(By "Optimist.")
Hurrah for the Warren railway !
It's got a move on at last ;
Travelling to town "at the old jig-jog,"
Will soon be a thing of thie past.
So wake up now ye Bridgetownites—
Let us all be happy and gay ;
The seven lean years are over now,
And the fat ones have come to stay.
Hurrah for the Warren railway !
See how the cookies smile ;
They think of the distance they had to cart,
And soon they won't have a mile.
So wake up now ye Bridgetownites—
Let us all be happy and gay ;
The seven lean years are over now,
And the fat ones have come to stay
Hurrah for the Warren railway !
Do you see old Boniface grin ;
He's thinking of all the beer he will sell,
And the silver rolling in.
So wake up now ye Bridgetownites—
Let us all he happy and gay ;
The seven lean years are over now,
And the fat ones have come to stay
Hurrah for the Warren railway !
The storekeepers they say
Are jumping with joy ; the terms are cash,
And its gold at the navvies' pay.
So wake up now ye Bridgetownites—
Let us all be happy and gay ;
The seven lean years are over now,
And the fat ones have come to stay
Hurrah for the Warren railway !
The sleeper cutter has marked
All the beautiful jarrah trees
That's never been ringbarked.
So wake up now ye Bridgetownites—
Let us all be happy and gay ;
The seven lean years are over now,
And the fat ones have come to stay
Hurrah for the Warren railway !
Says the Combine man hoo-ray ;
We must get a big concession, now
From the Government of the day.
So wake up now ye Bridgetownites—
Let us all be happy and gay ;
The seven lean years are over now,
And the fat ones have come to stay,
Hurrah for the Warren railway !
We shall hear the engine's roar,
As it's rattling through the forest where
It never has been before.
So wake up now ye Bridgetownites—
Let us all be happy and gay ;
The seven lean years are over now,
And the fat ones have come to stay.
Now merchant men, and traders too,
And workers one and all ;
Wake up ! Arise ! Why slumber-so ?
Don't you hear the people call ?
So wake now ye Bridgetownites—
Let us all be happy and gay ;
The seven lean years are over now,
And the fat ones have come to stay.
Let's give three cheers for Layman, boys,
And one for Premier Moore :
Only for Harry we never would have
The railway here I'm sure.
Notes
Bridgetown-Greenbushes is in Western Australia see http://www.bridgetown.com.au
The coming of the railway was probably the most influential factor affecting Bridgetown’s development in 1898. The existing structure (weatherboard with iron roof) is substantially the same as it was originally constructed. The Railway Station is currently leased to the Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes by the Government and is home to the Blackwood Environment Society, Friends of the Forest and the Blackwood Landcare Office.
The building is listed on the Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes' Municipal Inventory.
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| 1898 First Engine in Bridgetown |
See Bridgetown Historical Society at http://www.bridgetownhistoricalsociety.org
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