Also available on the album Rare Masters
  I work for the foundry for a penny and a half a day
  Like a blind street musician I never see those who pay
  It's dirty work in Birmingham
  Better deal for a Sheffield man
  If he can rivet then his kids can buy
  Candy from the candy man
    And the van that comes around weekends
  Selling fancy city things
  Sold by the man with the trilby hat
  And the whiskers spread like wings
  You can hear him sing
  Oh you can hear him sing
  Can I put you on, people can I put you on
  Tell you that I love you people
  Sing a salesman's song and put you on
    And a second cousin works in the pits in Newcastle on Tyne
  And he don't care if it rains outside, there's coal dust on his mind
  It's dirty work in Manchester
  But the crew gets paid its gelt
  Bang on the bell on Friday
  You buys a little something for yourself
    And the van that comes around weekends
  Selling fancy city things
  Sold by the man in the trilby hat
  And the whiskers spread like wings
  You can hear him sing
  Oh you can hear him sing
  Can I put you on, people can I put you on
  Tell you that I love you people
  Sing a salesman's song and put you on