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
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.
