My Daddy he were just a boy when he walked outta school
His Mammy said there’d soon be one more hungry mouth to fill
He said ‘the learnin’ and the schoolin’ wurnae bad for them that could
Tho’ I can read and write my bloody name and sign it where I should
And he said
If I had my time again, I know I’d be a learned man
An artisan in high demand, a Doctor or a Teacher
As sure as guns are made of iron, I were born a working man
I’d live & die right where I stand if I’d my time again
He went wide eyed down tae Johnny Brown, he were a big lad for his years
And there he worked so long if he ever cried there’d be iron ore in his tears
He’d tumble in of a Friday night a Haddie for yer tea,
And he’d sing to me their dirty songs & diddle me on his knee
And he’d sing
If I had my time again, I know I’d be a rovin’ man
I’d rove away to far Japan to court the Emperors daughter
With his mates he’d belt the plates on fleets of shining awe
To carry all the well-to-do to golden foreign shores,
They all coughed themselves to an early grave half filled with bloody rain,
As the people sang ‘The Long Black Limousine’
We all sing
If I had my time again, I know I’d be a fightin’ man
In far Malay or Vietnam, tho’ I am more a lover
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