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The Dam That Keele Built
By Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton)
This is the dam that Keele built.
This is the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built;
This is the Water and Sewer Brigade,
That measured the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built;
This is the Engineer by Trade*,
Head of the Water and Sewer Brigade,
Who measured the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built;
These are the Calculations made
By the Eminent Engineer by Trade,
Head of the Water and Sewer Brigade,
Who measured the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built;
This is the scornful Mr Wade**,
Who sneered at the Calculations made
By the Eminent Engineer by Trade,
Head of the Water and Sewer Brigade,
Who measured the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built;
This is the Minister quite dismayed
At the sight of the Scornful Mr Wade,
Who sneered at the Calculations made
By the Eminent Engineer by Trade,
Head of the Water and Sewer Brigade,
Who measured the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built;
This is the Sydneyite afraid
That a serious blunder will be made,
Because of the Minister, quite dismayed
At the sight of the Scornful Mr Wade,
Who sneered at the Calculations made
By the Eminent Engineer by Trade,
Head of the Water and Sewer Brigade,
Who measured the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built;
Extra Info:
The Evening News, 27 February 1905.
Dam - The Cataract Dam, on the Cataract River south of Sydney, was the water supply for that city.
Keele - T. W. Keele; President of the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board.
* Engineer by Trade": J. C. Bradfield - Principal designing engineer of the New south Wales Public Works Department (later, chief designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge).
**Sir Charles Gregory Wade - Once a Premier of New South Wales.
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