Now here's a little story 

To tell it is a must 

About an unsung hero 

That moves away the dust 



Some people make a fortune 

Others earn a mint 

My old man don't earn much 

In fact he's bloomin' skint 



Oh my old man's a dustman 

He wears a dustman's hat 

He wears cor blimey trousers 

And he lives in a council flat 

He looks a proper 'nana 

In his great big hob nailed boots 

He's got such a job to pull 'em up 

That he calls 'em daisy roots 



Some folks give tips at christmas 

And some of them forget 

So when he picks their bins up 

He spills some on the step 

Now one old man got nasty 

And to the council wrote 

Next time my old man went round there 

He punched him up the throat 



Oh my old man's a dustman 

He wears a dustman's hat 

He wears cor blimey trousers 

And he lives in a council flat 



I say I say Les 

(Yeah) 

I found a police dog in my dustbin 

(How do you know it was a police dog) 

He had a policeman with him 



Though my old mans a dustman 

He's got an 'art of gold 

He got married recently 

Though he's 86 years old 

We said 'ere hang on dad 

You're getting past your prime 

He said well when you get my age 

It 'elps to pass the time 



Oh my old man's a dustman 

He wears a dustman's hat 

He wears cor blimey trousers 

And he lives in a council flat 



I say I say I say 

My dustbin's full of lilies 

(Well throw'em away then) 

I can't lily's wearing 'em 



Now one day whilst in a hurry 

He missed a ladies bin 

He hadn't gone but a few yards 

When she chased after him 

What game d'you think you're playing 

She cried right from the 'art 

You've missed me am I too late 

Nah jump up on the cart 



Oh my old man's a dustman 

He wears a dustman's hat 

He wears cor blimey trousers 

And he lives in a council flat 



I say I say I say 

(Not you again) 

My dustbin's absolutely full with toadstools 

(How d'you know it's full) 

Cuz there's not mushroom inside 



He found a tiger's head one day 

Nailed to a piece of wood 

The tiger looked quite miserable 

But I suppose he should 

Just then from out the window 

A voice began to wail 

He said Oy where's me tigers head 

Four feet from his tail 



Oh my old man's a dustman 

He wears a dustman's hat 

He wears cor blimey trousers 

And he lives in a council flat 



Next time you see a dustman 

Looking all pale and sad 

Don't kick him in the dustbin 

It might me my old dad