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My old Man's a dustman[A] - Lonnie Donegan

[Chorus] 
|[E7] Oh! my [A] old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat [E7]
|He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council [A] flat
He looks a proper narner in his [A7] great big hob nailed [D] boots
He's [E7] got such a job to pull em up that he calls them daisy [A] roots

[Verse 1] 
[A] Some folks give tips at Christmas and some of them [E7] forget
So when he picks their bins up he spills some on the [A] steps
Now one old man got nasty and [A7] to the council [D] wrote
Next [E7] time my old man went 'round there he punched him up the [A] throat

[Chorus]

[Verse 2] 
[A] Though my old man's a dustman he's got a heart of [E7] gold
He got married recently though he's 86 years [A] old
We said 'Ere! Hang on Dad you're [A7] getting past your [D] prime'
He said ' [E7] Well when you get to my age it helps to pass the [A] time'
 
[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Now [A] one day while in a hurry he missed a lady's [E7] bin
He hadn't gone but a few yards when she chased after [A] him
'What game do you think you're playing' she [A7] cried right from the [D] heart
[E7] 'You've missed me, am I too late?' 'Nah - jump up on the [A] cart'

[Chorus]

[Verse 4] 
He [A] found a tiger's head one day, nailed to a piece of [E7] wood
The tiger looked quite miserable but I suppose it [A] should
Just then from out a window, a [A7] voice began to [D] wail
[E7] He said (Oi! Where's me tiger head) - Four foot from it's [A] tail!!

[Chorus]

Next time you see a dustman [A7] looking all pale and [D] sad
Don't [E7] kick him in the dustbin it might be my old [A] dad

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