Now your gettin' me misty......
Is it too early to have a beer in OUR honor?
One more for you roaddog, and Godspeed to you sir...
THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS POEM
They've a song about the Army
The Navy and Marines:
They've got one for the Air Force
The whole darn works it seems.
But they've never taken trouble
Though we've served them all for years,
To write a verse or two
For the Corps of Engineers.
We build their roads and airfields
Their pipelines and their camps,
From underground munitions dumps
To concrete loading ramps.
Before the others get there
We had to break the ground,
And we built it all to suit their needs
Solid, safe and sound.
But the ENGINEERS aren't kicking
For when their moving in,
We know it's just another place
Where we've already been.
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scene,
'Tis said the streets will be patrolled
By United States Marines.
Now who will guard the streets up there
We aren't disposed to say,
But we offer this suggestion
If they look at things that way:
When the Marines have taken over
In that land that knows no years,
They'll find it designed and built
By the Corps of Engineers!