High Part of the Town

Every morning we go walking to the high part of the town
Ever since me father went up there and he found half a crown
He said, “This is easy money, the conditions can't be beat”
We've never found a penny more, but it keeps us off the street

Our house is not so crowded since me mam, she ran away
She'd rather live from hand to mouth than to live from day to day
Well me father's often lonely, but its a blessing in disguise
Its cured me mother's headaches, and its cured me dads black eyes

Well a man came from the council for to make me go to school
He asked me lots of questions and he told me lots of rules
They tried to teach geography, but I found it much too hard
When they asked me where the coal comes from, I answered "next door`s yard"

Last Sunday night me father had a bit too much to sup
And he swapped his Sunday overcoat for a seven week old pup
They said it is was a bull dog, he believed them I suppose;
We found it was a poodle with a badly broken nose

Well, they sent me home from school last week, ‘cause they said that I had nits;
Me mother said she was ashamed, but I was thrilled to bits.
All my friends were green with envy, so I knew just what to do:
I sold them nits for ten cents each, and they all got sent home too.

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