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Thread #73093 Message #1265348
Posted By: The Borchester Echo
06-Sep-04 - 12:54 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Working Chap (Mike Waterson)
Subject: Lyr Req: WORKING CHAP (WHAT A CRIME) (M Waterson)
THE WORKING CHAP (WHAT A CRIME)
1st and last line of fisrt verse repeated in each verse Words I'm not sure of are in italics
When I was a working chap, once upon a time I was a tailor bold and I made these goods so fine We cut the suits to fit the cloth, it was sometimes neat but most times rough We quickly learned our caps to doff Sweet Jesus, what a crime
verse 2
I was a fisherman and I fished the foaming brine And there were good fish in the sea but could we catch them? No, not we, god bless the EEC
verse 3
I was a collier bold and I worked deep down the mine They gave me my redundancy, they could by coal cheaper overseas From Columbian pits in slavery
verse 4
I made tools of Sheffield steel and kept their edge so fine And when redundancy came round, on me bike a job I found Pulling other factories down
verse 5
I was a farmer's boy and I worked rain, hail and shine They gave the gaffer a big fat sum, for setting aside on his big fat bum Christ, this was all he'd ever done
verse 6
I kept me head well down and I wasted me prime Don't be like me, do what you can, join the union leave the band Before they crucify the working man