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T:I'm Looking For A Job
Z:Webmaster
C:Matt McGinn
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W:I’m looking for a job with a sky-high pay
W:A four day week and a two hour day
W:‘maybe it’s because I’m inclined that way
W:But I never did like being idle!
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W:I don’t want glory and I don’t want fame
W:I left school with a modest aim
W:I went to the Labour Exchange for work
W:Here is what I sang to the wee broo clerk
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W:2
W:Now that, says he, is a rare wee song
W:To come frae a lad so big and strong
W:Through the door on the left and take this card
W:You can sing to the gaffer down in Harland’s yard
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W:3
W:I sang it to the gaffer but he thought me daft
W:I’ve never even heard such a horse’s laugh
W:He gathered around him all his men
W:And as one big choir, they sang then
W:
W:4
W:Their voices rang o’er the riverside
W:And it became the song of the Clyde
W:Its words were heard the whole world round
W:And it was known as the Clydeside Sound
W:
W:5 - Extra verse from.NSG.
W:Well I found that job with the sky high pay
W:A four day week and a two hour day
W:I can’t believe my luck I’ve never had it so good
W:Now I’m a politician down in Holyrood !!

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