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Four Pounds a Day 
Four Pounds a Day by Stan Kelly and Eric Winter 
The rain is falling on the site the tea's upon the brew We're siting on our arseholes with bugger all to do Outside our picks and shovels lads they slowly rust away We're rained on and contented on four pounds a day
 Four pounds a day, me lads and nothing much to do No trouble from the foreman, he's in the union, too Some want the rain to go to Spain, we want the rain to stay We're rained on and contented on four pounds a day 
It's early in the morning, we start at ten o'clock We search the skies impatiently, bejays I felt a drop The can lads are on bonus and each brew means better pay We're rained on and contented on four pounds a day 
So Freddie get the cards out, the racing page as well And as for the contractors, we hope they go to Hell It looks as if the rain's set in, we shan't do much today What matter if on Friday, we all draw our pay 
recorded by Ian Campbell Folk Group SOF