Christy Moore - Don't Forget Your Shovel Lyrics






Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work
Oh don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work
Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work
Or you'll end up where you came from like the rest of us
Diggin', diggin', diggin'...

And don't forget your shoes and socks and shirt and tie and all
Don't forget your shoes and socks and shirt and tie and all
Mr murphy's afraid you'll make a claim if you take a fall
("How's it goin'" "not too bad")

And we want to go to heaven but we're always diggin' holes
We want to go to heaven but we're always diggin' holes
Yeah we want to go to heaven but we're always diggin' holes
Well there's one thing you can say... we know where we are goin'
("Any chance of a start?" "no" "okay")

And if you want to do it... don't you do it against the wall
If you want to do it... don't you do it against the wall
Never seen a toilet on a building site at all
There's a shed up in the corner where they won't see you at all
("Mind your sandwiches")

Enoch Powell will give us a job, diggin' our way to annascaul
Enoch Powell will give us a job, diggin' our way to annascaul
Enoch Powell will give us a job, diggin' our way to annascaul
And when we're finished diggin' there they'll close the hole and all

Now there's six thousand five hundred and fifty-nine paddies
Over there in London all trying to dig their way back to annascaul
And very few of them boys is going to get back at all
I think that's terrible

Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work
Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work
Oh, don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work
Or you'll end up where you came from like the rest of us
Diggin', diggin', diggin'...





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    No health and safety back then better times 🤙

  2. M.... ....

    Oh we want to go to heaven but we're always digging holes

  3. A.... O....

    get up christy u legend

  4. S.... C....

    Now this is pure irish

  5. a.... j....

    Lyrics
    Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work.
    Oh don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work.
    Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work
    Or you'll end up where you came from like the rest of us
    Diggin', diggin', diggin'


    And don't forget your shoes and socks and shirt and tie and all.
    Don't forget your shoes and socks and shirt and tie and all.
    Mr murphy's afraid you'll make a claim if you take a fall.
    ("How's it goin'" "not too bad")


    And we want to go to heaven but we're always diggin' holes.
    We want to go to heaven but we're always diggin' holes.
    Yeah we want to go to heaven but we're always diggin' holes.
    Well there's one thing you can say...we know where we are goin'...
    ("Any chance of a start?" "no" "okay")


    And if you want to do it...don't you do it against the wall.
    If you want to do it...don't you do it against the wall.
    Never seen a toilet on a building site at all.
    There's a shed up in the corner where they won't see you at all.
    ("Mind your sandwiches")


    Enoch Powell will give us a job, diggin' our way to annascaul.
    Enoch Powell will give us a job, diggin' our way to annascaul.
    Enoch Powell will give us a job, diggin' our way to annascaul.
    And when we're finished diggin' there they'll close the hole and all.


    Now there's six thousand five hundred and fifty-nine paddies
    Over there in london all trying to dig their way back to annascaul
    And very few of them boys is going to get back at all...
    I think that's terrible.


    Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work.
    Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work.
    Oh, don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work.
    Or you'll end up where you came from like the rest of us
    Diggin', diggin', diggin

  6. J.... L....

    Bet the cunt didn’t even have the safe pass.

  7. S.... H....

    Proud to be irish

  8. B.... W....

    Ah it’s so bad it’s brilliant. Ah if ya wan ta do it, do it again da wall! 😂😂 My Dad loved this!😂😀🙌

  9. l.... h....

    Go on Corbally! Christy leaving the Irish Estates on a bicycle is brilliant

  10. a.... a....

    The JCB song

  11. C.... T....

    Best song ever

  12. O.... M....

    No need for an induction on that building site lol ..that's the way forward ☺

  13. h.... h....

    absolute SHITE

  14. J.... G....

    Don't forget your shovel If you want to go to work

  15. p.... d....

    sandles. you'll have the toes off yourself.

  16. w.... a....

    chirsty I seen u in ur drawersxxxx

  17. T.... M....

    Most Irish song ever 😂

  18. A.... r....

    Sturmey Archer hub dynamo on the bike, invented long before Shimano came along.

  19. G.... N....

    Enoch Powell was right, Look at Lisdoonvarna.

  20. p.... d....

    Enoch powell woudnt have gave you a job even if you had even went to a went too school

  21. p.... d....

    If you dont have a shovel and a pair of steel toe cap boots,.. you wont be having any pay

  22. T.... ....

    Hahahahaha I never knew there was a video, brilliant!

  23. E.... J....

    Never mind the shovel. Don't forget you're safe pass!

  24. K.... K....

    The best parts of this video is that he doesn't know how to use a shovel ,, the sandals on the building site and the building site safety helmet is a hanky....

  25. K.... S....

    Why im not at work today

  26. R.... ....

    Classic

  27. P.... N....

    That video should be taken down. He’s not waring safety
    boots.

  28. J.... L....

    Ahh ffs weres his hard hat and his high fiz 😂 proud to be Irish ❤️🙏

  29. S.... O....

    Why does he keep putting that weird spoon in the dirt? Doesn't he realize that's not food?

  30. B.... C....

    23 people forgot their shovel going to work

  31. C.... C....

    Bars🔥. Better then alot of these so called rappers👌

  32. U.... D....

    lyrics anyone??

  33. B.... ....

    HHH theme song

  34. J.... O....

    What a load of 'BALLS'!!!

