[Slinks:]
We're a lot of lazy loafers,
Oh! we recognize it's true;
But it isn't that we're idle--
If you knew our point of view.
No! we'd gladly work all day and night,
But we've got no work to do.
[Men:]
But we've got no work to do.
[Slinks:]
We've sometimes nearly got a job,
But it's pass'd on to a pal;
We'd like to do some flirting
But we haven't got a gal!
We'd love to catch a fish,
But there's no fish in the Canal!
[Men:]
No fish in the Canal!
[Slinks:]
We're a lot of lazy loafers,
Yes, of that we're well aware;
We would work for next to nothing,
But we feel it isn't fair.
And if you knew us better,
There's a fact you can't avoid,
There is no one quite as busy
As the lazy unemployed!
[Men:]
We're a lot of lazy loafers,
Yes, of that we're well aware;
We would work for next to nothing,
But we feel it isn't fair.
And if you knew us better,
There's a fact you can't avoid,
There is no one quite as busy
As the lazy unemployed!
[Slinks:]
Now one day we really thought
we'd got a job-- well, half-a-crown,
From an English toff who turned up
With his motor broken down;
And he gave us all a guilder
If we'd push it through the town.
[Men:]
If we'd push it through the town.
[Slinks:]
I was just a-going to push,
with all the strength I'd ever known,
When the blessed artful motor
Started moving on its own;
And I lost the job, the guilder,
Yes, and half my collarbone!
[Men:]
And half his collarbone!
[Slinks:]
We're a lot of lazy loafers,
Yes, of that we're well aware;
For we haven't got a thing
Except a lot of open air.
But if you knew us better,
There's a fact you can't avoid,
We'd not be half so healthy
If we weren't so unemployed!
[Men:]
We're a lot of lazy loafers,
Yes, of that we're well aware;
For we haven't got a thing
Except a lot of open air.
But if you knew us better,
There's a fact you can't avoid,
We'd not be half so healthy
If we weren't so unemployed!
[Slinks:]
Oh, in England, so they tell us,
Nice processions are allowed.
The authorities are kind to them,
And do them mighty proud;
They provide them with policemen,
To protect them from the crowd.
[Men:]
To protect them from the crowd.
[Slinks:]
Then they've got a lovely workhouse,
Just the place for you and me,
Where the guardians are millionaires,
As gen'rous as can be;
And there's hock for lunch, and watercress,
And jam and shrimps for tea!
[Men:]
And jam and shrimps for tea!
[Slinks:]
They're a lot of lazy loafers,
Oh, of that we're well aware;
You can see them with collecting boxes
Marching round a square.
If we only had a bowler,
And a shirt of celluloid,
Into Parliament we'd get
And be for ever unemployed!
[Men:]
They're a lot of lazy loafers,
Oh, of that we're well aware;
You can see them with collecting boxes
Marching round a square.
If we only had a bowler,
And a shirt of celluloid,
Into Parliament we'd get
And be for ever unemployed!