midnight
Then we all sang : `` We stood on the bridge at midnight , We came near getting a bunk ; We came near getting a bunk ; We came -- '' `` We flashed them POTS ! '' Pee-wee yelled . `` Now we 're on our way to Flimdunk , '' Westy said . So pretty soon this is what we were all singing : `` We stood on the bridge at midnight , We came near getting a bunk ; We flashed them POTS for an S -- O -- S , Now we 're on our way to Flimdunk . '' Gee whiz , I have to admit we 're a crazy bunch in our patrol . After a little while , Pee-wee fell asleep , but the rest of us stayed awake , because we wanted to see what kind of a place we were going to stop at . For about fifteen or twenty minutes the engine pushed us awfully slow , then we stopped , and a couple of men went between our car and the engine and did something to that long iron bar .