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Godiva's Hymn is the classic chant. Used by Engineers and engineering students across the globe, it's a time honoured tradition. McGill has a few of their own modifications we think are worth checking out.

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== Godiva's Hymm ==

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We are, we are, we are, we are, We are the Engineers,<br>
We can, we can, we can, we can, Demolish forty beers.<br>
So come, so come, so come, so come, So come along with us;<br>
For we don't give a damn for any old man Who don't give a damn for us.<br>}}</div>

<center><h3>Verses About Godiva</h3></center>
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Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride,<br>
To show all of the villagers her lovely bare white hide;<br>
The most observant villager, an Engineer of course,<br>
Was the only to notice that Godiva rode a horse.<br>
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I've come a long, long way she said, and I will go as far<br>
With the man who takes me off this horse, and leads me to a bar.<br>
The men who took her off her steed, and stood her to a beer,<br>
Were a blear- eyed Surveyor, and a drunken Engineer.<br>
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Godiva woke next morning and she had an awful head,<br>
Decided to be sensible and spend the day in bed.<br>
The only ones to visit her and bring her lots of cheer,<br>
Were a broken-down Surveyor and a bloodshot Engineer.<br>
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Godiva was a lady well-endowed, of that there was no doubt.<br>
She never wore a stich of clothes, just wound her hair about.<br>
The first man who ever made her was an Engineer of course,<br>
But an Artsie queer, on just one beer once made Godiva's horse.<br>
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Godiva died and where she fell a benchmark marks the spot,<br>
In any Engineering text, its level can be got.<br>
And up in Heaven, everyday Godiva craves for beer,<br>
But she'll have to wait until the gates let in the Engineers<br>
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<center><h3>Female Verses</h3></center>
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We are, we are, we are, we are the female Engineers,<br>
We can, we can, we can, we can demolish twice as many beers.<br>
So cum, so cum, so cum, so cum, so cum all over us,<br>
For we don't give a damn about any damn man that can't get it up for us.<br>
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A firehose by day and forty beers by night,<br>
An engineer may never sleep but still stay just as bright,<br>
And if you ever ask her how she keeps up her routine,<br>
She'll raise her trust can of Jolt, smile and say 'Caffeine!'<br>
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A man sat in a tavern with a lovely looking lass<br>
And stared when for the nineteenth time she raised and drank her glass<br>
"You've out-drunk four strong men, and half the bar my dear"<br>
The maiden smiled sweetly, said "I'm an Engineer!"<br>
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I happened once upon a maid whose eyes were full of fire,<br>
Her physical endowments would make your hands perspire,<br>
She shocked us when she told us that she never had been kissed,<br>
For her boyfriend was a worn-out Engineering Scientist.<br>
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At the Arts Quad at our school there are many untruths told<br>
'bout how female engineers are frigid, strange, and cold,<br>
But truth be told men look for lady engineers of course,<br>
And sleep with girls who study friction, motion, stress and force.<br>
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<center><h3>Verses about Other Faculties</h3></center>
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An Artsman and an Engineer once found a gallon can,<br>
Said the Artsman, "Match me drink for drink as long as you can stand."<br>
They drank three drinks, the Artsman fell, his face was turning green.<br>
But the Engineer drank on and said; "It's only gasoline."<br>
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An Artsman and an Engineer were stranded on a boat,<br>
The max capacity was one, the dam thing would not float,<br>
The Engineer flipped a coin to settle the dispute,<br>
But the coin fell in the water and the Artsie gave pursuit.<br>
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A wide-eyed Artsie Chemist and a Chemical Engineer,<br>
Were formulating molecule equations over beer.<br>
Each drank a glass of water, but the Artsie hit the floor,<br>
For what he thought was H2O was H2SO4.<br>
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So now you’ve heard our story and you know we are the Engineers,<br>
And when we all shall graduate, we’ll all have great careers.<br>
An Engineer’s starting wage can pull in 60 G’s,<br>
While an Artsie with a PHD can work at Mickey D’s.<br>
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<center><h3>Verses About Other Schools</h3></center>
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The guys from Queen's they get the girls - you know it that's a fact.<br>
It's not the way they part their hair, or in the way they act.<br>
It 'cause they're such good lovers, with that extra special touch,<br>
For you've got to be so skillful when you fuck the sheep so much.<br>
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An Engineering from U of T once found the gates of Hell,<br>
He looked the Devil in the eye and said; "You're looking well."<br>
The Devil looked at him and said; "Why have you come to me?"<br>
For you've been to hell already, since you went to U of T.<br>
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I'd rather be an Red Man than a fucking bumble bee,<br>
I'd rather be a genius than flip burgers at McD's,<br>
I wouldn't wipe my ass with a Concordia Degree,<br>
So fuck you bumble bees, fuck you!<br>
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===Version Française===
Nous sommes, nous sommes, nous sommes, nous sommes les ingénieurs français<br>
Quand on a fini de boire la bière, on sort le Bourgolais<br>
On boit sans fin, on fait la fête et les filles nous adorent<br>
Rien de mieux que la langue française pour stimuler un corps.<br>

===Politically Correct Verse===
We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the Engineers,<br>
We can, we can, we can, we fix anything with gears.<br>
We work real hard, we play real hard, so come along with us,<br>
For we don't give a damn for any damn man, who don't give a damn for us.<br>
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The modern Engineer must be politically correct,<br>
No more motors lubricating, no more buildings rise erect,<br>
No more electrical capacitors whose plates are high and fair<br>
Instead of problem solving let's just sit around and care.<br>

