Poem

The Dam that Keele Built

by A. B. Paterson · 1905

This is the dam that Keele builtThis 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 madeBy 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 madeBy 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 madeBy 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 madeBy 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.
Sources, publication & text notesReference details
Canonical recordPOEM-001015
Copy-textClean Project Gutenberg Australia transcription (SRC-000074), reconciled against fixed Trove facsimile SRC-000156 (Evening News, 1905-02-27; article 112754656)
Source recordSRC-000074
Rights determinationRGT-000950
Text statusCANONICAL TEXT READY
TranscriptionDIPLOMATIC_D208

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