Transportation - Horrible Histories
[Intro] With imagination Inspiration Innovation And perspiration We revolutionised transportation [Verse 1] Stephenson's the name and my steam engine's the best you will find (It was the Rocket, it was called the Rocket) It pulled a train that carried passengers and was the first of its kind (Caused a commotion, doing the locomotion) Was best by miles And won top prize At the Rainhill Trials [Verse 2] The Lords said it was dangerous then saw how many tickets could sell (The toffs were off it, til they saw a profit) [Verse 3] And so he paved the way for me I'm Isambard Kingdom Brunel (An engineer, and famous pioneer) Railways off pat A massive hat And to top that [Verse 4] I was a tunnel building Bridge creating Hard grafting Ship crafting Polymath in search of a way To take my train through my tunnel, cross my bridge to my ship And sail me fastest to the usa My steam ship, it made the trip In just fourteen days [Verse 5] There across the ocean was clever old me I'm quite a star (He's Henry Ford , yes that's what he's called) My assembly lines the first to make it cheap to buy a motor car (From Henry Ford, cars you can afford) I think you'll find Made just one kind But never mind [Verse 6] I was the fastest rating Car creating Introducing mass producing Original Model T guy [Verse 7] We took an engine, a bird wing Some bike skills, worked until we found out how machines did fly Not just a hop But non-stop Gonna get high, high, high! [Verse 8] I'm Orville , was the brains The brawn, my brother Wilbur Wright We refined the plane and made the first sustained flight Our engine small But powerful Propelled to a great height! [Verse 9] They were supreme Our mean machines The stuff of dreams [Verse 10] We were creative, inventive Progress our incentive Always searching for a solution We took some steel and a wheel Made a plane, car and train and created a revolution [Verse 11] Hard to believe what we achieved Looking back, we helped change tack Transport was duller, we added colour Well, as long as it's black
Artist: Horrible Histories
Title: Transportation