Several words of this are different from the version Cranky Yankee posted above, and the dialect isn't as intense, and it has a whole new verse, so I thought I'd post the whole thing. You can hear it at The Internet Archive.


SONG OF THE SEWER
Written by Matt Dubey & Harold Karr
As recorded by Art Carney, with orchestra directed by Sid Feller, 1954.

1. I work in the sewer; it's a very hard job.
You know they won't hire just any old slob.
You don't have to wear a tie or a coat.
You just have to know how to float.

CHORUS: We sing the song of the sewer.
Of the sewer we sing this song.
Together we stand, with shovel in hand,
To keep things rollin' along.

2. I work down a manhole with a guy named Bruce,
And we are in charge of all the refuse.
He lets me go first while he holds the lid.
I'm tellin' ya—jeez!—What a sweet kid!

3. A funny thing happened to Bruce yesterday.
The tide came along; he got carried away.
He come out in Jersey, but it's OK now,
'Cause that's where he lives anyhow.

4. My father he worked in a sewer uptown.
I followed his footsteps and worked my way down.
That's how I began in this here industry.
I just sort o' fell into it—lucky me!


[The similarity with the Beverly Hillbillies theme isn't very close.]
[John Lithgow also recorded this in 2006. His version can be heard on Spotify.]