Horrible Histories - Transportation Lyrics
With imaginationInspirationInnovationAnd perspirationWe revolutionised transportationStephenson'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 milesAnd won top prizeAt the Rainhill TrialsThe Lords said it was dangerous then saw how many tickets could sell(The toffs were off it, til they saw a profit)And so he paved the way for me I'm Isambard Kingdom Brunel(An engineer, and famous pioneer)Railways off patA massive hatAnd to top thatI was a tunnel buildingBridge creatingHard graftingShip craftingPolymath in search of a wayTo take my train through my tunnel, cross my bridge to my shipAnd sail me fastest to the USAMy steam ship, it made the tripIn just fourteen daysThere 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 findMade just one kindBut never mindI was the fastest ratingCar creatingIntroducing mass producingOriginal Model T guyWe took an engine, a bird wingSome bike skills, worked until we found out how machines did flyNot just a hopBut non-stopGonna get high, high, high!I'm Orville, was the brainsThe brawn, my brother Wilbur WrightWe refined the plane and made the first sustained flightOur engine smallBut powerfulPropelled to a great height!They were supremeOur mean machinesThe stuff of dreamsWe were creative, inventiveProgress our incentiveAlways searching for a solutionWe took some steel and a wheelMade a plane, car and train and created a revolutionHard to believe what we achievedLooking back, we helped change tackTransport was duller, we added colourWell, as long as it's black
