we are but fuck we're on a bus!&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;h2&gt;Verses about Engineering and University&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Professors put demands on us, they say we have to tool,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But all we want to do is sleep, we hate this fucking school.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;You can bitch or tell us off, even abuse us if you please,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But we're all set to graduate, and all we need are C's!&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Venus is a statue made entirely of stone,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;There's not a fig leaf on her, she's as naked as a bone.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;On noticing her arms were gone, an Engineer discoursed,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&quot;The damn thing's busted concrete and it should be reinforced.&quot;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;An Engineer once came to class so drunk and very late,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;He stumbled through the lecture hall at an ever-diminishing rate.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;The only things that held him up and kept him on his course,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Were the boundary condition and the electromotive force.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;An Engineer from UBC once found the gates of Hell,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;They looked the devil in the eye and said, &quot;You're looking well.&quot;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Satan just returned the glare and said, &quot;Why visit me?&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;You've been through Hell already, since you went to UBC!&quot;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;h2&gt;Verses about Disciplines&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;A Comp and an Elec did battle outside Bahen hall,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Students gathered round to watch the two great students brawl.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;The Elec spoke of flux and fields for a minute, two or three,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But the Comp kept rambling on and on and on recursively!&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;All Eng Phys types in second year are really in a plight,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;They're the masochistic ones, who haven't seen the light,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;After two more years they will all be just as brain dead,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;As any first year Civil Engineering cement head.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;I happened once upon a girl, who eyes were full of fire,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Her physical endowments would have made your hands perspire.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&quot;To my surprise she told me that she never had been kissed,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Her boyfriend was a tired Engineering scientist.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;h2&gt;Verses about other faculties and artsies&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;An Artsie and an Engineer once found a gallon can,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Said the Artsie, “Match me drink for drink as long as you can stand.”&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;They took three drinks, the Artsie fell, his face was turning green,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But the Engineer drank on and said, &quot;It's only gasoline&quot;!&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;An Artsie and an Engineer were stranded on a boat,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;One man above capacity, the poor thing would not float.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;The Engineer would flip a coin to settle the dispute,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;So he flipped it in the water and the Artsie gave pursuit.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;The Army and the Navy boys went out to have some fun,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Down at the local tavern where the fiery liquors run.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But all they found were empties for the Engineers had come,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;And traded all their instruments for gallon jugs of rum.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Professors put demands on us, they say we have to tool,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But all we want to do is sleep, we hate this fucking school.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;You can bitch or tell us off, even abuse us if you please,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But we're all set to graduate and all we need are C's.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;A wide-eyed Artsie Chemist and a Chemical Engineer,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Were formulating molecule equations over beer.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Each drank a glass of water, but the Artsie hit the floor,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;For what he thought was H2O was H2SO4.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;On reading Karma Sutra, a guy learned position nine&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;For proving masculinity, it truly was divine.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But then one day the girl rebelled and threw him on his rear,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;For he was a feeble artsie and she was an Engineer.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;So now you’ve heard our story and you know we are the Engineers,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;And when we all shall graduate, we’ll all have great careers.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;An Engineer’s starting wage can pull in 60 G’s,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;While an Artsie with a PHD can work at Mickey D’s.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;h2&gt;Verses from Skule history&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;The [[Jerry P. Potts trophy]] for the [[chariot race]] at Skule™&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Had been stolen from the fold but Mario said, &quot;Dis ain't cool&quot;.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;So Mario recovered it, returned it to the throngs,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;On the condition that the Skule™ mates sing his praises in their song.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Joe E. Skule™'s 100 but he has a heart of gold;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;He gave the meds his [[Skulehouse]] when it was 94 years old.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;The meds were very grateful, but they have problems with precision,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;For they use those T-squares and dividers when making their incisions.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;For 50 years the engineers at Queens' have had our pole,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;From Varsity they took it, and their F!rosh week was its role;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But 28 of our own went down, and with a cunning plan&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;[[Queen's Grease Pole Liberation (2000)|We opened up an unlocked door and brought it home again]]!&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;h2&gt;Naughty, suggestive, or verses in somewhat bad taste&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;A maiden and an Engineer were sitting in the park,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;The Engineer was busy doing research after dark.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;His scientific method was a marvel to observe,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;While his right hand wrote the figures down, his left hand traced the curves.<br /> &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;My father peddles opium, my mother's on the dole,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;My sister used to walk the streets but now she's on parole,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;My brother runs a restaurant with bedrooms in the rear,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But they don't even speak to me 'cause I'm an Engineer.<br /> &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Fornication, Copulation, Penetration, Fuck&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Rim job, reem job, nose job, blow job, cunnilingus, Suck&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Eating beaver, dipping wick, taking it up the rear;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;These words don't mean a thing to me cause I'm an engineer!<br /> &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;h2&gt;Verses about fictional engineers&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Said Spock to Captain Kirk &quot;the logic you cannot refute,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;the odds of our survival are so small I can't compute.&quot;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Said Kirk &quot;Oh no! We all shall die!&quot; but then he gave a cheer,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;For he just remembered Scotty was the resident engineer!&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;h2&gt;Verses about history and mythology&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Sir Francis Drake and all his men set out for Calais Bay,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;They'd heard the Spanish Rum fleet was headed up that way.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But the Engineers had beat them by a night and half a day,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;And though as drunk as they could be, you still could hear them say...&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Caesar went to Egypt at the age of fifty-three,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Cleopatra's blood was warm, her heart was young and free.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;And every night when Julius said goodnight at three o'clock,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;A Roman Engineer was waiting just around the block.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Rapunzel let her hair down for two suitors down below,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;So one of them could grab a hold and give the old heave-ho.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;The prince began to climb at once, but soon came out the worst,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;For the Engineer rode up a lift and reached Rapunzel first.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Elvis was a legend, he's the King of Rock &amp; Roll,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;But the life he was leading, well it finally took its toll,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;He realized too late that he choose the wrong career,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;So he faked his death, and came to Skule™ to become an Engineer.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> &lt;h2&gt;New Verses from Godiva Hymn Contest (2015)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;I came across a girl whose skin was glazed in purple hue,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Her aura proud, her spirit loud, her words were strong and true;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;She led a group of hundreds who were chanting far and near,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;And in my mind, I had no doubt - she led the engineers!&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;h2&gt;New Verse from Godiva Hymn Contest (2017)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;At frosh week does it all begin, with cheers and purple dye&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;And then before we know it we’ve returned from PEY&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;We made it through the many years with blood and sweat and tears&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Though time may pass we shan’t forget - I am an engineer!&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;h2&gt;Closing verse (traditional)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;Now you've heard our story and you know we're Engineers,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;We love to hate our problem sets, we love to drink our beers.&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;We drink to every person who comes here from far and near,&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;'Cause we're a HELL-OF-A, HELL-OF-A, HELL-OF -A, HELL-OF-A, HELL-OF-AN-ENGINEER!!!&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;</div>

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