Now when the bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor I then outweighed the barrel and I started down once more I clung on tightly to the rope, and sped

Now when the bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor I then outweighed the barrel and I started down once more I clung on tightly to the rope, and sped toward the ground -- And landed on the broken bricks a-lying all around. I lay there groaning on the ground and thought I'd passed the worst When the barrel hit the pulley wheel, and then the bottom burst A shower of bricks came down on me, 'twas then I gave up hope And lying there upon the ground, I let go the bloody rope. [...]