The Victorian Chimneysweep's Song || For School Assembly Show Performance

A song about being a poor, Victorian chimneysweep. Perfect for

catchy song about mummification to engage your students in an Ancient Egypt topic in a fun and creative way!

Length: 1:52

Files included: Audio MP3 & Lyrics Video MP4 & Lyric sheet

Genre: Pop

Rights: For personal or classroom use only (performances are okay!)

FYI: This song is free on YouTube, but this is the only place you can get the file and the lyric video!

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Lyrics:

In the streets of my Victorian town,

Where cobblestones lay and houses frown,

I'm just a lad with naught to my name

Workhouse walls, they're tall and grim,

With sorrowful faces and chances slim.

From dawn till dusk, we toil away,

Away from family, day by day.

Oh, the life of a chimney sweep,

Where gruel's the meal, we seldom sleep.

But in our hearts, a hope does toy,

For brighter days,
oh Victorian boy!

With soot-stained hands and aching bones,

We climb the chimneys, hear the groans.

Through smoky haze, our tears do blend,

In search of pennies for us to spend.

The master's whip, it cracks the air,
But still, we climb, without despair.

For in these streets, we find our voice,

Amidst the struggle, we still rejoice.

Oh, the life of a chimney sweep,

Where gruel's the meal, we seldom sleep.

But in our hearts, a hope does toy,

For brighter days,
oh Victorian boy!

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