“They're Moving Father's Grave”
Description
"They're moving Father's grave to build a sewer." Father's remains are being moved "to irrigate some posh bloke's residence"; the singer hopes his ghost will haunt the pipes, "for they had the bleeding nerve/To muck about a British workman's grave"
Notes
Pity we don't have the keyword "class-struggle". - PJS
References
- Silber-FSWB, p. 267, "They're Moving Father's Grave" (1 text)
- DT, SEWERMOV SEWERMO2
- Roud #10391
- BI, FSWB267