Verse
Gm F Gm F
I am a young man. I'm in my prime,
Gm F C Gm
And I work as hard as any man can,
Gm F Gm F
Making a way for a railway line,
D7
I’m a rough and a tumble navvying man.
[Chorus]
Gm F
With a billy cocked hat,
Gm F
G silken waistcoat,
Gm F C Gm
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Gm F Gm F
G shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
D7 Gm
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 2]
Gm F Gm F
Living in a shanty, feeding fleas,
Gm F C Gm
Shovelling muck all through the day,
Gm F Gm F
For Maggoty meat and mouldy peas,
D7
And the tommy-shop takes nearly all my pay.
[Chorus]
Gm F
With a billy cocked hat,
Gm F
G silken waistcoat,
Gm F C Gm
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Gm F Gm F
G shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
D7 Gm
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 3]
Gm F Gm F
Knocks of Sunday, goes on the randy,
Gm F C Gm
Finds my way to the nearest town.
Gm F Gm F
If I meet a peeler with 'is truncheon handy,
D7
Well I ups with me fists and I knocks 'im down.
[Chorus]
Gm F
With a billy cocked hat,
Gm F
G silken waistcoat,
Gm F C Gm
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Gm F Gm F
G shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
D7 Gm
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 3]
Gm F Gm F
Jumped on the broom with boss eyed Kate
Gm F C Gm
And we both got drunk on two month’s pay
Gm F Gm F
Me money all gone and I couldn’t get slate
D7
So I sold her for a shilling to a gangers mate
[Chorus]
Gm F
With a billy cocked hat,
Gm F
G silken waistcoat,
Gm F C Gm
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Gm F Gm F
G shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
D7 Gm
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 4]
Gm F Gm F
Blasting tunnels where the line runs deep,
Gm F C Gm
Or digging out bodies where the roof has fell,
Gm F Gm F
There's many a brave navvy takes a long, long sleep,
D7
The reward for 'is labour's a funeral bell.
[Chorus]
Gm F
With a billy cocked hat,
Gm F
G silken waistcoat,
Gm F C Gm
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Gm F Gm F
G shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
D7 Gm
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 5]
Gm F Gm F
When the contract's finished and the navvy's have gone,
Gm F C Gm
Then the trains will run down the tracks we’ve laid.
Gm F Gm F
And all will marvel at what was done
D7
By the lads who served at the navvying trade.
[Chorus]
Gm F
With a billy cocked hat,
Gm F
G silken waistcoat,
Gm F C Gm
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Gm F Gm F
G shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
D7 Gm
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
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