Letras de Poverty Knock

Poverty, poverty knock
My loom is a-saying all day
Poverty, poverty knock
Gaffer′s too skinny to pay
Poverty, poverty knock
Keeping one eye on the clock
I know I can guzzle when I hear my shuttle go
Poverty, poverty knock

Up every morning at five
I wonder that we keep alive
Tired and yawning, another cold morning
It's back to the dreary old drive

Poverty, poverty knock
My loom is a-saying all day
Poverty, poverty knock
Gaffer′s too skinny to pay
Poverty, poverty knock
Keeping one eye on the clock
I know I can guzzle when I hear my shuttle go
Poverty, poverty knock

Oh dear, we're going to be late
Gaffer is stood at the gate
We're out of pocket, our wages they′ll dock it
We′ll have to buy grub on the slate

Poverty, poverty knock
My loom is a-saying all day
Poverty, poverty knock
Gaffer's too skinny to pay
Poverty, poverty knock
Keeping one eye on the clock
I know I can guzzle when I hear my shuttle go
Poverty, poverty knock

And when all our wages they bring
We′re often short of a string
While we are fretting with gaffer for snatching
We know to his brass he will cling

Poverty, poverty knock
My loom is a-saying all day
Poverty, poverty knock
Gaffer's too skinny to pay
Poverty, poverty knock
Keeping one eye on the clock
I know I can guzzle when I hear my shuttle go
Poverty, poverty knock

Sometimes a shuttle flies out
And gives some poor woman a clout
There she lies bleeding but nobody′s heeding
Oh, who's going to carry her out?

Poverty, poverty knock
My loom is a-saying all day
Poverty, poverty knock
Gaffer′s too skinny to pay
Poverty, poverty knock
Keeping one eye on the clock
I know I can guzzle when I hear my shuttle go
Poverty, poverty knock

Oh dear, my poor head it sings
I should have worn three strings
Our threads are breaking and my back is aching
Oh dear, how I wish I had wings

Poverty, poverty knock
My loom is a-saying all day
Poverty, poverty knock
Gaffer's too skinny to pay
Poverty, poverty knock
Keeping one eye on the clock
I know I can guzzle when I hear my shuttle go
Poverty, poverty knock

Poverty, poverty knock
Poverty, poverty knock
Poverty, poverty knock
Poverty, poverty knock