@+e Forum The Rag & Bone Man

  Rag and Bone he shouts out loud Best prices paid he roars His noisy voice attracts a crowd But they all stay indoors He continues on his merry way His Horse Betty pulls the cart A real pictures does he make These two are rarely apart His horse is now a tired old nag Worn out from overwork He himself is no spring chicken And often feels a berk As he sits upon the cart His coat and trousers badly worn Bad tempered most of the time Because on his foot he has a corn Which gives him jip each time he walks And Betty’s in a sorry state as well Her legs are tired from all the work If you look you can soon tell But they soldier on as best they can To do the round all day So always greet them with a smile As they wend their merry way   Now Tommy has been in this trade For three score years and ten Which means he should be retired Like many other men But despite his grumpy demeanour Betty means the world to him you see They  have been together for twenty years Without each other where would they be So as the day moves on without buying a thing It’s back home they go together Every day is always the same In good or inclement weather