Dear Sir I write this note to you to tell you of my plight
For at the time of writing it I m not a pretty sight
My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly grey
And I write this note to say why I am not at work today
While working on the fourteenth floor some bricks I had to clear
But tossing them down from such a height was not a good idea
The foreman wasn t very pleased he is an arkward sod
And he said I had to cart them down the ladders in me hod
Well clearing all these bricks by hand it was so very slow
So I hoisted up a barrel and secured a rope below
But in me haste to do the job, I was to blind to see
That a barrel full of building bricks was heavier than me
And so when I untied the rope the barrel fell like lead
And clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead
I shot up like a rocket, and to my dismay I found
That halfway up I met the bloody barrel coming down
Well the barrel broke me shoulder as to the ground it sped
And when I reached the top I banged the pulley with me head
But I clung on tightly numb with shock from this almighty blow
While the barrel spilled out half it s bricks some fourteen floors below
When these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor
I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more
But I clung on tightly to the rope me body racked with pain
And halfway down I met the bloody barrel once again
Now the force of this collision halfway down the office block
Caused multiple abrasions and a nasty case of shock
But I clung on tightly to the rope as I fell towards the ground
And I landed on the broken bricks the barrel had scattered round.
Now as I lay there on the ground I thought I d passed the worst
But the barrel hit the pulley wheel and then the bottom burst
A shower of bricks rained down on me I didn t have a hope
As I lay there bleeding on the ground I let go of the bloody rope
The barrel now being heavier so started down once more
It landed right across me as I lay there on the floor
It broke three ribs and my left arm and I can only say
I hope you`ll understand why I am not at work today
