Smoke Shovelling Song - The Incredible String Band

作词：Robin Williamson

作曲：Robin Williamson

Last winter blew so cold no lies

And my fire smoke would not rise

Soon as the smoke tried to depart

It'd be froze up harder that a landlord's heart

Now I called up the police yes and they came around

Three days later and very brought down

The sergeant he gave hysterical croak

Says what do you think you have going here some kind of joke

Of course I wasn't laughing

He says you're causing us officers so much grief

Why don't you give us some relief

Why don't you call the fire brigade

Or maybe why don't you try shovelling the smoke up chimney with a spade

Now I borrowed a spade from the woman next door

And I broke up the smoke that remained on the floor

I shovelling away till the closing day

And singing a smoke shovelling song

After working so hard I went out to my yard

Now I looked up to my chimney so long there was nothing to see there

Just a thousand foot high way into the sky

Was a pillar of smoke full of song

There was an airplane stuck in it

But I didn't notice at first it was so cunningly disguised as a dragon

Came the summer at last though it was rainy and fast

The pillar it melted away

Now the airplane fell with a big smoky smell

And echoing around all over the town

Was the words of the smoke shovelling song

And anyone telling a bigger story would have to be telling a lie

And anyone think a bigger one up

Have to be very high