I’M LOOKING FOR A JOB

I'M LOOKING FOR A JOB

by

Matt McGinn

I’m looking for a job with a sky-high pay

A four day week and a two hour day

It's maybe just because I’m inclined that way

But I never did like being idle

I don’t want glory and I don’t want fame

I left school with a modest aim

I went to the Labour Exchange for work

Here is what I sang to the wee broo clerk

I’m looking for a job with a sky-high pay

A four day week and a two hour day

It's maybe just because I’m inclined that way

But I never did like being idle

'Now that,' says he, 'is a rare wee song

To come frae a lad so big and strong

Through the door on the left and take this card

You can sing it to the gaffer down in Harland’s yard'

I’m looking for a job with a sky-high pay

A four day week and a two hour day

It's maybe just because I’m inclined that way

But I never did like being idle

I sang it to the gaffer but he thought me daft

I’ve never ever heard such a horse’s laugh

He gathered around him all his men

And as one big choir, they sang then

'I’m looking for a job with a sky-high pay

A four day week and a two hour day

It's maybe just because I’m inclined that way

But I never did like being idle'

Their voices rang o’er the riverside

And it became the song o the Clyde

Its words were heard the whole world round

And it was known as the Clydeside Sound

I’m looking for a job with a sky-high pay

A four day week and a two hour day

It's maybe just because I’m inclined that way

But I never did like being idle