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This famous song about being a Chimney Sweep was created for the popular Disney movie Mary Poppins in 1964: Chim, chimney!

Chim, chimney
Chim, chimney
Chim, chim, cher-ee
A sweep is as lucky
As lucky can be

Chim, chimney, Chim, chimney, Chim, chim, cher-oo, Good luck will rub off when, I shakes hands with you, Or blow me a kiss, And that's lucky too

Now as the ladder of life, Has been strung, You may think a sweep's, On the bottom most rung

Though I spends me time, In the ashes and smoke, In this 'ole wide world, There's no happier bloke

Chim, chimney, Chim, chimney, Chim, chim, cher-ee, A sweep is as lucky, As lucky can be

Chim, chimney, Chim, chimney, Chim, chim, cher-oo, Good luck will rub off when, I shakes hands with you

Chim, chimney, Chim, chimney, Chim, chim, cher-ee, A sweep is as lucky, As lucky can be

Chim, chimney, Chim, chimney, Chim, chim, cher-oo, Good luck will rub off when, I shakes hands 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 hardly no day, Nor hardly no night, There's things half in shadow, And halfway in light, On the rooftops of London, Coo, what a sight

Chim, chimney, Chim, chimney, Chim, chim, cher-ee, When you're with a sweep, You're in glad company

Nowhere is there, A more happier crew, Than them wot sings, "Chim chim cher-ee, Chim cher-oo"

Chim, chimney, Chim, chim, cher-ee, Chim, cher-oo