Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman! From: Gordon Jackson Date: 17 Feb 21 - 06:53 AM That's more or less what we sang in the playground in southeast London in the 60s and 70s. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman! From: Mrrzy Date: 19 Feb 21 - 10:35 PM Cotton-pickin finger-licking feather-flicking chicken-plucker was the way my dad sang that one... |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman! From: Snuffy Date: 20 Feb 21 - 05:08 AM Back in the late 50s we used to sing "My old man's a dustbin He wears a dustbin lid He's such a dirty bugger That he piddles down the grid" |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman! From: Gordon Jackson Date: 20 Feb 21 - 06:17 AM Of course, all these variations illustrate superbly how oral tradition works. Same with joke telling, I suppose. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman! From: Murpholly Date: 20 Feb 21 - 05:54 PM My old man's a provo with a beret and a gun |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman! From: Mrrzy Date: 14 Jul 22 - 07:47 AM Is this the same as that And every Saturday evening, he reads the Sunday news, that starts with sailor, and has progressively longer occupations, culminating in cotton-picking finger-licking feather-flicking chicken plucker, whaddaya think about that? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman! From: Steve Gardham Date: 14 Jul 22 - 09:58 AM I know it was 14 years ago when I posted the teaser based on MOMAD but I missed a line out. After line 6 it should read: They laid him on a stretcher, they laid him on a bed,... I recently taught it to my 9-year-old grandson in London and he and his mates have been making up new verses! Oh dear, in bother again! |
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: My Old Man's a Dustman! From: Joe Offer Date: 14 Jul 22 - 03:50 PM Did I fix it right, Steve? |
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: My Old Man's a Dustman! From: Steve Gardham Date: 14 Jul 22 - 05:16 PM Yep, that's fine, Joe, thanks. |
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