The Chimney Sweeper - Part II

An Epic Tale of two heroes who will rise up against the forces of darkness. Razors will swing, brooms will sweep, soot will suffocate, and as the light fails knights and kings shall Feast upon wildebeest. This is Part Deux of such a Tale. William Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" poems from Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience as you've never seen them before. A Flying Panthers Production
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And here are the poems:
"The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence)

When my mother died I was very young,
And my father sold me while yet my tongue
Could scarcely cry 'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!
So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.

There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head,
That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved: so I said,
"Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head's bare,
You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair."

And so he was quiet; and that very night,
As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight, -
That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack,
Were all of them locked up in coffins of black.

And by came an angel who had a bright key,
And he opened the coffins and set them all free;
Then down a green plain leaping, laughing, they run,
And wash in a river, and shine in the sun.

Then naked and white, all their bags left behind,
They rise upon clouds and sport in the wind;
And the angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy,
He'd have God for his father, and never want joy.

And so Tom awoke; and we rose in the dark,
And got with our bags and our brushes to work.
Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm;
So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.

"The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience)

A little black thing among the snow,
Crying 'weep! 'weep! in notes of woe!
"Where are thy father and mother, say?"
"They are both gone up to the church to pray.

Because I was happy upon the heath,
And smiled among the winter's snow,
They clothed me in the clothes of death,
And taught me to sing the notes of woe.

And because I am happy and dance and sing,
They think they have done me no injury,
And are gone to praise God and his Priest and King,
Who make up a heaven of our misery.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• William
• Blake
• Chimney
• Sweeper
• Poppins
• Chim
• Cheroo
• London
• Musical

[skaterdude64]

LOL! Best adaptation of Blake ever? Thanks for the laugh :D

[RankAndFileGuy]

Rolling and Laughing :D :D

[TheFactoryOfLight]

Good Old Billy Blake must be rolling over his grave!!

[hardwoodfloorsare]

Job well done boys, this is the funniest thing i've seen in a long time. A very fun portrayal of the poem... we laughed our asses off the whole time.

[robromford]

Very good. Well done chaps.

[RankAndFileGuy]

That was some work, plus it was funny and looked

cool. William Blake would probably appreciate the joke, hah. Cool stuff.

[09876543qwerty]

im from england and currently studying william blake poetry this was soooo funny. i like th ebritish accents. !

[lareinadeloslagartos]

It was great!!!

Congrats!!

[dubrope]

check out the adult chimney sweeper league