[Lyric] Big Chimney (Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson)

[Verse 1]
All 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

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
Taller than the church's steeple
Forever the big chimney owns my soul
I'm midwifе to a pig of iron
Born of flame and sweat and coal

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 5]
All of my life I feed thе big chimney
Coke and ore, I pour it in
Food for the hungry mouth of the monster
Got to keep the production rolling

[Chorus]
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