161. CHIM CHIM CHER-EE 1964 |
CHORUS
CHIM – CHIM-IN-EY, CHIM – CHIM-IN-EY
CHIM CHIM CHER-EE
A SWEEP IS AS LUCKY, AS LUCKY CAN BE.
CHIM – CHIM-IN-EY, CHIM – CHIM-IN-EY
CHIM CHIM CHER-00
GOOD LUCK WILL RUB OFF
WHEN I SHAKE ‘ANDS WITH YOU.
OR BLOW ME A KISS AND THAT’S LUCKY TOO.
NOW, AS THE LADDER OF LIFE
AS BEEN STRUNG,
YOU MIGHT THINK A SWEEP’S
ON THE BOTTOMOST RUNG.
THOUGH I SPENDS ME TIME
IN THE ASHES AND SMOKE,
IN THIS ‘OLE WIDE WORLD
THERE’S NO APPIER BLOKE.
REPEAT CHORUS
I CHOOSE ME BRISTLES WITH PRICE,
YES, I DO.
A BROOM FOR THE SHAFT AND
A BRUSH FOR THE FLUTE.
UP WHERE THE SMOKE
IS ALL BILLERED AND CURLED,
‘TWEEN PAVEMENT AND STARS
IS THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP WORLD.
WHEN THERE’S ‘HARDLY NO DAY,
NOR ‘HARDLY NO NIGHT,
THERE’S THINGS ‘ALF IN SHADOW
AND ‘ALFWAY IN LIGHT.
ON THE ROOF TOPS OF LONDON,
COO, WHAT A SIGHT.
CHIM – CHIM-IN-EY, CHIM – CHIM-IN-EY
CHIM CHIM CHER-EE
WHEN YOU’RE WITH A SWEEP
YOU’RE IN GLAD COMPANY.
NOWHERE IS THERE A MORE APPIER CREW,
THAN THEM WOT SINGS
CHIM CHIM CHER-EE , CHIM CHER-OO.
