A Jack Of All Trades -
By Paul McCann
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I used to be a cleaner there , in the schools where I used to live ,
I worked hard all day , to earn a pay and a smile no one could give .
It’s hard to be a cleaner yet there’s just one thing I had to learn
it wasn’t about feeling good ,It was money I had to earn .

I used to be a house painter working for private clientele ,
rushing up ladders with bucket’s of paint and some brush’s as well
slapping on the undercoat then a top one or two after that
when you’re self employed you can’t avoid giving everything you got .

Once I was a waiter and I’d have to take orders to the bar ,
and carry drinks on a tray but I never had to walk that far .
Sometimes you might get a tip, that would be more that the job had paid,
But until that could happen , you had to work for peanuts instead .

Once I was a community nurse and for years I did my best
To care for people who needed help In everyway more or less .
I never had a weekend off or any public holiday ,
the job was very demanding and you worked hard for little pay .

I used to be a French Polisher of things that were made from wood
Everybody thought they could do my job but not many of them could .
It takes time to make things shine , as professionals are taught to do’
to be a jack of all trades there’s so much that you have to go through .