Verse
Am G Am G
I am a young man. I'm in my prime,
Am G D Am
And I work as hard as any man can,
Am G Am G
Making a way for a railway line,
E7
I’m a rough and a tumble navvying man.
[Chorus]
Am G
With a billy cocked hat,
Am G
A silken waistcoat,
Am G D Am
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Am G Am G
A shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
E7 Am
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 2]
Am G Am G
Living in a shanty, feeding fleas,
Am G D Am
Shovelling muck all through the day,
Am G Am G
For Maggoty meat and mouldy peas,
E7
And the tommy-shop takes nearly all my pay.
[Chorus]
Am G
With a billy cocked hat,
Am G
A silken waistcoat,
Am G D Am
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Am G Am G
A shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
E7 Am
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 3]
Am G Am G
Knocks of Sunday, goes on the randy,
Am G D Am
Finds my way to the nearest town.
Am G Am G
If I meet a peeler with 'is truncheon handy,
E7
Well I ups with me fists and I knocks 'im down.
[Chorus]
Am G
With a billy cocked hat,
Am G
A silken waistcoat,
Am G D Am
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Am G Am G
A shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
E7 Am
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 3]
Am G Am G
Jumped on the broom with boss eyed Kate
Am G D Am
And we both got drunk on two month’s pay
Am G Am G
Me money all gone and I couldn’t get slate
E7
So I sold her for a shilling to a gangers mate
[Chorus]
Am G
With a billy cocked hat,
Am G
A silken waistcoat,
Am G D Am
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Am G Am G
A shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
E7 Am
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 4]
Am G Am G
Blasting tunnels where the line runs deep,
Am G D Am
Or digging out bodies where the roof has fell,
Am G Am G
There's many a brave navvy takes a long, long sleep,
E7
The reward for 'is labour's a funeral bell.
[Chorus]
Am G
With a billy cocked hat,
Am G
A silken waistcoat,
Am G D Am
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Am G Am G
A shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
E7 Am
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 5]
Am G Am G
When the contract's finished and the navvy's have gone,
Am G D Am
Then the trains will run down the tracks we’ve laid.
Am G Am G
And all will marvel at what was done
E7
By the lads who served at the navvying trade.
[Chorus]
Am G
With a billy cocked hat,
Am G
A silken waistcoat,
Am G D Am
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Am G Am G
A shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
E7 Am
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
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