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