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Does anyone know of a comedy Irish song where the singer sings about getting injured while hoisting a crate of bricks up a building?
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the song was written by Pat Cooksey in 1969, http://www.patcooksey.com/lyric_the_sick_note.html
he called it "the sick note" but its known also (by those who've covered it) as "The Barrel Song", "The Excuse Note", "The Sick Letter", etc.
The Dubliners recorded a version on their 1995 album "Milestones"
And this attributed to Gerald Hoffnung's The Bricklayer story from his Oxford Union Speech
Accident Report
This one needs an introduction, so you won't be lost
at the beginning. This man was in an accident at
work, so he filled out an insurance claim. The
insurance company contacted him and asked for more
information. This was his response:
"I am writing in response to your request for
additional information, for block number 3 of the
accident reporting form. I put 'poor planning' as the
cause of my accident. You said in your letter that I
should explain more fully and I trust the following
detail will be sufficient. I am an amateur radio
operator and on the day of the accident, I was
working alone on the top section of my new 80 foot
tower. When I had completed my work, I discovered
that I had, over the course of several trips up the
tower, brought up about 300 pounds of tools and spare
hardware. Rather than carry the now un-needed tools
and material down by hand, I decided to lower the
items down in a small barrel by using the pulley
attached to the gin pole at the top of the tower.
Securing the rope at ground level, I went to the top
of the tower and loaded the tools and material into
the barrel. Then I went back to the ground and untied
the rope, holding it tightly to ensure a slow decent
of the 300 pounds of tools." etc etc
murphy and the bricks, the barrel song, the sick note, paddy's sick note..... different titles, different singers, but the same lyrics and the same song, ie
Dear Sir, I write this note to you to tell you of me plight
And at the time of writing I am not a pretty sight
Me body is all black and blue, me face a deathly gray
And I write this note to say why Paddy's/Murphy's/I am/He's* not at work today (*delete according to version)
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