The Rest Of The Day's Your Own / Songs and Lyrics

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w:One day when I was out of work, a job I went to seek. To be
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w:a Far-mer's Boy * At last I found an ea-sy job at half-a-crown a
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w:week. To be a far-mer's boy * The far-mer says 'I think I've got the very job for you,
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w:Your du-ties will be light for this is all you-'ve got to do;
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w:Rise at three ev-ery morn, milk the cow with the
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w:crum-pled horn, Feed the pigs, clean the sty, teach the pig-eons the
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w:way to fly, Plough the fields, mow the hay, help the cocks and the
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w:hens to lay, Sow the seed, tend the crops, chase the fly from the
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w:tur-nip tops. Clean the knives, black the shoes, scrub the kit-chen and
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w:sweep the flues. Help the wife, empty the pots, grow the cabbages and
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w:the shal-lots Make the bed, dust the coal, tune the gram-o-
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w:phone -Then if there's no more work - to do The rest of the day's your own.
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W:One day when I was out of work, a job I went to seek
W:To be a Farmer's Boy
W:At last I found an easy job at a half-a-crown a week -
W:To be a Farmer's Boy
W:The farmer says 'I think I've got the very job for you,
W:Your duties will be light for this is all you've got to do;
W:Rise at three every morn, milk the cow with the crumpled horn,
W:Feed the pigs, clean the sty, teach the pigeons the way to fly,
W:Plough the fields, mow the hay, help the cocks and the hens to lay,
W:Sow the seed, tend the crops, chase the fly from the turnip tops,
W:Clean the knives, black the shoes, scrub the kitchen and sweep the flues,
W:Help the wife, empty the pots, grow the cabbages and the shallots.
W:Make the bed, dust the coal, tune the gramophone,
W:Then if there's no more work to do - The rest of the day's your own.'
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W:So I scratched my head, I thought it would be absolutely prime
W:To be a Farmer's Boy
W:The farmer says, 'Of course you'll have to do some overtime
W:To be a Farmer's Boy
W:Said he, 'The duties that I've given you, you'll be quickly through,
W:So I've been thinking out a few more things that you can do;
W:Skim the milk, make the cheese, chop the meat for the sausages,
W:Bath the kids, mend their clothes, use your dial to scare the crows,
W:In the milk put the chalk, shave the knobs off the pickled pork,
W:Shoe the horse, rake the coal, take the cat for a midnight stroll,
W:Cook the food, scrub the stairs, teach the parrot to say his prayers,
W:Roast the joint, bake the bread, shake the feathers up in the bed,
W:When the wife has got the gout, rub her funny-bone,
W:Then if there's nothing else to do - The rest of the day's your own.
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W:I thought it was a shame to take his money, you can bet
W:For being a Farmer's Boy,
W:And so I wrote my duties down in case I should forget
W:That I was a Farmer's Boy.
W:I took all night to write them down, I didn't go to bed,
W:Somehow I got them all mixed up for this is how it read;
W:Scrub the wife every day, teach the nanny-goat how to lay,
W:Shave the cat, tune the cheese, fit the tights on the sausages,
W:Bath the pigs, break the pots, beat the kids with a few carrots,
W:Roast the horse, dust the bread, put the cocks and the hens to bed,
W:Boots and shoes black with chalk, shave the hair on the pickled pork,
W:But all the rest I forgot, somehow it has flown,
W:But I got the sack this morning, so - The rest of my life's my own.

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