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Thread #8874   Message #2476648
Posted By: Jim Dixon
26-Oct-08 - 03:18 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Chimney Smoke (from Harry Belafonte)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Chimney Smoke
CHIMNEY SMOKE
Larry Coleman, Norman Gimbel

...But I got restless and said my goodbye.
Now I'm roamin' the hills and I'm searchin' the sky
For that chimney smoke, chimney smoke,
A-windin' and a-whirlin', a-climbin' and a-twirlin'.
Chimney smoke, why did I roam?
Chimney smoke, lead me home.

Had an acre of land and a sky full of sun....

[Sung by Harry Belafonte on "Greatest Hits," 2000; "Island in the Sun" [Bear Family Box Set], 2002; "Hold 'Em Joe," 2005; and "Only One like Me," 2006.

[Throughout, Belafonte pronounces it as 3 syllables: "chim-i-nee"]