He built the Sydney harbour bridge Ralph Freeman was his name At Mosi-oa-Tunya 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 with with rope and net and with cables 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 upon the day of April fools As the sun was rising the workmen downed their tools and the Tonga Tribe were spell bound for it could not be dreamed as That last girder was 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 stubborn 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 200 times and back As the might carriage pulled th 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 Livingston and angels in their flight It has no special namesake like Birchanov and Bite 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