Henry's Songbook

It was on the Monday morning when the gas-man came to call
The gas tap wouldn't turn, I wasn't getting gas at all
He pulled down all the skirting boards to try and find the main
And I had to call a carpenter to put them back again
Oh it all makes work for the working man to do
It was on the Tuesday morning the carpenter came round
He hammered and he chiselled and he said, Look what I've found
The floors are full of dry rot but I'll put them all to rights
Then he hammered through a cable and out went all the lights
Oh it all makes work for the working man to do
It was on a Wednesday morning the electrician came
He called me Mr. MacIntyre which isn't quite my name
He couldn't reach the fuse box without standing on the bin
And he put his foot through a window so I called the glazier in
Oh it all makes work for the working man to do
It was on the Thursday morning the glazier came along
With his blowtorch and his putty and his merry glazier's song
He put another window in, it took no time at all
So I had to get a painter in to come and paint the wall
Oh it all makes work for the working man to do
It was on a Friday morning that the painter made a start
With undercoats and overcoats he painted every part
He painted every corner but I found when he was gone
He'd painted over the gas tap and I couldn't turn it on
Oh it all makes work for the working man to do
On Saturday and Sunday they do no work at all
So it was on the Monday morning that the gasman came to call

(as sung by Iain MacKintosh)