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Bricks

Written by Carlo Ritchie and Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd

A song you'll either love or hate. This shanty changes after the instructions of every verse, changing the way you count out in the verse.


Below is a massive list of verses for you to chaotically pick and choose from.

LYRICS

00:00 / 01:04

CHORUS

One brick, two brick, three brick, four brick

Loading up the ship with bricks (bricks!)

Gotta get the bricks to Liverpool

Loading up the ship with bricks


VERSES (Pick around 5):

Here comes Bob; he’s a slob
He never gets any work done.
When he brings his bricks on board,
He carries them one by one.


Here comes Terry, he’s real merry;
He knows just what to do.
When he brings the bricks on board
He brings them two by two.


Here comes Tom, he's the bomb

He really knows how to thrive

To make the bricks get moving quick

He carries them five by five


Here comes Dan, he's a funny man

Likes to have a laugh

When he's loading bricks on board

He brings on half by half


Here comes Tod, he's a cheeky sod.
He’s stealing bricks today.
When he takes two bricks onboard
He then takes one away.


Here comes Murray, he’s in a hurry.
He doesn’t want to get in trouble.
When he carries his bricks on board
The previous number gets doubled.


Here comes Meg, she broke her leg
She had a really bad fall
So these days when she boards the ship
She brings no bricks at all.


Here comes Pierre, stripy shirts he wear

Just got off the bench

He loads the bricks up one by one

But he counts them out in French.


Here comes Dwight, he’s not too bright,
He’s been hit in the head with sticks.
Dwight can’t count things anymore
Cause all he can say is ‘bricks’.


Here comes Jess, she must confess

She hasn't learnt her numbers yet

So when she brings the bricks onboard

She uses the alphabet.


Here comes Bart, he's into art
And he thinks it's a cracking time.
That when he brings the bricks on board,
You count them out in mime.


Here comes Jeff, he sways right and left
He’s being chased by bears.
When he brings his bricks on board
He brings them on in squares.


Here comes Frank; he’s a tank
And he carries as many as he’s able.
So when he brings his bricks on board
He does it in his ___ times table.


Here comes Nancy, she’s real fancy.
She has her own Hibachi.
When she brings her bricks on board
She does it by the Fibonacci.


Here comes Andy, he hates this shanty.
He thinks that it’s way too long.
He’s gonna bring one brick on board,
And then we’re gonna end the song.

Tags:

Original Shanty, Quirky

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We acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora nation, upon whose lands we gather and sing.
We acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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Numerous photos by Nick Ryden 

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