Eric Bogle - No use or him

^CMy father was a big strong man, he ^Gworked hard all his ^Clife He was always in the whisky glass and n^Gever out of strife He ^Fcalled no man his master, and v^Cery few his fr^Amiend A pro^Fud and stiff-necked man he was, he’d n^Cever bowed nor b^Gend But they ^Fbroke him ^Cin the e^Gnd, when they'd no ^Cuse for him

^CFor they took away his job when they'd no ^Guse for him any ^Cmore After nearly thirty years they k^Gicked him out the door But they ^Flet him keep his railway jacket, ov^Cercoat, and ^Amcap And a pe^Fnsion of nine bob a week, he was l^Cucky to get t^Ghat And they n^Fearly b^Croke his he^Gart, when they'd no u^Cse for him

^CNow I spent much of my childhood d^Gays up in that sig^Cnal box High in my father's castle, twenty ^Gfeet above the tracks And c^Frash would go the signals as ^Che flicked them with his hand And the ^Fmighty cars of steam and steel ^Cwould stop at his comma^Gnd And ^Foh, but ^Cit was g^Grand, when they had a ^Cuse for him

^CBut they took away his job when they'd no^G use for him any^C more After nearly thirty years they k^Gicked him out the door But they ^Flet him keep his railway jacket, ov^Cercoat, and ^Amcap And a pe^Fnsion of nine bob a week, he was l^Cucky to get t^Ghat And they n^Fearly b^Croke his he^Gart, when they'd no u^Cse for him

^CWhen you're fifty-five years old a^Gnd youre looking for some^C work Nobody wants to know your face ^Gno-one gives you a start ^FSo I watched him growing older and more ^Cbitter every d^Amay As hi^Fs pride and self-respect, well t^Chey slowly drain ^Gaway There was ^Fnothing ^CI could s^Gay - they had no u^Cse for him

^CFor they took away his job when they'd no ^Guse for him any ^Cmore After nearly thirty years they k^Gicked him out the door But they ^Flet him keep his railway jacket, ov^Cercoat, and ^Amcap And a pe^Fnsion of nine bob a week, he was l^Cucky to get t^Ghat And they n^Fearly b^Croke his he^Gart, when they'd no u^Cse for him ^FYes I ^Cknow they b^Groke his hea^Grt when they'd no us^Ce for him.