My Old Man's A Dustman (Ballad Of A Refuse Disposal Officer) chords by Lonnie Donegan, Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group
Verse 1
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Now here's a little story,
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to tell it is a must
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About an unsung hero
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that moves away a dust
Some people make a fortune,
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others earn a mint
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My old man don't earn much.
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In fact, he's flippin' skint.
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Oh, my old man's a dustman.
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He wears a dustman's hat.
He wears gold -blimey trousers
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and he lives in a council flat.
He looks a proper nana
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in his great big cocknail boots.
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He's got such a job to pull them up
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that he calls them daisy roots.
Some folks give tips at Christmas,
and some of them forget
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So when he picks their bins up,
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he spills some on the step
Now one old man got nasty,
and to the council wrote
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Next time my old man went round there,
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he punched him up the throat
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Oh, my old man's a dustman,
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he wears a dustman's hat
He wears Scott Blimey trousers,
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and he lives in a council flat
I say, I say, Les Yeah?
I found a police dog in my dustbin.
Well, how do you know he's a police
dog?
He had a policeman with him.
Though my old man's a dustman,
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he's got an heart of gold.
He got married recently,
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though he's 86 years old.
We said, here, hang on, Dad,
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you're getting past your prime.
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He said, well, when you get my age,
it helps to pass the time.
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My old man's a dustman,
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he wears a dustman's hat.
He wears gold -blinded trousers
and he lives in a castle flat
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I say, I say, I say
My dustbin's full of lilies
Well, throw them away then I can't,
Lily's wearing them
Now one day whilst in a hurry
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He missed a lady's bin
He hadn't gone for a few yards
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When she chased after him
What game do you think you're playing?
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She cried right from the yard
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You've missed me, am I too late?
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Now jump up on the cart
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He dustbin, he wears a dustbin set
He wears got blimey trousers
and he lives in the council flat
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I say, I say, I say
What's you again?
My dustbin's absolutely
full with toadstool
How do you know it's full?
Because there's not mushroom inside
He found a tiger's set one day,
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nailed to a piece of wood
The tiger looked quite miserable,
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but I suppose he should
Just then, from out a window,
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a voice began to wail
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It said, oi,
where's me tiger's head?
Four foot from his tail!
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Oh, my old man's a dustman,
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he wears a dustman's hat
He wears gold blimey trousers,
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and he lives in a council flat
Next time you see a dustman,
looking all pale and sad
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Don't kick him in the dustbin,
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it might be my old Dan!
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My Old Man's A Dustman (Ballad Of A Refuse Disposal Officer)
Lonnie Donegan, Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group
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