What is Man Without an Income?

What is man without an income?
 — Well, let him get on the dole!

Dole, dole, dole,
hole, hole, hole,
soul, soul, soul —

What is man without an income?
Answer without a rigmarole.

On the dole, dole, dole,
he’s a hole, hole, hole,
in the nation’s pocket.

 — Now then, you leave a man’s misfortunes alone!

He’s got a soul, soul, soul
but the coal, coal, coal
on the whole, whole, whole
doesn’t pay,
so the dole, dole, dole’s
the only way.

And on the dole, dole, dole,
a man’s a hole, hole, hole
in the nation’s pocket,
and his soul, soul, soul
won’t stop a hole, hole, hole
though his ashes might.

Immortal Caesar dead and turned to clay
would stop a hole to keep the wind away.

But a man without a job
isn’t even as good as a gob
of clay.

Body and soul
he’s just a hole
down which the nation’s resources roll
away.