My transcription from the recording at YouTube:


AHM A VERY HAPPY FELLOW WHEN AHM WORKING
Words and music by Harry Gifford and Alec B. Kendall.
As recorded by Will Fyffe on Regal G 8218, 1924.

1. Lots o’ fellas grumble when they’ve got no work to do,
But with me, it’s different, you’ll agree.
I can put my shoulder to the wheel with anyone;
But when there’s work to do … they do it; then it’s done.
Keep on keepin’ busy if you really want to thrive;
But what about the finer things that keep a man alive?

CHORUS: I’m a very happy fellow when I’m working.
I’m as happy as I can be.
Ev’ry Saturday, when I draw my pay,
Ev’rybody can drink with me to pass the time away.
I’m a very happy fellow when I’m working,
But I don’t mind telling you:
I haven’t worked for years and years and years,
And it’ll be years and years and years before I do.

2. I get up each mornin’ when the clock is strikin’ eight,
Then off I go by …, you know.
The wife won’t let me overdo it, not while she’s with breath.
She says ’twould break her heart to see me work myself to death.
Noo ...(?) should wi’ once or twice they’d ever be,
If ev’ryone was only half as fond o’ work as me. CHORUS