CAN O TEA
by
Matt McGinn
The champagne flows, the wine glass glows
The shipyard gates will have tae close
They say it's a' because o me
And I cannae hae my can o tea
Dow-ri-adaday, my can o tea
For forty years and fourteen mair
The men that work wi Donald Blair
They’ve aye had a middle of the morning plan
They stop at ten to boil their can
And the champagne flows, the wine glass glows
The shipyard gates will have tae close
They say it's a' because o me
And I cannae hae my can o tea
Dow-ri-adaday, my can o tea
But Donald he was awfully wise
Although he always closed his eyes
He never ever gave us leave
So he'd have a trump card up his sleeve
The champagne flows, the wine glass glows
The shipyard gates will have tae close
They say it's a' because o me
And I cannae hae my can o tea
Dow-ri-adaday, my can o tea
This morning Donald came to me
He pointed tae my can o tea
Then he let oot an awful roar
Says he, ‘Young man get oot that door’
Oh, the champagne flows, the wine glass glows
The shipyard gates will have tae close
They say it's a' because o me
And I cannae hae my can o tea
Dow-ri-adaday, my can o tea
But the men said I'd been victimised
For the union I had organised
So when I laid doon my can o tea
A thousand men marched oot wi me
The champagne flows, the wine glass glows
The shipyard gates will have tae close
They say it's a' because o me
And I cannae hae my can o tea
Dow-ri-adaday, my can o tea