He built the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Ralph Freeman was his name
At Mosioatunya they said you must do the same
They said build it where the spray upon our faces we can feel
And that is how they founded Freeman's towering bridge of steel

First they tried to fly a kite across the gorge with length of line
But then they fired a rocket attached with lengths of twine
And then with rope and net and blundons cables sheave and wheel
They ferried tools for building Freeman's towering bridge of steel

Lalala the bridge of steel, lalala the bridge of steel, lalala lalala lalala
Lalala the bridge of steel, lalala the bridge of steel, lalala lalala lalala

And then in 1905 upon the day of April Fools
As the sun was rising the workmen downed their tools
And the Tonga tribe were spellbound for it could not be real
As that last girder set on Freeman's towering bridge of steel

Once a railway carriage was parked upon the bridge
And men were sitting in it they were talking politics
And the final documents they bore no signature or seal
They were stubbon as the span of Freeman's towering bridge of steel

Lalala the bridge of steel, lalala the bridge of steel, lalala lalala lalala
Lalala the bridge of steel, lalala the bridge of steel, lalala lalala lalala

And I have crossed that bridge perhaps two hundred times and back
As the mighty carriage pull the trains across that creaking track
And I survey the beauty each and every time with zeal
And the majesty and strength of Freeman's towering bridge of steel

It has seen the ghost of Livingstone and angels in their flight
It has no special namesake like Birchenough and Beit
And the suicidal antics and the bungee jumpers' squeal
Will never ever last like Freeman's towering bridge of steel

Lalala the bridge of steel, lalala the bridge of steel, lalala lalala lalala
Lalala the bridge of steel, lalala the bridge of steel, lalala lalala lalala

Lalala the bridge of steel, lalala the bridge of steel, lalala lalala lalala
Lalala the bridge of steel, lalala the bridge of steel, lalala lalala lalala