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Grande Chaminé

Richard Thompson

Big chimney

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

Grande Chaminé

Toda a minha vida eu alimento a grande chaminé
Coca e minério, eu despejo dentro
Comida para a boca faminta do monstro
Preciso manter a produção rolando

Minério preto, minério marrom e Santander
Despeje aquele Blue Billy na campainha
Dezoito centena na carroça
Levante esse minério e empurre com tudo

Ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa
Fazendo ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa
Fazendo ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa
Fazendo ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa

Enfie a barra de aço no buraco de saída
Despeje o metal nas matrizes
Um lado estourado, o outro congelado
Chuva e neve e granizo e vento

Mais alto que a torre da igreja
Para sempre a grande chaminé possui minha alma
Sou parteira de um porco de ferro
Nascido de chama, suor e carvão

Ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa
Fazendo ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa
Fazendo ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa
Fazendo ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa

Toda a minha vida eu alimento a grande chaminé
Coca e minério, eu despejo dentro
Comida para a boca faminta do monstro
Preciso manter a produção rolando

Ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa
Fazendo ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa
Fazendo ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa
Fazendo ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa
Fazendo ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa, ferro-gusa

Composição: Richard Thompson