RICHARD THOMPSON lyrics - Big Chimney

(Richard Thompson)



All of my life I feed the big chimney

Coke and ore, I pour it in

Food for the hungry mouth of the monster

Got to keep the production rolling



Black ore, brown ore and Santander

Pour that Blue Billy onto the bell

Eighteen hundredweight on the barrow

Lift that ore and push like hell



Pig iron, pig iron, pig iron

Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron

Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron

Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron



Drive the steel bar into the taphole

Pour the metal down into the sows

Blasted one side, frozen the other side

Rain and snow and sleet and blow



Taller than the church's steeple

Forever the big chimney owns my soul

I'm midwife to a pig of iron

Born of flame and sweat and coal



Pig iron, pig iron, pig iron

Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron

Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron

Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron



All of my life I feed the big chimney

Coke and ore, I pour it in

Food for the hungry mouth of the monster

Got to keep the production rolling



Pig iron, pig iron, pig iron, pig iron

Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron, pig iron

Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron, pig iron

Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron, pig iron

Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron, pig iron, pig iron