Murphy And The Bricks - Barnbrack

[00:00.8]Dear sir i write this note to you to tell you of my plight
[00:06.3]For at the time of writing i am not a pretty sight
[00:11.89]My body is all black and blue my face a deathly grey
[00:17.57]And i write this note to say why paddy's not at work today
[00:23.6]Whilst working on the fourteenth floor some bricks i had to clear
[00:29.12]To throw them down from such a height was not a good idea
[00:34.89]The foreman wasn't very pleased the bloody awkward sod
[00:41.01]He said i had to cart them down the ladders in my hod
[00:47.09]Now clearing all these bricks by hand it was so very slow
[00:52.76]So i hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below
[00:58.44]But in my haste to do the job i was too blind to see
[01:04.71]That a barrel full of building bricks was heavier than me
[01:10.770004]And so when i untied the rope the barrel fell like lead
[01:16.47]And clinging tightly to the rope i started up instead
[01:22.79]I shot up like a rocket till my dismay i found
[01:29.32]That half way up i met the bloody barrel coming down
[01:36.08]The barrel broke my shoulder as to the ground it sped
[01:41.86]And when i reached the top i banged the pulley with my head
[01:47.67]I clung on tightly numb with shock from this almighty blow
[01:54.69]And the barrel spilled out half the bricks fourteen floors below
[02:01.6]Now when these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor
[02:07.38]I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more
[02:13.72]Still clinging tightly to the rope my body racked with pain
[02:20.75]When half way down i met the bloody barrel once again
[02:27.78]The force of this collision half way up the office block
[02:33.35]Caused multiple abrasions and a nasty state of shock
[02:39.06]Still clinging tightly to the rope i fell towards the ground
[02:46.0]And i landed on the broken bricks the barrel scattered round
[02:53.11]I lay there groaning on the ground i thought i'd passed the worst
[02:58.92]But the barrel hit the pulley wheel and then the bottom burst
[03:05.48]A shower of bricks rained down on me i hadn't got a hope
[03:12.4]As i lay there bleeding on the ground i let go the bloody rope
[03:19.5]The barrel then being heavier then started down once more
[03:25.56]And landed right across me as i lay upon the floor
[03:32.12]It broke three ribs and my left arm and i can only say
[03:40.55]That i hope you'll understand why paddy's not at work today
[03:48.91]Murphy And The Bricks - Barnbrack