[Verse]
Oh, then what does he have, then goes on strike,
A couple of bob and a nagging wife,
But sink or swim, it's we all bare,
The burr of her then.

And the petrol short, they're all on strike,
Get out horses and the bike,
The minister has told ya,
The Taoiseach he implored ya.

[Chorus]
But the punt, the punt,
The dirty punt in my pocket it has shrunk and shrunk.

[Verse]
There's protest marches every kind,
Across the nation now you'll find,
From Mulkey to Carnsore,
The countries on the move.

For the famers taxed why the levees black?
Why the PAYE man has cracked?
Why the minister has told him?
The Taoiseach he implored him.

[Chorus]
But the punt, the punt,
The dirty punt in my pocket it has shrunk and shrunk.

[Verse]
It wasn't such an ancient time,
We got the pint for one and nine,
Cigarettes for one and three,
Then we joined the EEC.

And the price of things have gone sky high,
Takes a lot to get you by,
The minister has told us,
The Taoiseach had implored us.

[Chorus]
But the punt, the punt,
The dirty punt in my pocket it has shrunk and shrunk.

[Verse]
And now we're in the EEC,
The EMS and the CIE,
It's liter this and a metric that
Sure the countries second sizes (That's my lies you fool!)

Get off the mark, lets be frank,
Take your money from the bank,
The guild are armed with lira,
The pound is coming near ya.

[Chorus]
But the punt, the punt,
The dirty punt in my pocket it has shrunk and shrunk.

[Verse]
The well oiled folk, the gardainsta,
The Aldi tella and me ha,
Shake ya this and shake ya that
And sake your maghame.

And stick their oil up the Nile,
We'll find at home, we'll search, we'll toil,
We'll burn our turf and timber
And hope it will remember

[Chorus]
The punt, the punt,
The dirty punts in my pocket it has shrunk and shrunk.

[Verse]
This crisis now we can defeat,
First of all lets make ends meat,
All together everyone,
This battle can be won.

Across the land, work can demand,
All together build our land,
The minister has told ya,
The Taoiseach he implored ya.

[Outro]
And the punt, the punt,
The irish punt in europe will be out in front.