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Thread #73693   Message #1612290
Posted By: GUEST,Jim Pace jbpacejr@hiwaay.net
23-Nov-05 - 04:41 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: I Don't Work for a Living
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Don't Work for a Living
Oh get me a nail and a hammer and a picture I'll hang on the wall.
Get me a strong stepladder you know that I might fall.
Get me a couple of waiters and a barrel of good o'l bath ale.
I'll bet you I'll hang up that picture if someone will drive the nail

Oh Idon't work for a living I get along alright without.
I don't toil all day I guess it's because I'm not built thst way.
Some people work for love I guess it's all sunshine and gain.
But if I can't get by without having to work
I guess I'll stay out in the rain.

My mother sang this when I was a child. This is how I remember it.
I am 71 so how acurate it is I don't know.
Jim.