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GUEST,MCP Lyr Req: Working Man (Terry Conway) (7) Lyr Add: WORKING MAN (Terry Conway) 01 Dec 04

Here you are then. Brian Watson's version is the one I've heard most, but according to my folder, this set didn't come from him.

For the benefit of overseas readers, Littlewoods was a pools company. These days I usually sing But I've bought a lottery ticket and I'm hoping for the best.

Mick


WORKING MAN
(Terry Conway)

Oh it's early in the morning and I'd like to lie the day,
But that's not the way the work gets done, I've heard the old men say.
So I'll up and put me claes on, for it's time to be away.
Oh it's grand to be a working man.
Working man, working man,
Oh it's grand to be a working man.

And there's nowt like digging ditches when the flies is on the go.
What they find that's so beguiling about sweat I'll never know.
But they come around in thousands just to do the heel and toe.
Just to aggravate a working man.
Working man, working man,
Just to aggravate a working man.

When the Centigrades is tumbling and you've slates to patch you find
And the cold has got you floundered, never pay it any mind
For it kills the little microbes other cleansers leave behind:
Oh, it's healthy being a working man.
Working man, working man,
Oh it's healthy being a working man.

And you might do sundry other jobs when all that is required
Is to work a wee bit faster for your muscles to be fired.
But to tell the honest truth I'd sooner go home cold than tired.
Oh, I'se proud to be a working man.
Working man, working man,
Oh, I'se proud to be a working man.

And you hear the politicians talk of freedom by and by
But I shake me head like Soc-a-rates and wink the tother eye
Because freedom's an alarm clock that plays Brahms's lullaby
For the comfort of a working man.
Working man, working man,
For the comfort of a working man.

And they talk of left and right, of up and down and East and West
Of the dignity of labour, and the pride that stands the test
But I've put my trust on Littlewoods, I'm hoping for the best.
Then I'll resign from being a working man.
Working man, working man,
Then I'll resign from being a working man.


Source: Edna Baggaley (sp?)

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