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My old Man's a dustman [G]Lonnie Donegan

Now G here's a D little Em story to  A7 tell it is a D7 must
G About an D unsung Em hero that  A7 moves away your D7 dust
Some A7 people make a  D7 fortune  A7 other's earn a  D7 mint
A7 My old man don't earn much, in D7 fact A7 he's flippin' D7 skint

D7 Oh! my G old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat D7
He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council G flat
He looks a proper narner in his great G7 big hob nailed C boots
He's D7 got such a job to pull em up that he calls them daisy G roots

G Some folks give tips at Christmas and some of them D7 forget
So when he picks their bins up he spills some on the G steps
Now one old man got nasty and G7 to the council C wrote
Next D7 time my old man went 'round there he punched him up the G throat
G spoken I say I say Lez! I 'er, I found a police dog in my dustbin
How do you know he's a police dog? He had a policeman with him !!

G Though my old man's a dustman he's got a heart of D7 gold
He got married recently though he's 86 years D7 old
We said 'Ere! Hang on Dad you're G7 getting past your C prime'
He said ' D7 Well when you get to my age it helps to pass the G time'

G spoken I say I say I say! My dustbins full of lillies
Well throw 'em away then I can't Lilly's wearing them !!

Now G one day while in a hurry he missed a lady's D7 bin
He hadn't gone but a few yards when she chased after G him
'What game do you think you're playing' she G7 cried right from the C heart
D7 'You've missed me, am I too late?' 'No - jump up on the G cart'
G spoken I say I say I say What you again! My dustbin's absolutely full with toadstools
How do you know it's full 'Cos there's not "mush room" inside !!

He G found a tiger's head one day, nailed to a piece of D7 wood
The tiger looked quite miserable but I suppose it G should
Just then from out a window, a G7 voice began to C wail
D7 He said Oi! Where's me tiger head - Four foot from it's G tail!!
Next time you see a dustman G7 looking all pale and C sad
Don't D7 kick him in the dustbin it might be my old G dad F E D D F [G

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