Key: Db major•
Verse 1
'Poverty poverty knock,' my
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loom is a saying all day
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gaffer's too skinny to pay
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keeping one eye on the clock
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I know I can guttle when I hear my shuttle go,
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'poverty poverty knock'
Up every morning at five,
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I wonder that we keep alive
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Tired and yawning another cold morning
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It's back to the dreary old drive.
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(Repeat chorus)
Oh dear we're going to be late
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Gaffer is stood at the gate
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We're out of pocket,
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We'll have to buy grub on the slate
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(Repeat chorus)
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And when our wages they bring,
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we're often short of a string
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We know to his brass he will cling
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(Repeat chorus)
Sometimes a shuttle flies out
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And gives some poor
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Oh who's going to carry her
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out?
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(Repeat chorus)
Oh dear, my poor head it sings
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strings
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Oh dear, I wish I had wings
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Poverty poverty knock
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Poverty poverty knock
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Poverty poverty knock
Outro 1
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