My Old Man's a Dustman-Lonnie Donegan

[ti:My Old Man's A Dustman] [ar:Lonnie Donegan] [al:Puttin' On The Style] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.17]Now here's a little story [00:05.43]To tell it is a must [00:10.30]About an unsung hero [00:13.86]That moves away your dust [00:19.30]Some people make a fortune [00:21.86]Other's earn a mint [00:25.67]My old man don't earn much [00:32.68]In fact he's flippin' skint [00:33.43]Oh my old man's a dustman [00:39.11]He wears a dustman's hat [00:40.93]He wears cor blimey trousers [00:42.99]And he lives in a council flat [00:44.92]He looks a proper narner [00:46.70]In his great big hob nailed boots [00:48.64]He's got such a job to pull em up [00:50.77]That he calls them daisy roots [00:55.64]Some folks give tips at Christmas [00:57.34]And some of them forget [00:59.27]So when he picks their bins up [01:01.02]He spills some on the steps [01:03.27]Now one old man got nasty [01:04.83]And to the council wrote [01:06.22]Next time my old man went 'round there [01:08.60]He punched him up the throat [01:10.47]Oh my old man's a dustman [01:12.66]He wears a dustman's hat [01:14.41]He wears cor blimey trousers [01:16.47]And he lives in a council flat [01:18.29]I say I say Duncan [01:19.79]I 'er I found a police dog in my dustbin [01:22.74]How do you know he's a police dog [01:25.74]He had a policeman with him [01:29.61]Though my old man's a dustman [01:31.36]He's got a heart of gold [01:33.24]He got married recently [01:35.43]Though he's 86 years old [01:37.36]We said 'Ear Hang on Dad [01:38.93]You're getting past your prime' [01:40.80]He said 'Well when you get to my age' [01:42.99]'It helps to pass the time' [01:45.11]Oh my old man's a dustman [01:46.55]He wears a dustman's hat [01:48.36]He wears cor blimey trousers [01:50.80]And he lives in a council flat [01:52.11]I say I say I say [01:54.68]My dustbins full of lillies [01:55.93]Well throw 'em away then [01:57.30]I can't Lilly's wearing them [01:59.93]Now one day while in a hurry [02:03.43]He missed a lady's bin [02:05.37]He hadn't gone but a few yards [02:07.36]When she chased after him [02:09.24]'What game do you think you're playing' [02:11.18]She cried right from the heart [02:13.12]'You've missed me am I too late' [02:15.06]'No jump up on the cart' [02:18.55]Oh my old man's a dustman [02:19.43]He wears a dustman's hat [02:20.55]He wears cor blimey trousers [02:22.43]And he lives in a council flat [02:24.43]I say I say I say What you again [02:27.31]My dustbin's absolutely full with toadstools [02:30.05]How do you know it's full [02:32.74]'Cos there's not much room inside [02:34.05]He found a tiger's head one day [02:39.68]Nailed to a piece of wood [02:41.37]The tiger looked quite miserable [02:43.18]But I suppose it should [02:45.05]Just then from out a window [02:46.99]A voice began to wail [02:48.74]He said Oi Where's me tiger head [02:50.87]Four foot from it's tail [02:52.87]Oh my old man's a dustman [02:54.62]He wears a dustman's hat [02:56.62]He wears cor blimey trousers [02:58.37]And he lives in a council flat [03:00.12]Next time you see a dustman [03:02.06]Looking all pale and sad [03:03.87]Don't kick him in the dustbin [03:05.74]It might be my old dad