Nigel,

I have the same sort of half-remembered lines form the Charley Drake version, which is why I find it so frustrating not knowing the correct words. I think I can add a couple of lines to your first verse :

Well I gets up in the morning when the clock strikes ...
..Line missing..
With a nice cup of tea, a little round of toast
The Sporting Life and the Winning Post
I get all nice and tidy and I toddle off to work
I do the best I can
'Cos I'm only doing what a bloke should do
'Cos I'm only a working man

I'm not sure, but I think that the lines

"Well I gets to work each morning as the clock strikes eight
I'm always punctual, never ever late"

might be combined with the first to lines of the verse above to give

Well I gets up in the morning when the clock strikes strikes eight
I'm always punctual, never ever late
With a nice cup of tea ..........................

I can't add anything to the last verse except that I thought that it was
......get home in the evening about 6 o'clock


Come on Mudcat ! Where are you when I need you ?


Doug C