My Old Man's A Dustman-Lonnie Donegan/Helen O'Connell

[ti:My Old Man's A Dustman] [ar:Lonnie Donegan] [al:Puttin' On The Style] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.87]Now here's a little story [00:05.13]To tell it is a must [00:10.00]About an unsung hero [00:13.56]That moves away your dust [00:19.00]Some people make a fortune [00:21.56]Other's earn a mint [00:25.37]My old man don't earn much [00:32.38]In fact he's flippin' skint [00:33.13]Oh my old man's a dustman [00:38.81]He wears a dustman's hat [00:40.63]He wears cor blimey trousers [00:42.69]And he lives in a council flat [00:44.62]He looks a proper narner [00:46.40]In his great big hob nailed boots [00:48.34]He's got such a job to pull em up [00:50.47]That he calls them daisy roots [00:55.34]Some folks give tips at Christmas [00:57.04]And some of them forget [00:58.97]So when he picks their bins up [01:00.72]He spills some on the steps [01:02.97]Now one old man got nasty [01:04.53]And to the council wrote [01:05.92]Next time my old man went 'round there [01:08.30]He punched him up the throat [01:10.17]Oh my old man's a dustman [01:12.36]He wears a dustman's hat [01:14.11]He wears cor blimey trousers [01:16.17]And he lives in a council flat [01:17.99]I say I say Duncan [01:19.49]I 'er I found a police dog in my dustbin [01:22.44]How do you know he's a police dog [01:25.44]He had a policeman with him [01:29.31]Though my old man's a dustman [01:31.06]He's got a heart of gold [01:32.94]He got married recently [01:35.13]Though he's 86 years old [01:37.06]We said 'Ear Hang on Dad [01:38.63]You're getting past your prime' [01:40.50]He said 'Well when you get to my age' [01:42.69]'It helps to pass the time' [01:44.81]Oh my old man's a dustman [01:46.25]He wears a dustman's hat [01:48.06]He wears cor blimey trousers [01:50.50]And he lives in a council flat [01:51.81]I say I say I say [01:54.38]My dustbins full of lillies [01:55.63]Well throw 'em away then [01:57.00]I can't Lilly's wearing them [01:59.63]Now one day while in a hurry [02:03.13]He missed a lady's bin [02:05.07]He hadn't gone but a few yards [02:07.06]When she chased after him [02:08.94]'What game do you think you're playing' [02:10.88]She cried right from the heart [02:12.82]'You've missed me am I too late' [02:14.76]'No jump up on the cart' [02:18.25]Oh my old man's a dustman [02:19.13]He wears a dustman's hat [02:20.25]He wears cor blimey trousers [02:22.13]And he lives in a council flat [02:24.13]I say I say I say What you again [02:27.01]My dustbin's absolutely full with toadstools [02:29.75]How do you know it's full [02:32.44]'Cos there's not much room inside [02:33.75]He found a tiger's head one day [02:39.38]Nailed to a piece of wood [02:41.07]The tiger looked quite miserable [02:42.88]But I suppose it should [02:44.75]Just then from out a window [02:46.69]A voice began to wail [02:48.44]He said Oi Where's me tiger head [02:50.57]Four foot from it's tail [02:52.57]Oh my old man's a dustman [02:54.32]He wears a dustman's hat [02:56.32]He wears cor blimey trousers [02:58.07]And he lives in a council flat [02:59.82]Next time you see a dustman [03:01.76]Looking all pale and sad [03:03.57]Don't kick him in the dustbin [03:05.44]It might be my old dad