Key: Ab major
Verse 1
Am
G
Listen to me and shut your trap
Which you'll agree is a very
friendly introduction, you know
Guaranteed to win friends and
influence people
He was working with the cleansing
Making a fortune there for sure
When he stumbled down a manhole
He was up to the
Surrender or you'll die
G
The
Pope came out with a washing
G
King
Billy ran for the polis and
they quickly came along
Cos they always do what they're told
in
Northern
Ireland, you know
To arrest the poor wee cleansing man,
though he had done no wrong
They attacked him with their truncheons,
him, he flattened them with his aroma
Ah, they finally arrested him,
and there was a terrible scene.
He was taken away to
Peterhead for the pleasure of the
Queen.
all, indeed, the truth to tell.
She commanded that the
Governor should give her another cell.
As for the other prisoners,
sure they were displeased and all,
and led by
Johnny
Romanski,
they all hopped it over the wall.
F
C
G
man was a job they didn't like,
so the warders got together and they all came
out and strike.
Ah, but the prince,
he bought a pigeon from a shop in
Castle
Street.
He borrowed a bunch of the warders'
keys and he fastened them to its feet.
He told her to go to the cleansing
man so he could let himself out.
That's
Welsh for out, you know.
Ah, the cleansing man,
C
G
he opened the door and was quickly over the wall.
And if I'm not mistaken,
someone's let him in this hall.
and forget this load of rubbish.
the
LAUGHTER
AND
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD Am G C F
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