The Work Song

**The Work Song** is a Direct-to-Home Video song from Jack and the Sodor Construction Company.

## Lyrics

Sodor's always busy with jobs that must be done
Being really useful is not just work, it's fun
Hard work can be dirty with coal and dust and grime
But if we choose to work or play, we choose to work each time
There are jobs across the island, today we're on the quay
Loading this and shunting that like fish fresh from the sea
We might be in the quarry or pulling the express
Whatever work we're doing, we always do our best
Sodor's always busy with jobs that must be done
Being really useful is not just work, it's fun
Hard work can be dirty with coal and dust and grime
But if we choose to work or play, we choose to work each time
It takes a team of engines to clear snow from the track
But when you're building buildings, you'll need Jack and his pack
They're digging, dipping, loading, whatever duty calls
Filling holes with concrete or knocking over walls
Sodor's always busy with jobs that must be done
Being really useful is not just work, it's fun
Hard work can be dirty with coal and dust and grime
But if we choose to work or play, we choose to work each time
What's the next job waiting? Only time will tell
If a job's worth doing, we like to do it well
Sodor's always busy with jobs that must be done
Being really useful is not just work, it's fun
Hard work can be dirty with coal and dust and grime
But if we choose to work or play, we choose to work each time
Sodor's always busy with jobs that must be done
Being really useful is not just work, it's fun
Hard work can be dirty with coal and dust and grime
But if we choose to work or play, we choose to work each time
## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Emily
* Harvey
* Mavis
* 'Arry and Bert
* Salty
* Skarloey
* Rheneas
* Duncan
* Rusty
* Annie and Clarabel
* Troublesome Trucks
* Bertie
* Elizabeth
* Jack
* Alfie
* Oliver
* Max and Monty
* Kelly
* Byron
* Ned
* Isobella
* Patrick
* Buster
* Cranky
* Big Mickey
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Jem Cole
* Miss Jenny

## Locations

* Brendam Docks
* Henry's Tunnel
* Ffarquhar Quarry
* The Flour Mill
* Black Loch
* Henry's Forest
* Norramby Fishing Village
* Gordon's Hill
* Sodor Fuel Depot
* Knapford Yards
* The Coaling Plant
* Wellsworth
* Wellsworth Yards
* The Brickworks
* The Warehouse
* Dryaw FC
* Tidmouth Sheds
* The Library Building Site
* The Headlands

## Footage Used

* A Visit from Thomas
* Jack Owns Up
* On Site With Thomas
* Thomas and the Moles
* A Happy Day for Percy
* Thomas' Trusty Friends
* Alfie Has Kittens
* Thomas to the Rescue
* Henry and the Wishing Tree
* James Gets a New Coat
* Emily's New Route
* Edward the Great
* Fish
* Emily's Adventure
* Squeak, Rattle and Roll
* Thomas and the Circus
* You Can Do it, Toby!
* Chickens to School
* Respect for Gordon
* Rheneas and the Dinosaur
* Toby Feels Left Out
* Thomas' New Trucks
* Keeping Up with James

### Learning Segments

* Steamies and Diesels Sounds
* Same Colour

## Trivia

* A brief instrumental of the song is used in the twenty-third series special, Mines of Mystery.

## Goofs

* A partial dissolve from "You Can Do It, Toby!" is shown before a shot shows Toby shunting coal trucks, making it not cut properly.