chim chiminey
chim chiminey
chim chim cher-ee!
a sweep is as lucky
as lucky can be
chim chiminey
chim chiminey
chim chim cher-oo!
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 may think a sweep’s
on the bottommost rung
though i spends me time
in the ashes and smoke
in this ’ole wide world
there’s no ’appier bloke
chim chiminey
chim chiminey
chim chim cher-ee!
a sweep is as lucky
as lucky can be
chim chiminey
chim chiminey
chim chim cher-oo!
good luck will rub off when
i shake ’ands with you
chim chiminey
chim chiminey
chim chim cher-ee!
a sweep is as lucky
as lucky can be
chim chiminey
chim chiminey
chim chim cher-oo!
good luck will rub off when
i shake ’ands with you
i choose me bristles with pride,
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 ’ardly no day
nor ’ardly no night
there’s things ’alf in shadow
and ’alfway in light
on the rooftops of london coo,
what a sight!
chim chiminey
chim chiminey
chim chim cher-ee!
when you are 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!"
chim chiminey
chim chim cher-ee, chim cher-oo! |