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Now here's a little story to tell it is a must
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About an unsung hero that moves away your dust
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Some people make a fortune other's earn a mint
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My old man don't earn much In fact....he's flippin'.....skint
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Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat
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He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat
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He looks a proper narner in his great big hob nailed boots
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He's got such a job to pull em up that he calls them daisy roots
[Verse 2]
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Some folks give tips at Christmas and some of them forget
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So when he picks their bins up he spills some on the steps
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Now one old man got nasty and to the council wrote
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Next time my old man went 'round there he punched him up the throat
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Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat
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He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat
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(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
[Verse 3]
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Though my old man's a dustman he's got a heart of gold
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He got married recently though he's 86 years old
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We said 'Ear! Hang on Dad you're getting past your prime'
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He said 'Well when you get to my age it helps to pass the time'
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Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat
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He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat
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(spoken) I say I say I say! My dustbins full of lillies
(Well throw 'em away then) I can't Lilly's wearing them
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Now one day while in a hurry he missed a lady's bin
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He hadn't gone but a few yards when she chased after him
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'What game do you think you're playing' she cried right from the heart
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'You've missed me...am I too late?' 'No... jump up on the cart'
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Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat
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He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat
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(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 much room inside
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He found a tiger's head one day, nailed to a piece of wood
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The tiger looked quite miserable but I suppose it should
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Just then from out a window, a voice began to wail
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He said (Oi! Where's me tiger head) Four foot from it's tail!
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Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat
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He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat
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Next time you see a dustman looking all pale and sad
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Don't kick him in the dustbin it might be my old dad
