So I write this note to tell you of my plight
\nAt the time of writing I am not a pretty sight
\nMy body is all black and blue, my face a deathly gray
\nSo I write this note to say why Paddy’s not at work today<\/p>\n
While working on the fourteenth floor, some bricks I had to clear
\nAnd to throw them down from off the top seemed quite a good idea
\nBut the gaffer wasn’t very pleased, he was an awful sod
\nHe said I had to cart them down the ladder in me hod.<\/p>\n
To clear away those bricks by hand, to me seemed very slow
\nSo I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below
\nBut in my haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
\nThat a barrel full of building bricks is heavier than me.<\/p>\n
So when I untied the rope, the barrel fell like lead
\nAnd clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead
\nI shot up like a rocket and to my dismay I found
\nThat half way up I met the bloody barrel coming down.<\/p>\n
Well the barrel broke my shoulder as towards the ground it sped
\nAnd when I reached the top I banged the pulley with me head
\nI held on tight, though numb with shock from this almighty blow
\nWhile the barrel spilled out half its bricks fourteen floors below<\/p>\n
Now when those building bricks fell from the barrel to the floor
\nI then outweighed the barrel and I started down once more
\nI held on tightly to the rope as I flew to the ground
\nAnd I landed on the broken bricks that were scattered all around.<\/p>\n
Now as I lay there on the deck I thought I’d passed the worst
\nBut when the barrel reached the top, that’s when the bottom burst
\nA shower of bricks rained down on me, I didn’t have no hope
\nAnd in all of this confusion, I let go the bloody rope.<\/p>\n
The barrel again being heavier, it started down once more
\nAnd landed right on top of me as I lay on the floor
\nIt broke three ribs and my left arm, and I can only say
\nThat I hope you’ll understand why Paddy’s not at work today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So I write this note to tell you of my plight At the time of writing I am not a pretty sight My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly gray So I write this note to say why Paddy’s not at work today While working on the fourteenth floor, some bricks …
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