The Canals and the Bridges, the Embankments and Cuts They blasted and dug with their sweat and their guts They never drank water but whiskey by pint And the shanty towns rang with their songs and their fights Navigator, Navigator, rise up and be strong The morning is here and there's work to be done Take your pickaxe, your shovel and a bowl dine of wine For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight Yes, to shift a few tons of this earthly delight They died in their hundreds with no sign to mark where Save the brass in the pocket of the entrepreneur By landslide and rock blast they got buried so deep That in death if not life they'll have peace while they sleep Navigator, Navigator, rise up and be strong The morning is here and there's work to be done Take your pickaxe, your shovel and a bowl dine of wine For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight Yes, to shift a few tons of this earthly delight Instrumental Her mark on this land is still seen and still laid A way for a commerce where vast fortunes were made A supply of an empire where the sun never set But she's now deep in darkness but the railway's there yet Navigator, Navigator, rise up and be strong The morning is here and there's work to be done Take your pickaxe, your shovel and a bowl dine of wine For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight Yes, to shift a few tons of this earthly delight Outro