Lyr ADD: My Old Man's a Dustman!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman!
From: GUEST,Songbird
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 03:10 AM

More bits of verses,

One day when out collecting, he missed a lady's bin.

He hadn't been gone a minute, when she came after him.

She .......?????(I've forgotten this line)

"You've missed me. Am I too late?". "No jump up on the cart!"

Though my old man's a dustman, he's got a heart of gold.

He got married recently though he's eighty one years old.

We said, "Hang on a minute dad, you're getting past your prime!".

He said "I know, but when you get my age, it helps to pass the time."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman!
From: Snuffy
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 06:54 PM

And, of course, it sounds great sung to the tune of "Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy" with all the harmonies.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman!
From: Dead Horse
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 03:33 PM

Sung as a religious chant:- My paternal parent is a refuse disposal operative. He wears refuse disposal operatives headgear. He wears Deity Strike Me Sightless pantaloons. And resides in accommodation provided by the local housing authority.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman!
From: GUEST,Dave Gallois
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 12:25 AM

THANKS FOR ALL THE FEED BACK - thank you very very much. This will make her whole week.

I really appreciate your time and effort.

Kindest Regards and best wishes.

Dave Gallois PS: I don't suppose you know the guitar chords do you ...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman!
From: Snuffy
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 06:51 PM

Look in this thread Lyric: Does Your Spearmint Lose Its Flavor? for the words posted by John in Brisbane Date: 20-Nov-98 - 02:10 AM

WassaiL! V

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman!
From: Jane 2001
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 06:47 PM

My Old man.......Council flat
He looks a proper nana in his great big hobnail boots,
He's got such a job to pull them up that he calls them daisy roots.

Isay, I say, I say,
my dustbin's full of toadstools.
How d'you know it's full?
Because there's not mushroom inside.

Some folks give tips at Christmas and others they forget
So when my old man collects their bins he spills some on the step,
One old man got nasty and to the council wrote,
Next time my old man went round there he punched him up the throat.

There is more, but that's a start anyway.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman!
From: brid widder
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 06:45 PM

he looks a proper nana in 'is great big hob-nail boots had such a job to pull em up that he calls 'em daisy roots

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Man's a Dustman!
From: Greg F.
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 06:36 PM

The Smothers Brothers on this side of the pond did a version of this in their early days- possibly on their "Live at the Purple Onion" (I think) album..... whether the dustman version came first, I can't say. I'll try & do some digging.

Best, Greg

Subject: My Old Man's a Dustman!
From:
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 06:02 PM

Greetings all:

I play guitar at an old folks homes and one of the ol'dears asked me to play this song. Well, I can find the lyrics/chords anywhere. Please would you be able to help... The chourus is:

My old man's a dustman,
he wears a dustmans hat,
he wears cor-blimy trousers,
and lives in a council flat.

As kids we used to sing an alternate last two lines:
"he farted through the key hole, and paralised the cat"!

Any help you have will be most appreciated.

Thank you.

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