===Pub Crawl Verse===
We're lost, we're lost, we're lost, we're lost, we don't know where we are,<br>
We came, we came, we came, we came, we came to find a bar.<br>
Don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come along with us,<br>
For we don't know where the hell we are but fuck we're on a bus!<br>

===Verses about Engineering===
Professors put demands on us, they say we have to tool,<br>
But all we want to do is sleep, we hate this fucking school.<br>
You can bitch or tell us off, abuse us if you please,<br>
But we're all set to graduate, and all we need are C's!<br>
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<center><h3>Other</h3></center>
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The Army and the Navy boys went out to have some fun,<br>
Down at the local tavern where the fiery liquors run.<br>
But all they found were empties for the Engineers had come,<br>
And traded all their instruments for gallon jugs of rum.<br>
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Now Venus is a statue made entirely of stone.<br>
There's not a fig leaf on her, she's as naked as a bone.<br>
On noticing her arms were broke an Engineer discoursed,<br>
Why the damn things busted concrete and it must be reinforced.<br>
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After reading Kama Sutra, a boy learned position nine.<br>
For proving masculinity, it truly was divine.<br>
But then one day the girl rebelled and threw him on is rear,<br>
For he was but an Artsy and she an Engineer.<br>
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My father was a miner from the Northern Malamute,<br>
My mother was a mistress in a house of ill repute.<br>
They kicked me out at a tender age, not shedding any tears,<br>
And said; "To McGill you son-of-a-gun, and join the Engineers!"<br>
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Now Caesar went to Egypt at the age of fifty-three,<br>
But Cleopatra's blood was red, her heart was young and free,<br>
And every night when Julius said goodnight at three o'clock,<br>
There was a Roman Engineer just waiting 'round the block.<br>
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My mother peddles opium and my fathers on the dole.<br>
My sister used to walk the streets, but now she's on parole.<br>
My brother runs a restaurant with bedrooms in the rear,<br>
But they won't even speak to me 'cause I'm an Engineer.<br>
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A Drunken Engineer once staggered through the Roddick gates,<br>
He stumbled through the lecture hall so drunk and very late.<br>
The only thing that held him up and kept him on his course,<br>
Were the boundary conditions and the electromotive force.<br>
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The army and the navy boys set out to have some fun,<br>
Down at the local tavern where the fiery liquids run.<br>
But all they found were empties, for the Engineers had come,<br>
And traded all their instruments for gallon jugs of rum.<br>
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A maiden and an Engineer were sitting in the park,<br>
The Engineer were busy doing research after dark.<br>
His scientific method was a marvel to observe,<br>
While his right hand wrote the figures, his left hand traced the curves.<br>
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Sir Francis Drake and all his ships set out for Calais Bay,<br>
They heard the Spanish Rum Fleet was headed up that way,<br>
But the Engineers had beat them by a night and half a day,<br>
Though they were gassed completely, you still could hear them say…<br>
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Elvis is a legend he's the King of Rock'n Roll<br>
But the life that he was leading - well, it finally took its toll.<br>
So then one day, he realized, he chose the wrong career,<br>
So he faked his death to join us and now he's an Engineer.<br>
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I happened once upon a maid whose eyes were full of fire.<br>
Her physical endowments would have made your hands perspire.<br>
She shocked me when she told me that she never had been kissed,<br>
For her boyfriend was a tiered Engineering Physicist.<br>
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Now you've heard our story and you know we're Engineers,<br>
And like all jolly fellows, we can down our whisky clear,<br>
We drink to every other guy who comes from far and near,<br>
'Cause we're all a hell, a hell, a hell, a hell, of an Engineer.<br>
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Rapunzel let her hair down for two suitors down below,<br>
So one of them could grab a hold and give the old heave-ho<br>
The prince began to climb at once, but soon came out the worst,<br>
For the Engineer rode up a lift, and reached Rapunzel first.<br>
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The engineers of Peter the Great, who was a Russian Tsar,<br>
While fixing up his palace, put a throne room in the bar.<br>
They lined the walls with vodka, rum, and forty kinds of beer,<br>
And advanced the Russian culture by at least a hundred years.<br>
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We love to sing, and drink, and sing: “We are the Engineers,”<br>
Too bad if we’ve offended you with any of our cheers.<br>
Sometimes we get too rowdy and we go harass the bands,<br>
So you best make sure we always have a pitcher in our hands.<br>
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A group of engineers once travelled to Niagra Falls<br>
Drank the bars and Vineyards dry and soon were naked to the balls<br>
They roamed the streets leaving locals gifts on all the roofs<br>
For an engineer will pay for beer but not four bucks for juice!<br>
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We are, we are, we are, we are, the Bio-resource engineers<br>
We’re the heart and soul of Mac Campus; we fill the farm with cheers<br>
Mass consumption drinking is our speciality<br>
For inebriation can’t be spelt without including BREE!<br>
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Copulation, fornication, penetration, fuck!<br>
Rim-job, reem-job, nose-job, blow-job, cunnilingus, suck!<br>
Eating beaver, dipping wick and taking it up the rear,<br>
These words don't mean a thing to me, cause I'm and engineer!<br>
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