{"id":1783,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/on-the-dole"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"on-the-dole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/on-the-dole\/","title":{"rendered":"ON THE DOLE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve worked hard all my life I’ll tell to you no lie
\nDown in the local dock yards as a man and boy
\nBut now the bosses tell me they’ll have to let me go
\nI’m just another number I’m signing on the dole<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nOn the dole, on the dole, on the dole, on the dole
\nIt’s enough to break a poor fella’s heart and soul
\nBy the time we pay the rent ma’am, the grub, the gas, the coal
\nSure there isn’t much left over when you’re signing on the dole<\/p>\n

Oh Mary wants a new dress and Johnny needs new shoes
\nAnd to see little Charlie’s bum sticking out sure gives me the blues
\nSome how we’ll have to manage on a couple of bob
\nAnd hope some day for better things if I can get a job<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

After mass on Sunday morning through the local for a jar
\nI’ve only got about four quid it won’t go very far
\nThen it’s home to dinner of bangers, beans and mash
\nWe used to have the Sunday roast when we had the cash<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

This thing they call recession when is it going to end
\nIt’s driving innocent people half way round the bend
\nThey say that it will take three years but that seems far away
\nWhile we struggle on the make ends meet every other day<\/p>\n

Chorus
\nRepeat Chorus<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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