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My Old Man's a Dustman
"My Old Man's a Dustman" is a song first recorded by the British skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan. It reached number one in the British, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand singles charts in 1960.
==Composition==
The song was written by Lonnie Donegan, Peter Buchanan (Donegan's manager between 1956 and 1962〔Death of Norfolk man who penned My Old Man's A Dustman. ''Dereham Times'' 25 August 2010.〕), and Beverly Thorn. Thorn was not credited on the original release.
It probably has its origins in "My Father Was a Fireman", a song sung by British World War I troops. The two songs share a lyrical similarity in their reference to "gorblimey trousers".〔(He wears a gorlblimey hat. ) ''The Telegraph'' 8 August 2009.〕 A song beginning with the line "My old man's a dustman", but otherwise sharing no lyrics with Donegan's, is recorded as a playground song in a 1956 novel. This song tells of the exploits of the protagonist at the Battle of Mons.〔Wolf Mankowitz (1956) ''My Old Man's a Dustman''. London: André Deutsch. p. 49〕 A version concerning a football game and beginning "My old man's a scaffie (or street-sweeper, from ''scavenger'' )/He wears a scaffie's hat" (echoing the first two lines of Donegan's song) is recorded as a Scottish playground song during the 1950s.〔James T. R. Ritchie (1964) ''The Singing Street''. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p. 127.〕 A very similar song, beginning "My old man's a baker", is recorded in Chester-le-Street in 1967.〔Frank Rutherford (1971) ''All the Way to Pennywell''. Durham, UK: University of Durham Institute of Education. p. 96.〕 All of these songs share the same metric structure.
The song represented a change in style for Donegan, away from American folk and towards British music hall.〔(Lonnie Donegan obituary. ) ''The Telegraph'' 5 November 2002〕
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