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Physics Pholk Song Assignments by Priscilla Laws Partially Funded by Permission is granted by songwriters and the author of the assignments to use these materials for non-commercial educational use only.  1. The Bricklayer’s Song by Pat Cooksey ?Celtic Music, Lincolnshire, England Originally titled The Sick Note and known by many other titles. All rights reserved. International Copyright Secured. Used by Permission. NB: With all apologies to Pat Cooksey, well take credit and/or blame for having composed the last verse to this otherwise exceptional song. --David Ginger Hildebrand Dear sir I write this note to you to tell you of my plight, For at the time of writing it Im 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. While working on the fourteenth floor some bricks I had to clear, But tossing them down from such a height was not a good idea. The foreman wasnt very pleased--he is a rigid hack, And he said I had to cart them down the ladder on my back. Well, clearing all these bricks by hand, it was so very slow, So I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below. But in my 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 my shoulder as to the ground it sped, And when I reached the top I banged the pulley with my 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. Now 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