He worked with a will
Through a dark Nile night and by morning’s light,
He had patched up everything right and tight
The Man who Mended the Boiler!
The Arabs looked from the sandy strand,
And thought that the Britons were brought to a stand;
But those Britons they did not understand,
Nor the Man who Mended the Boiler.
Up steam once more! Midst a roar from the shore,
Away up the Nile the steamer bore.