Lonnie Donegan - My old mans a dustman

Now ^Ghere's a ^D/F#little s^Emtory to t^A7ell it is a m^D7ust Ab^Gout an ^D/F#unsung ^Emhero that m^A7oves away your d^D7ust Some p^A7eople make a ^D7fortune ^A7other's earn a ^D7mint ^A7My old man don't earn much In ^D7fact....^A7he's flippin'....^D7.skint

^D7Oh!^G my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman^D7's hat He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council ^Gflat He looks a proper narner in his great ^G7big hob nailed bo^Cots He's g^D7ot such a job to pull em up that he calls them daisy r^Goots

Som^Ge folks give tips at Christmas and some of them ^D7forget So when he picks their bins up he spills some on the ^Gsteps Now one old man got nasty and^G7 to the council w^Crote Next t^D7ime my old man went 'round there he punched him up the ^Gthroat

Oh! my ^Gold man's a dustman he wears a dustman's ^D7hat He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council f^Glat

^G(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

Thoug^Gh my old man's a dustman he's got a heart of go^D7ld He got married recently though he's 86 years ^D7old We said 'Ear! Hang on Dad you're^G7 getting past your p^Crime' He said '^D7Well when you get to my age it helps to pass the ti^Gme'

Oh! ^Gmy old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's^D7 hat He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council fl^Gat

^G(spoken) I say I say I say! My dustbins full of lillies (Well throw 'em away then) I can't Lilly's wearing them

Now ^Gone day while in a hurry he missed a lady's ^D7bin He hadn't gone but a few yards when she chased after ^Ghim 'What game do you think you're playing' she ^G7cried right from the h^Ceart ^D7'You've missed me...am I too late?' 'No... jump up on the ^Gcart'

Oh! my ^Gold man's a dustman he wears a dustman's ^D7hat He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council f^Glat

^G(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

He ^Gfound a tiger's head one day, nailed to a piece of^D7 wood The tiger looked quite miserable but I suppose it s^Ghould Just then from out a window, a v^G7oice began to^C wail ^D7He said (Oi! Where's me tiger head) Four foot from it's ^Gtail!

Oh! ^Gmy old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's ^D7hat He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council f^Glat Next time you see a dustman loo^G7king all pale and s^Cad Don't ki^D7ck him in the dustbin it might be my old ^G5dad ^{F5 E5 Eb5 D D F F# G}