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I’m a working chap as you can see
And you’ll find an honest lad in
me
I’m neither haughty, mean nor prood
Nor iver taks the things too rude
I niver live abeen my means
Nor seek assistance fae mi frien’s
But day and nicht, through thick
an thin
I’m workin life oot ta keep life
in
Chorus
Sae nae maitter frien’s whate’er
befa
The peer folk they maun work awa
Through frost and snaw an rain and
wind
They’re working life oot tae keep
life in
The peer needle wummin that we saw
In reality and on the wa
A picture sorrowfu tae see
I’m sure wi me you wid agree
Her pay’s scarce able tae feed a
moose
Far less tae keep hersel an hoose
She’s naked, hungry, pale and thin
Jist workin life oot, tae keep life
in
Chorus
Don’t call a man a drunken sot
Because he wears a ragged coat
It’s better far, mind don’t forget
Tae rin in rags than rin in debt
He may look seedy, very true
But still his creditors are few
He toddle on, devoid o sin
Jist working life oot, tae keep life
in
Chorus
Aye but maybe frien’s I’ve bade ower
lang
An I hope I hae said nithin wrang
For I’ve merely winted for tae show
The wye the peer folk hae tae go
Jist imagine a man wi a hoosefae
o bairns
Tae raise them up it taks a he earns
Wi a willin heart an a coat gie thin
He’s workin life oot tae keep life
in
Chorus
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