Dick Van Dyke sings ‘Chim Chim Cher-ee’ as Bert the chimney sweeper in the 1964 Walt Disney musical film Mary Poppins.
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Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim chim cher-ee!
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A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be
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Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim chim cher-oo!
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Good luck will rub off when I shakes hands with you
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Or blow me a kiss and that’s lucky too!
E B B B-B B B ^C B A
Now as the ladder of life has been strung
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You may think a sweep’s on the bottommost rung
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Though I spends me time in the ashes and smoke
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In this whole wide world there’s no happier bloke!