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Lyrics<\/strong><\/td>Gus Elen<\/td>Music<\/strong><\/td> Charles Cornell<\/strong> <\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>V13400<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Music Hall performers<\/strong><\/td>Gus Elen 1900s to 1910s<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>John Foreman?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Some people knuckle dahn thro' bein' out of work\nBut I ain't one o' them, not me\nIf a gaffer starts to nag I soon picks up my bag\nAnd I flops 'im one with this, d'ye see\nIt don't do to let people fink you're on the rocks\n'Cos they're bound to turn their heads the other way\nBut it makes no odds to me what the future's goin' to be\nSo long as I've got all I wants today, so,\n\nWhat's the use of kicking up a row\nIf there ain't no work about?\nIf you can't get a job, you can rest in bed\nTill the school kids all comes out\nIf you can't get work you can't get the sack\nThat's a argyment that's sensible and sound\nLay your head back on yer piller and read yer 'Daily Mirrer'\nAnd wait till the work comes round.<\/em>\n\nIf trade is werry rocky and you 'ave to take the knocky\nIt's best to face the music like a brick\nIf your creditors come down on yer for everyfink you owe\nYou must dot 'em on the napper with a stick\nSome people walk about the streets a-looking out for work\nTill they 'aven't got a leg to call their own\nInstead o' them a-waiting for the work to come to them\nWith their feet stuck on the mantlepiece at home.\n\nWhat's the use of kicking up a row\nIf there ain't no work about?\nIf you can't get a job, you can rest in bed\nTill the school kids all comes out\nIf you can't get work you can't get the sack\nThat's a argyment that's sensible and sound\nWith the twins upon your lap, you can play the wife at nap\nAnd wait till the work comes round.<\/em>\n\nNow you 'aven't got to worry as to where you're going to dine\nAnd it's a matter of indifference 'ow you're dressed\n'Cos if a chap's 'ard up he doesn't want a starchy front\nTo get a pound of sprats across his chest\nAnd there's one thing, while you're idle you ain't wearing' out yer boots\nAnd yer togs'll last you twice as long as that\nThough yer rations may be low, it consoles yer when yer know\nYou can't peg out through being over fat.\n\nWhat's the use of kicking up a row\nIf there ain't no work about?\nIf you can't get a job, you can rest in bed\nTill the school kids all comes out\nIf you can't get work you can't get the sack\nThat's a argyment that's sensible and sound\nWith the swells in Rotten Row you can sit and 'ave a blow\nAnd wait till the work comes round.<\/em> <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Another working class cockney classic from Gus Elen! The excellent John Foreman sings a snatch in the excellent BBC Radio 4 Programme John’s Songs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Lyrics: Monologues.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gus Elen sings it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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