The International Concertina Association is selling a tape that contains this song. (Click to play an MP3 file.)

I took Peace's lyrics, incorporated David Jones' corrections, and then listened to the recording to make a few more corrections.


IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
(Charles O'Hegarty)

1. Now there's all kinds of people who people this earth.
Some people they judge people by what they are worth.
Some people they hate people. That must be the worst.
We're not really so different as we might seem at first.

2. Now there's dog walkers, big talkers, gold buyers and old flyers,
Ice sellers, and nice fellers, tug boaters, smug voters,
Rose planters, prose chanters, city slickers and guitar pickers,
Dizzy worriers and busy furriers and men who hang around all day long and don't do much all.

CHORUS:
But there's one thing in common and I really must say,
We're all happy when the sun shines and it's a beautiful day.
For there's one thing in common and I really must say,
We're all happy when the sun shines and it's a beautiful day.

3. Now there's faith healers, safe stealers, bar tenders and car benders,
Pawn brokers, pot smokers, red haters and head waiters,
Beer drinkers and clear thinkers, cello bowers, hello belowers,
Rock-and-rollers and save-your-soulers and men who stuff hard boiled eggs into their mouths to get their name in the Guinness Book of Records.
CHORUS

4. Now there's store looters, sure shooters, baton twirlers, banner furlers,
Money lenders and funny spenders, sit-in leaders and pigeon feeders,
Pub singers and club singers, vandalizers, scandalizers,
Aristotlers and whiskey bottlers, and men who try to play the squeezebox with strange-sounding songs on this tape.
CHORUS TWICE