PUBLIC SERVICE PRIVATISE-EERS!
TTO: Barret's Privateers
Re-arranged by The Fooles Troupe
(C) 2011 The Fooles Troupe

When I was a lad I started work,
How I wish I worked for Telstra now!
Pay and conditions, quite good lurk,
Public Service, honest work.
God Damn Them All!
We were told, our Super would feed us when we grew old,
They fired us all, and shed no tears,
I'm a broken hearted man, crying in my beers,
Curse those Public Service Privatise-eers!

For many long years, for very little pay,
How I wish I worked for Telstra now!
Post Master General was the way,
A good career was a lifelong stay.
God Damn Them All!
We were told, our Super would feed us when we grew old,
They fired us all, and shed no tears,
I'm a broken hearted man, crying in my beers,
Curse those Public Service Privatise-eers!

Then they took the letters away,
How I wish I worked for Telstra now!
Australia Post, it got its day,
To post a letter you had to really pay.
God Damn Them All!
We were told, our Super would feed us when we grew old,
They fired us all, and shed no tears,
I'm a broken hearted man, crying in my beers,
Curse those Public Service Privatise-eers!

The three amigos came to play,
How I wish I worked for Telstra now!
Tried to bully NBN away,
Grabbed their bonuses and ran away.
God Damn Them All!
We were told, our Super would feed us when we grew old,
They fired us all, and shed no tears,
I'm a broken hearted man, crying in my beers,
Curse those Public Service Privatise-eers!

Then all the shares they sold one day,
How I wish I worked for Telstra now!
For the Government it was a very good day,
And now you can't even give them away.
God Damn Them All!
We were told, our Super would feed us when we grew old,
They fired us all, and shed no tears,
I'm a broken hearted man, crying in my beers,
Curse those Public Service Privatise-eers!

Some part time work, would suit they say,
How I wish I worked for Telstra now!
Even part time work. they won't let me play,
Cause I'm far too old for them they say.
God Damn Them All!
We were told, our Super would feed us when we grew old,
They fired us all, and shed no tears,
I'm a broken hearted man, crying in my beers,
Curse those Public Service Privatise-eers!

Now here I stand in my 63rd year,
How I wish I worked for Telstra now!
Went down to Centerlink to get some pay,
And the line it stretched for two whole days!
God Damn Them All!
We were told, our Super would feed us when we grew old,
They fired us all, and shed no tears,
I'm a broken hearted man, crying in my beers,
Curse those Public Service Privatise-eers!

God Damn Them All!
We were told, our Super would feed us when we grew old,
They fired us all, and shed no tears,
I'm a broken hearted man, crying in my beers,
Curse those Public Service Privatise-eers!