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The Chimbley Sweep

from Her Majesty The Decemberists by The Decemberists

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    For the inaugural pressing of "Her Majesty The Decemberists" on Kill Rock Stars we've updated the cover art to the original album cover and are including a 10" x 57" poster of the full cover landscape by Decemberists art maven Carson Ellis.

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lyrics

I am a chimbley, a chimbley sweep
No bed no lie, no shoes to hold my feet
Upon the rooftops in dead of night
You'll hear me cry, I'll shake you from your sleep

To hear me weep
"Your day will come indeed
For I am a poor and a wretched boy
A chimbley, chimbley sweep."

I am an orphan, an orphan boy
I've known no love, I've seen no mother's joy
A dirty doorstep my cradle laid
My fortune's made: I'll shake you from your sleep

To hear me weep
"Your day will come indeed
For I am a poor and a wretched boy
A chimbley, chimbley sweep."

"O lonely urchin!" the widow cried.
"I've not been swept since the day my husband died."
Her cheeks a blushing, her legs laid bare
And shipwrecked there I'll shake you from your sleep

To hear me weep
"Your day will come indeed
For I am a poor and a wretched boy
A chimbley, chimbley sweep."

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from Her Majesty The Decemberists, released September 9, 2003

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