My Daddy he were just a boy when he walked outta school,
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His Mammy said there’d soon be one more hungry mouth to fill,
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He said ‘the learnin’ and the schoolin’ wurnae bad for them that could,
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Tho’ I can read & write my bloody name & sign it where I should’,
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And he said..
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‘If I had my time again, I know I’d be a learned man,
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An artisan in high demand, a Doctor or a Teacher,
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As sure as guns are made of iron, I were born a workin man,
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I’d live & die right where I stand if I’d my time again’.
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He went wide eyed down tae Johnny Brown, he were a big lad for his years,
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write - scrivi
where - dove
vietnam - Vietnam
tumble - caduta
teacher - insegnante
filled - pieno
themselves - loro stessi
carry - trasportare
emperors - imperatori
years - anni
learned - imparato
doctor - medico
songs - canzoni
daughter - figlia
demand - richiesta
outta - outta
dirty - sporco
artisan - artigiano
daddy - papà
cried - gridò
bloody - sanguinoso
worked - lavorato
shores - sponde
early - presto
malay - malese
black - nero
their - loro
diddle - imbrogliare
again - ancora
coughed - tossito
there - là
school - scuola
fleets - flotte
fightin - fightin
could - poteva
brown - marrone
limousine - limousine
people - persone
friday - venerdì
golden - d'oro
grave - tomba
tears - lacrime
hungry - affamato
walked - camminava
shining - splendente
japan - Giappone
johnny - johnny
learnin - learnin
lover - amante
mates - compagni
night - notte
mouth - bocca
plates - piatti
right - destra
court - tribunale
stand - stare in piedi
workin - lavorare in
foreign - straniero
should - dovrebbero
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