The Bricklayer's Song

Dear Sir, I write this note to you to tell you of me

plight

And at the time of writing I am not a pretty sight

Me body is all black and blue, me face a deathly gray

And I write this note to say why I'm not at work today

While working on the fourteenth floor some bricks I had

to clear

Now to throw them down from such a height it was not a

good idea

The foreman wasn't very pleased, he bein' an awkward

sod

He said I'd have to cart them down the ladders in me

hod

Now clearing all these bricks by hand it was so very

slow

So I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below

But in me haste to do the job I was too blind to see

That a barrel full of building bricks was heavier than

me

And So when I untied the rope the barrel fell like lead

And clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead

Well, I shot up like a rocket 'til to my dismay I found

That halfway up I met the bloody barrel coming down

Well, the barrel broke me shoulder as to the ground it

sped

And when I reached the top I banged the pulley with me

head

But I Clung On Tightly numb With Shock From This

Allmighty Blow

While The Barrel Spilled Out Half Its Bricks Some 14

Floors Below

Now, when these bricks had fallen from the barrel to

the floor

I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once

more

Still clinging tightly to the rope I sped towards the

ground

And I landed on the broken bricks that were all

scattered round

Now The Force Of This Collision Halfway Down The Office

Block

Caused Multiple Abrations And A Nasty Case Of Shock

But I Clung On Tightly To The Rope As I Fell Towards

The Ground

And I Landed On The Broken BRicks The Barrell Had

Scatterred Round

Now As I Lay There On The GRound I Thought I'd Passed

The Worst

But The Barrel Hit The Pulley Wheel And Then The Bottom

Burst

A Shower Of Bricks Rained Down On Me I Didn't Have A

Hope

As I Lay There Bleeding On The Ground I Let Go The

Bloody Rope

The Barrell Now Being Heavier So Started Down Once More

It Landed Right Across Me As I Lay There On The Floor

It BRoke 3 ribs And My Left Arm And I Can Only Say

I Hope You`ll Understand Why I Am Not At Work Today