HIGH PART OF THE TOWN (EDCG) C - / G C F / C - / G C F C Every day we go walking to the high part of the town Ever since me father went up there and he found half a crown He said this is easy money, the conditions can't be beat We've never found a penny more, but it keeps us off the street F C / F C / F C / G7 C Keep your hands down in your pockets And your eyes down on the ground For the streets are lined with silver In the high part of the town Our house is not so crowded since me mother ran away She'd rather live from hand to mouth than to live from day to day Well me father's often lonely, but its a blessing in disguise Its cured me mother's worries and its cured me dad's black eyes CHORUS Well a man came from the council for to make me go to school He asked me lots of questions and he told me lots of rules They tried to teach geography, but I found it much too hard When they asked me where does coal come from, I answered "next door's yard" CHORUS Last Sunday night me father had a bit too much to sup And he swapped his Sunday overcoat for a seven week old pup They said it is was a bull dog, he belived them I suppose We found it was a poodle with a badly broken nose CHORUS Now me father said someday we'll live in the high part of the town But every time he gets a job they close the colliery down Its not when the pits are closing when me fathers troubles start Its when they close the pubs as well, it nearly breaks his heart CHORUS Collected by Dennis Cook from someone's singing at an FSGW open sing. @mine @work @drink filename[ HIGHTOWN DC ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY===