Bureau, The (The Lads fae the Tap o' the Hill)

DESCRIPTION: "We're the lads fae the tap o' the hill, We never worked, we never will, We're on the Bureau." SIngers from many places (Gelly Burn, Mid Craigie, etc.) say how they lost or could never find work, and their adventures with their unemployment pay
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1986 (Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
KEYWORDS: worker hardtimes humorous derivative
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aberdeen))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 45, "The Bureau" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Roud #22212
File: Gath045

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