Smelly Tudor Jobs
Join in with this comic song about some common jobs in Tudor times - including servants, plague doctors, gong farmers, executioners!
Lyrics
I’m a Tudor peasant,
I only have this cow.
She gives me milk and I churn it up
Into butter to sell you now.
I’m a gong farmer,
I’ll unblock your privy.
It’s a smelly job, and I work at night
But it always keeps me busy.
Tudor jobs -
They’re as bad as you might think,
They’re hard work and they’re dirty,
And some will make you stink!
Tudor jobs -
They’re as bad as you might think,
They’re hard work and they’re dirty,
And some will make you stink!
I’m a leech collector,
I’m old and very poor.
I search the bogs and marshes
And I roam from moor to moor.
I’m a fabric dyer,
I live outside of town.
With my bright blue hands and my cabbage smell,
No one wants me around!
[Chorus]
I’m a lowly servant,
My life is rather dreary.
All I do is work and sleep.
It makes my very weary!
I’m an executioner,
Everybody hates me.
But you don’t have to be afraid,
Unless you are found guilty!
[Chorus]
I’m a plague doctor
My look is quite unique,
With gloves and boots and wide-brimmed hat
And a mask shaped like a beak.
I’m the Groom of the King’s Close Stool,
I help him to undress.
I look after his toilet
And, well, you can guess the rest!
[Chorus]
'Smelly Tudor Jobs' - Instrumental
