All along the new straight track we
plough the old fields under.
Seven good feet and a quarter inch,
broad rails to steal the thunder.
100 picks in '36 sent navvies to meet their maker
as black Box Tunnel worms its way
past the Company undertaker.
Hard, cast in iron, that engineer:
God bless Isambard!
Piston-scraping, furnace-busting,
(he) plays the winning card.
Rain, Steam, Speed at Maidenhead -
Turner's vision wide.
Over bridges, girders, hot-driven
rivets safely guide
passenger wagons from Paddington
to Bristol's briny blue.
On to break the waves, with a thousand
horses, turn the churning screw.
Hard, cast in iron, that engineer:
God bless Isambard!
Piston-scraping, furnace-busting,
(he) plays the winning card.
But those bonnie lads from way 'oop
North, had to have the final laugh:
the ripe new age was the standard
gauge, four foot, eight and a half.
And rolling out across all Europe,
across the mad, bad Empire world
came the age of steam and the engines
roaring, bold brazen Jack unfurled.
Arching palaces at Praed Street,
stand lofty and serene;
home to their maker and his last two
miles to sleepy Kensal Green.
Hard, cast in iron, that engineer:
God bless Isambard!
Piston-scraping, furnace-busting,
(he) plays the winning card.
The lyrics THE ENGINEER of IAN ANDERSON is also present in the album Homo erraticus (2014)
Ian Anderson è un musicista scozzese, noto soprattutto come frontman e flautista del gruppo rock progressivo Jethro Tull. Nato a Glasgow nel 1947, Anderson ha iniziato la sua carriera musicale negli anni '60 con diverse band locali prima di formare i Jethro Tull nel 1967. Con il suo stile unico di canto e flauto, Anderson ha guidato i Jethro Tull verso un successo internazionale, vendendo oltre 60 milioni di dischi in tutto il mondo. I Jethro Tull sono stati premiati con sei Grammy Awards e hanno contribuito a definire l'estetica del rock progressivo degli anni '70. Tra le canzoni più famose di Anderson ci sono "Aqualung", "Thick as a Brick" e "Locomotive Breath". Oltre alla sua carriera con i Jethro Tull, Anderson ha anche intrapreso una carriera solista, pubblicando diversi album di successo.
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