My old man's a lavatory cleaner
He cleans them by day and by night
And when he comes home in the evening
He stinks of the smell of the...
Sh............ine your buttons with Brasso
It's only three haipence a tin
You buy it or knock it from Woolwoths
It's always full up to the brim

Some say he died of a fever
Others say he died of a fit
But I know what my old man died of
He died of the smell of the
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