"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 He wears cor blimey trousers And he lives in a council flat He found a tiger's head one da Nailed to a piece of wood The tiger looked quite miserable But I suppose it would Just the from outa window A voice began to wail He said (Oi! Where's me tiger head) Four foot from it's tail Oh, my old man's a dustman He wears a dustman's hat He wear cor blimey trousers And he lives in a council flat Next time yo see a dustman Looking all pale and sad Don't kick him in the dustbin It might be my old dad
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