The Chimbley Sweep lyrics
Song information
Artist: The Decemberists Album: Her Majesty
Lyrics
I am a chimbley, a chimbley sweep No bed to lie, no shoes to hold my feet Upon the rooftops in dead of night You'll hear me cry, i'll shake you from your sleep
To hear me weep "Your day will come indeed For I am a poor and a wretched boy A chimbley chimbley sweep."
I am an orphan, an orphan boy I've known no love, i've seen no mother's joy A dirty doorstep my cradle laid My fortune's made: i'll shake you from your sleep
To hear me weep "Your day will come indeed For I am a poor and a wretched boy A chimbley chimbley sweep."
"O lonely urchin!" the widow cried "I've not been swept since the day my husband died." Her cheeks a blushing, her legs laid bare And shipwrecked there i'll shake you from your sleep
To hear me weep "Your day will come indeed For I am a poor and a wretched boy A chimbley chimbley sweep For I am a poor and a wretched boy A chimbley chimbley sweep."
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