Chim chiminey, chim chiminey
Chim chim cher-ee!
A chimney sweep's lucky
As lucky can be
Chim chiminey, chim chiminey
Chim chim cher-oo!
Good luck will rub off
When I shake hands with you

Now that the ladder of life has been strung
A chimney sweep's on the bottom-most rung
Though I spend my time in the ashes and smoke
In this whole wide world there's no happier bloke

Chim chiminey, chim chiminey
Chim chim cher-ee!
A chimney sweep's lucky
As lucky can be
Chim chiminey, chim chiminey
Chim chim cher-oo!
Good luck will rub off
When I 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 is the chimney sweeps world

Gables and rooftops become Taj Mahal's
Then climbing the chimney's a great Chinese wall
The pillows of Hercules loom left and right
The Sphix, the Acropolis, oh what a sight

Chim chiminey, chim chiminey
Chim chim cher-ee!
A chimney sweep's lucky
As lucky can be
Chim chiminey, chim chiminey
Chim chim cher-oo!
Good luck will rub off
When I shake hands with you

Or blow me a kiss
And that's lucky too.

