Verse
Dm C Dm C
I am a young man. I'm in my prime,
Dm C G Dm
And I work as hard as any man can,
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Making a way for a railway line,
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I’m a rough and a tumble navvying man.
[Chorus]
Dm C
With a billy cocked hat,
Dm C
D silken waistcoat,
Dm C G Dm
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Dm C Dm C
D shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
A7 Dm
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 2]
Dm C Dm C
Living in a shanty, feeding fleas,
Dm C G Dm
Shovelling muck all through the day,
Dm C Dm C
For Maggoty meat and mouldy peas,
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And the tommy-shop takes nearly all my pay.
[Chorus]
Dm C
With a billy cocked hat,
Dm C
D silken waistcoat,
Dm C G Dm
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Dm C Dm C
D shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
A7 Dm
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 3]
Dm C Dm C
Knocks of Sunday, goes on the randy,
Dm C G Dm
Finds my way to the nearest town.
Dm C Dm C
If I meet a peeler with 'is truncheon handy,
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Well I ups with me fists and I knocks 'im down.
[Chorus]
Dm C
With a billy cocked hat,
Dm C
D silken waistcoat,
Dm C G Dm
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Dm C Dm C
D shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
A7 Dm
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 3]
Dm C Dm C
Jumped on the broom with boss eyed Kate
Dm C G Dm
And we both got drunk on two month’s pay
Dm C Dm C
Me money all gone and I couldn’t get slate
A7
So I sold her for a shilling to a gangers mate
[Chorus]
Dm C
With a billy cocked hat,
Dm C
D silken waistcoat,
Dm C G Dm
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Dm C Dm C
D shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
A7 Dm
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 4]
Dm C Dm C
Blasting tunnels where the line runs deep,
Dm C G Dm
Or digging out bodies where the roof has fell,
Dm C Dm C
There's many a brave navvy takes a long, long sleep,
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The reward for 'is labour's a funeral bell.
[Chorus]
Dm C
With a billy cocked hat,
Dm C
D silken waistcoat,
Dm C G Dm
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Dm C Dm C
D shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
A7 Dm
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
[Verse 5]
Dm C Dm C
When the contract's finished and the navvy's have gone,
Dm C G Dm
Then the trains will run down the tracks we’ve laid.
Dm C Dm C
And all will marvel at what was done
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By the lads who served at the navvying trade.
[Chorus]
Dm C
With a billy cocked hat,
Dm C
D silken waistcoat,
Dm C G Dm
Corduroy trousers tied at the knee,
Dm C Dm C
D shovel, a pick, and a one-wheel barrow,
A7 Dm
And a jug full of gin when I takes me ease.
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