My father's a lavatory cleaner He works both by day and by night
And when he comes home in the evening
He's covered all over in ----
Shine up your buttons with Brasso
Its only three apence a tin
You can buy it or nick it from Woolworths
But I doubt if they'll have any in.

Some say that he died of a fever
Some say that he died of a fit
But I know what my father died of
He died of the smell of the ----
Shine up your buttons with Brasso
Its only three apence a tin
You can buy it or nick it from Woolworths
But I doubt if they'll have any in.

Some say that he's buried in a graveyard
Some say that he's buried in a pit
But I know where my father is buried
He's buried in six feet of ----
Shine up your buttons with Brasso
Its only three apence a tin
You can buy it or nick it from Woolworths
But I doubt if they'll have any in.