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This is a Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd / Carlo Ritchie original
Base Chorus:
One brick, two bricks, three bricks, four bricks,
Loading up the ship with bricks
Gotta get the bricks to Liverpool
Loading up the ship with bricks
Five bricks, six bricks, seven bricks, eight bricks,
Loading up the ship with bricks
Gotta get the bricks to Liverpool
Loading up the ship with bricks
The chorus changes every verse, in response to how the person mentioned in the verse loads up the ship.
Here comes (person) they’re a (rhymes with name),
Funny little line with A
When they carry the bricks on board
They carry it (a number or sequence rhymes with A).
Smorgasbord of Potential Verses
Here are some verses collected by Sarah Cobb-Clarke in 2025.
Choose 5 or so from these.
Here comes Rob; he’s a slob
He never gets any work done.
When he brings his bricks on board,
He carries them one by one.
Here comes Dan, he’s the man;
He knows just what to do.
When he brings the bricks on board
He brings them two by two.
Here comes Keith; he’s a thief.
He’s stealing bricks today.
When he takes two bricks onboard
He takes one back away.
Here comes Murray, he’s in a hurry.
He doesn’t want to get in trouble.
When he carries his bricks on board
The previous number gets doubled.
Here comes Mary, she’s pretty wary.
With safety, she’s on the ball.
So when she brings her bricks on board,
She brings no bricks at all.
Here comes Dwight, he’s not too bright,
He’s been hit in the head with sticks.
Dwight can’t count things anymore
Cause all he can say is ‘bricks’.
Here comes Steve, he wants to leave
And he thinks this is a waste of time.
When he brings the bricks on board,
He does it all in mime.
Here comes Jeff, he sways right and left
He’s being chased by bears.
When he brings his bricks on board
He brings them on in squares.
Here comes Frank; he’s a tank
And he carries as many as he’s able.
So when he brings his bricks on board
He does it in his _ times table.
Here comes Nancy, she’s real fancy.
She has her own Hibachi.
When she brings her bricks on board
She does it by the Fibonacci.
Here comes Andy, he hates this shanty.
He thinks that it’s way too long.
He’s gonna bring one brick on board,
And then we’re gonna end the song.
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