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Never Overlook a Little Engine is a song featured in Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure. It is sung by Rex, Bert, Mike and Thomas, portrayed by Tom Stourton, Keith Wickham and Tim Whitnall, respectively, as well as John Hasler (UK) and Joseph May (US). The song's lyrics were written by Andrew Brenner.

Lyrics

Rex and Bert: Never overlook a little engine
Little ones are really useful too
Mike: We've got trucks to pull
So make 'em extra full
I've never known a job that I couldn't do
Rex: (spoken) "With a little help from me maybe!"
All: Never overlook a little engine
We can take you where you want to go
We may have tiny track
But we'll get you there and back
And hold on to your hats
We don't go slow
Mike: (spoken) "Look out, Thomas!"
All: If you think that bigger's better
Then you're making a mistake
The ocean isn't wetter than a tiny little lake
A cherry might be tastier than a great big cake
And we can turn around in half the time those big guys take
Never overlook a little engine
We have set our sights upon the sky
You need a lot of puff
Bert: Being big is not enough
Mike: I've never known a job that I wouldn't try
Bert: (spoken) "Ha, ha! Me neither!"
Rex: (spoken) "Nor me!"
All: Never overlook a little engine
Bert: Like me
Mike: Like me
Rex: Like me
All with Thomas: Like us!

Characters

Locations

Footage Used

Cast

UK and AUS

US

  • Joseph May as Thomas
  • Keith Wickham as Bert
  • Tom Stourton as Rex
  • Tim Whitnall as Mike

Trivia

  • This is the first original song sung by engines.
  • The clip of Thomas in the yards from The Adventure Begins uses a different render, such as different clouds and water is visible coming from the water tower.
  • During a part of the song, Rex, Bert and Mike are seen driving along a big birthday cake saying "70th" on it. This is a reference to Thomas the Tank Engine's 70th anniversary; since the special and this song were released in 2015, the 70th anniversary of The Railway Series.
  • The instrumental version of the song currently plays on the kids home page for the Official Website.
  • The song itself became a theme for the Arlesdale engines starting in the twentieth series with Tit for Tat and in Useful Railway, multiple instrumental variations can be heard throughout the episode.
  • When aired on Nick Jr. between twentieth series episodes Mike's Whistle and Useful Railway, the captions claim Bert is the one who says "Look out, Thomas!"
  • In the Korean version of Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure credits, it plays the Instrumental version.
  • Thomas' voice is omitted in the music video version.
  • The Korean version of Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, plays the instrumental version of this song in the credits.
  • This song was uploaded on the Latin American YouTube channel with a differently arranged instrumental, no vocals and with different footage.

In Other Languages

Language Title
Brazilian Portuguese Não Menospreze uma Locomotiva
Czech Lokomotivy jsou vážně krásné
French Ne Nous Méprisez Pas
German Kleine Loks sind nicht zu unterschätzen
Hebrew מקטרים קטנים אל תתעלמו
Japanese ちいさいけどやくにたつ!
Korean 작다고 무시하면 안 되죠
Latin American Spanish No Nos Subestimes por Pequeñas
Nunca Subestimes al Pequeño
Norwegian Ikke glem oss selv om vi er mindre
Polish Nigdy nie śmiej z tych Małych Parowozów
Russian Песня маленьких паровозиков

Home Media Releases

Worldwide

US

  • Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
  • Season 20

UK/AUS/GER

  • Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure

UK DVD Boxsets

AUS DVD Boxsets

GER DVD Boxsets

Music Video


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