Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman;
Arranged for hydraulophone by S. Mann and R. Janzen
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 shakes '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 bottommost rung Though I spends me time In the ashes and smoke In this 'ole wide world There's no 'appier bloke Up where the smoke is All billered and curled 'Tween pavement and stars Its the chimney sweep world Where the's 'ardly no day Nor 'ardly no night There's things 'alf in shadow And 'alf way in light On the roof tops of London Coo(l), what a sight! I choose me bristles with pride Yes, I do A broom for the shaft And a brush for the flue Though I'm covered with soot From me 'ead to me toes A sweep knows 'e's welcome Wherever 'e goes Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee! When you're with a sweep You're in glad company No where is there A more 'appier crew Than them wot sings "Chim chim cher-ee Chim cher-oo!" On the chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee Chim cher-oo! ----- alternate verse from newer rendition: Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-ee! A chimney sweep's lucky As lucky can be ...shake hands with you. ... In my profession there's many a time, when I embark on a perilous climb. Up where the smoke is all billowed and curled, twixt pavement and stars its the chimney sweep's world. Gables and rooftops become taj mahal, and climbing the chimney's a great Chinese wall. The pillars of hercules loom left and right, the sphinx, the acropolis, ooh what a sight.