The Clockwork Worker | Original Lyrics to Strauss's Pizzicato Polka (Steampunk Work Song)

Mining, smelting, hammering, ticking. Someone had to build the spires, and nobody ever looked down to say thank you. "The Clockwork Worker" is a steampunk work song for the brass miners and metalworkers who build the clockwork world, set to new lyrics for Strauss's "Pizzicato Polka". Plucked strings tick like gears, anvils clink in the chorus, and one quiet question in the bridge, "who winds the winders?", gets its answer in the last chorus. Idea and title suggested by Jas_The_Merchant. Thank you! Melody: Johann and Josef Strauss, Pizzicato Polka Lyrics: original Style: clockwork steampunk polka, pizzicato strings, accordion, anvil clinks, group shouts, dry spoken outro This is part of an ongoing clockwork world. Next up: how the clockwork people and the humans live side by side. LYRICS: Wind my key and off I go, Down the shaft and deep below. Pick and shovel, pluck and clack, Ore in the bucket, brass on my back. Tick-tock, tick-tock, hammer and tongs, Mining and smelting and humming our songs. Tick-tock, clang-clang, hear it ring, We built the city and everything! Spires above were built by us, Never a thank-you, never a fuss. Nobody looks beneath the street, Where tireless brass hands keep the heat. Tick-tock, tick-tock, hammer and tongs, Mining and smelting and humming our songs. Tick-tock, clang-clang, hear it ring, We built the city and everything! Old Bolt Betty's squeaking slow, Mainspring tired and running low. We take her shovel, share her load, Slip her some oil on the road. Who winds the winders, who turns the key? Nobody asked, so it's you and me. Tick-tock, tick-tock, hammer and tongs, Wind one another and sing the songs. Tick-tock, clang-clang, hear it ring, Wound by each other, we built everything! Same time tomorrow? ...Tick. #Steampunk #PizzicatoPolka #OriginalSong