Song played on radio 2, on friday 16th Nov?

Question

It was between 6am and 6:45 am about a builder who got injured lifting bricks (I think). It was really funny, and want to know what it was called so that I can try to purchase it somewhere.

Answer 1

If it IS the above song I have a copy of it done by a Scottish duo called The Corries, it's called The Bricklayers Song.

Here are the lyrics:

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

Whilst Working On The 14th 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

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 Too 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 Its Bricks Some 14 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 My 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 Barrell 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 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 3 ribs And My Left Arm And I Can Only Say

I Hope You`ll Understand Why I Am Not At Work Today

Answer 2

go to http://bbc.co.uk/radio2

you may be able to listen to the show again.

Answer 3

if you know any of the lyrics go to www.lyrster.com and type in the lyrics you know.

If you do not however go to www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 and click on the listen again feature.

Hope this helps

Answer 4

"why paddy will not be in work today"

Did not hear the song on the radio but it sounds like it.

Did it  have a bit in where he had a bucket a bricks that out weighed him,

at the top some fell out, he then met the bucket on the way up at the bottom some more spilt out and something about he let go of the bloody rope and the bucket and bricks rained down?

if so it is the above title very old song but very funny.

i will go youtube it see if i can post a URL to the song for you

regards x Kitti x

Answer 5

Sarah Kennedy is on that time in the morning.

Why not email the show and ask her to do a replay of it.  She had done it before for many others.

You can listen to the show on line.

Good Luck.