The Knockabout Fellow

Variety and adventure in his life to him are not new And of nights of sexual passion he has had more than a few So many young women have come to and gone from his life But yet to be a father or to have a wife A tall handsome brown haired bloke in his physical prime For love and for marriage for him plenty of time When near drunk in the pub he is happy to sing The knockabout fellow who does his own thing He has worked on building sites and he has shorn sheep And laid sewerage and water pipes where the trenches are deep As a shirker of hard work he will never be known He has worked with the best of men and held his own A bit rough around the edges of him one might say But he is a nice person in his own charming way Quite generous with his hard earned money he knows how to spend He is one who will never be short of a friend A down to earth fellow who works hard for his every pay To help one out he would go out of his way When near drunk in the pub he is happy to sing The likeable fellow who does his own thing.