Verse
G#m F# G#m F#
I am a young man. I'm in my prime,
G#m F# C# G#m
And I work as hard as any man can,
G#m F# G#m F#
Making a way for a railway line,
D#7
I’m a rough and a tumble navvying man.
[Chorus]
G#m F#
With a billy cocked hat,
G#m F#
G# silken waistcoat,
G#m F# C# G#m
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
G#m F# G#m F#
G# shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
D#7 G#m
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 2]
G#m F# G#m F#
Living in a shanty, feeding fleas,
G#m F# C# G#m
Shovelling muck all through the day,
G#m F# G#m F#
For Maggoty meat and mouldy peas,
D#7
And the tommy-shop takes nearly all my pay.
[Chorus]
G#m F#
With a billy cocked hat,
G#m F#
G# silken waistcoat,
G#m F# C# G#m
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
G#m F# G#m F#
G# shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
D#7 G#m
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 3]
G#m F# G#m F#
Knocks of Sunday, goes on the randy,
G#m F# C# G#m
Finds my way to the nearest town.
G#m F# G#m F#
If I meet a peeler with 'is truncheon handy,
D#7
Well I ups with me fists and I knocks 'im down.
[Chorus]
G#m F#
With a billy cocked hat,
G#m F#
G# silken waistcoat,
G#m F# C# G#m
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
G#m F# G#m F#
G# shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
D#7 G#m
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 3]
G#m F# G#m F#
Jumped on the broom with boss eyed Kate
G#m F# C# G#m
And we both got drunk on two month’s pay
G#m F# G#m F#
Me money all gone and I couldn’t get slate
D#7
So I sold her for a shilling to a gangers mate
[Chorus]
G#m F#
With a billy cocked hat,
G#m F#
G# silken waistcoat,
G#m F# C# G#m
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
G#m F# G#m F#
G# shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
D#7 G#m
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 4]
G#m F# G#m F#
Blasting tunnels where the line runs deep,
G#m F# C# G#m
Or digging out bodies where the roof has fell,
G#m F# G#m F#
There's many a brave navvy takes a long, long sleep,
D#7
The reward for 'is labour's a funeral bell.
[Chorus]
G#m F#
With a billy cocked hat,
G#m F#
G# silken waistcoat,
G#m F# C# G#m
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
G#m F# G#m F#
G# shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
D#7 G#m
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 5]
G#m F# G#m F#
When the contract's finished and the navvy's have gone,
G#m F# C# G#m
Then the trains will run down the tracks we’ve laid.
G#m F# G#m F#
And all will marvel at what was done
D#7
By the lads who served at the navvying trade.
[Chorus]
G#m F#
With a billy cocked hat,
G#m F#
G# silken waistcoat,
G#m F# C# G#m
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
G#m F# G#m F#
G# shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
D#7 G#m
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
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