  35. J.... L....

    True Irish song 🎶

  36. R.... M....

    Is he saying vegan at 20 seconds ?!

    R.... M....

    Rainer Mueller no digging

  37. C.... S....

    I'm assuming this song is amazing but I have no clue what he is saying

  38. A.... B....

    Didn't understand a damn word.

  39. S.... d....

    who is here because Daithi and Terroriser, amazing song!!

  40. T.... W....

    I wonder if Domino's managed to get to Amiens.

  41. J.... N....

    Nogla!!!

  42. C.... S....

    Nogla and Terroriser Brought Me To This Wonderful Song

    C.... S....

    Chandler Smith I actually couldn't give less of a fuck

  43. X.... ....

    daithi de nogla brought me here

  44. T.... B....

    Who came here from daithi and terroriser?

    T.... B....

    I'm a Hedgehog me

    T.... B....

    I'm a Hedgehog me

  45. s.... m....

    ah my mum use to play this song

  46. N.... ....

    HOWDY THOSE FROM TERRORISER's video! 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

  47. S.... ....

    Daithi and Terroriser brought me here.

    S.... ....

    Samurai_Aldo me too

    S.... ....

    Toxic Hero stop talking shite

  48. e.... ....

    Dig deep n tip high, Jesus sure ye know the crack shkin!!

  49. j.... f....

    Sandwiches!

  50. h.... ....

    There's a shed up in the corner where they wont see you at all ............ fantastic !!

  51. M.... H....

    a Paddy song, lol

  52. R.... R....

    I love this song

  53. B.... C....

    does he ever wear anything other than t shirts lol

  54. p.... b....

    Love him soooooooooo much

  55. L.... W....

    Forgot how much I loved this song ♠

  56. S.... E....

    Didle deedle do

  57. S.... C....

    Sandals on a building site,jesus christ

  58. i.... ....

    Not a teleporter in sight.. Ouch

  59. s.... ....

    Is this a gay porno?  It seems homo-erotic!

  60. s.... ....

    buy a fucking shirt christy

  61. M.... K....

    Sandals on a building site? Christy; what do you think you're at?

    M.... K....

    +Michael Kearney No' Health and Safety' back then.....

    M.... K....

    I'm a road worker too and some of my mates wear sandals in the summer. not me, I wear feckin trainers :)

    M.... K....

    H+S was nt priorty turning up with the shovel in hand was the safe pass lol..... not like now ye need a secretary for all the paper work.... lol

    M.... K....

    ALMÌGHTY XXX

  62. m.... ....

    He did actually work on the M62, when it was being built across the Pennines.

  63. S.... ....

    Ireland has never looked so warm...

  64. W.... ....

    I guess it is little bit of "working class people being sucked dry" in all folk songs...

  65. G.... K....


    no ur mom do it 2

  66. G.... K....

    wtf r u dumb u litl shit u need to lern shoevlin ettiquite u pussiy

  67. G.... K....

    i agree wit ur shovelin hpoyhestis!:L

  68. P.... W....

    Lmao the ring of black pudding for lunch.

  69. S.... H....

    Sandles on a building site. Only Christy!

  70. W.... ....

    Something hilarious about this video

  71. B.... ....

    Christy Hennessey wrote this song. Not Christy Moore

  72. I.... N....

    I've got a day tomorrow and I'm not even Polish just a typical fat unfit Brit.Alarm clock on for 6.Love this song and video..had me grinning from ear to ear. Good man Christy yourself..
    I'm looking forward to shifting my lazy lardarse and working up a right good old sweat.And if George Gideon Osborne or Iain Duncan-Smith come snooping,you haven't seen me,right?
    *woosh and he's gone*

  73. W.... ....

    Why exactly would ya need to bring shirt and tie to a construction site ?

    W.... ....

    The old days..trades wore suits on sites.

  74. C.... D....

    No high-vis jacket, no steel toe cap boots, and urinating on site

  75. T.... A....

    All his songs? I didn't know Ride On was about working for 40 years and then dying :(

  76. E.... G....

    Love this! And I bet making that music video cost all of £4.20

  77. L.... ....

    @Noeladishi Hahahahahaha I laughed fair hard reading this, certain element of truth in it!

  78. t.... ....

    @Kavanaghness hahaha BARSE

  79. l.... ....

    plenty of shovelling to be done in tottenham today lads. grab those shovels!

  80. A.... F....

    @md79x I think they are supposed to be peeing

  81. B.... ....

    I do wonder why he would wear sandals to a construction site though.

  82. B.... ....

    This is the best, most adorable music video ever made!

  83. B.... B....

    Is that Abbey Avenue in Corbally, Limerick at 0:41?

  84. S.... D....

    luv dis 1 too! rememba dis 1
    vics n josi x

  85. F.... G....

    sandles on a building site? no wonder he cant get a start

  86. F.... G....

    @smokeybear69 it means, can i get some work?

  87. F.... K....

    @smokeybear69
    It means "Any chance of being taken on to work"

    Good and all as he is at singing, Christy clearly cant shovel for shite!

  88. b.... ....

    @BorrisDavid and open toed sandals, lawd almighty. Them in the whesht of Eire are only asking for a pinched toe.

  89. e.... ....

    @smokeybear69 tea maybe haha