My Father's a Lavatory Cleaner

My father's a lavatory cleaner,
He works all day long in a pit (a pit!)
And when he comes home in the evening,
He stinks out the house with his...

Shine up your buttons with Brasso!
It's only three ha'pence a tin (a tin!)
You can buy it or nick it from Woolies (Woolworths!)
But I doubt if they've got any in (any in)

Some say he died of a fever
Some say he died of a fit (a fit!)
But I know what my old man died of
He died from the smell of the...

Shine up your buttons, etc...

Some say he left me a fortune
Some say he left me a bit (a bit!)
But I know what my old man left me
He left me a great lump of...

Shine up your buttons, etc...

Some say he's buried in gravel
Some say he's buried in grit (in grit!)
But I know what my old man's buried in
He's buried in a huge pile of...

Shine up your buttons, etc...