My Old Man's A Dustman

Lonnie Donegan

Now here's a little story

To tell it is a must

About an unknown hero

That moves away your dust

Some people make a fortune

Others earn a mint

My old man don't earn much

In fact....he's flippin'.....skint



Oh, my old man's a dustman

He wears a dustman's hat

He wears cor blimey trousers

And he lives in a council flat

He looks a proper narner

In his great big hob nailed boots

He's got such a job to pull 'em up

That he calls them daisy roots



Some folk give tips at Christmas

And some of them forget

And when he picks their bins up

He spills some on the steps

Now one old man got nasty

And to the council wrote

Next time my old man went 'round there

He punched him up the throat



Oh, my old man's a dustman

He wears a dustman's hat

He wears cor blimey trousers

And he lives in a council flat



I say, I say Dncan

I 'er...I found a police dog in my dust bin

(How do you know he's a police dog)

He had a policeman with him



Though my old man's a dustman

He's got a heart of gold

He got married recently

Though he's 86 years old

We said "Ear! Hang on dad

you're getting past your prime"

He said "Well when you get to my age"

"It helps to pass the time"



Oh, my old man's a dustman

He wears a dustman's hat

He wears cor blimey trousers

And he lives in a council flat



Isay, I say, I say

My dustbins full of lillies

(Well throw them away)

I can't Lilly's wearing them



Now one day while in a hurry

He missed a lady's bin

He hadn't gone but a few yards

When she chased after him

"What game do you think you're playing"

She cried right from the heart

"You missed me...am I to late"

"No...jump up on the cart"



Oh, my old man's a dustman

He wears a dustman's hat