Chim chim-i-nee,
chim chim-i-nee,
chim chim cher ee
A sweep is as lucky
as lucky can be
Chim chim-i-nee,
chim chim-i-nee,
chim chim cher oo
Good luck will rub off
when he shakes hands with you
Or blow him a kiss
and that’s lucky too

Now as the ladder of
life has been strung
You may think a sweep’s
on the bottom most rung
So who spends his time
in the ashes and smoke
In this whole wide world
there’s no happier bloke

Chim chim-i-nee,
chim chim-i-nee,
chim chim cher ee
A sweep is as lucky
as lucky can be
Chim chim-i-nee,
chim chim-i-nee,
chim chim cher oo
Good luck will rub off
when he shakes hands with you

Up where the smoke
is all billeted and curled
‘tween pavement and stars
is the chimney sweep world
When there’s hardly no days
nor hardly no nights
There’s things half in shadow
and halfway in light.

Chim chim-i-nee,
chim chim-i-nee
chim chim cher ee
When you’re with a sweep
you’re in glad company
No where is there
a more happier crew
Then them wot sings
chim chim chere ee
chim cher oo

Chim chim-i-nee chim chim
cher ee chim cher oo
Chim chim-i-nee chim chim
cher ee chim cher oo