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