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.]
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