PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
131 - Chim Chim Cher-ee
Chorus 1
Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey, chim chim cher-ee!
A sweep is as luck-y, as luck-y can be.
Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey, chim chim cher-oo!
Good luck will rub off when I shakes ‘ands with you,
or blow me a kiss - and that’s luck-y too.
Verse 1
Now, as the lad-der of life ‘as been strung
you may think a sweep on the bot-tom-most rung
though I spends me time in the ashes and smoke
in this ‘ole wide world there’s no ‘ap-pi-er bloke.
Chorus
Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey, chim chim cher-ee!
A sweep is as luck-y, as luck-y can be.
Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey, chim chim cher-oo!
Good luck will rub off when I shakes ‘ands with you,
or blow me a kiss - and that’s luck-y too.
Verse 2
I choose me bris-tles with pride, yes I do
a broom for the shaft and a brush for the flue.
Though I’m cov-ered with soot from me ‘ead to me toes,
a sweep knows ‘e’s wel-come where-ev-er ‘e goes.
Verse 3
Up where the smoke is all bill-ered an curled
‘tween pave-ment and star is the chim-ney sweep world.
When there’s ‘ard-ly no day nor ‘ard-ly no night,
there’s things ‘alf in shad-ow and ‘alf-way in light.
(Slower) On the roof-tops of Lon-don, coo what a sight!
Chorus 2
(thoughtfully and slower) Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey, chim chim cher-ee!
When you’re with a sweep you’re in glad com-pa-ny.
No-where is there a more ‘ap-pi-er crew
than them wot sings ‘Chim chim cher-eee, chim cher-oo!
Tag
Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim, cher-ee, chim cher-oo!
A song from the 1964 Disney musical film Mary Poppins. written by the Sherman Brothers, originally sung by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews