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THE KNOCKER-UPPER MAN ~ Mike Canavan

THROUGH COBBLED streets so cold and damp
The Knocker-Upper man goes creeping
Tap-tapping at the window pane
To wake the town from sleeping.

chorus :
He said : "Hey thee up and stir th'self
The factory hooter's blowin'
So get up from your nice warm bed
To work you must be goin'."

DAY IN, day out, the year about
Though snow and rain are falling
You'd hear his clogs along the street
You'd hear his voice a-calling.

ALL THE EARLY-rising working folk
The Knocker-Upper's call they heeded
But times go by, old customs die
Now he's no longer needed.

THROUGH STREETS of quiet suburbia
The Knocker-Upper's ghost goes creeping
Now listening to the ringing sound
That wakes the town from sleeping.



Cheers! R-J
(the first song that Poor Misery and I sang together, all those years ago!!!)