Your Honour I swear Your Honour I swear That I'll never picket again My word is as good as a po-liceman's, sir I'm an honourable man like thi'sen When the union they ask if I'm in, 'No!' I'll say I won't climb in a car at the break of the day You won't catch me near pits down Nottingham way Cos I'll never picket again Your Honour I swear Your Honour I swear That I'll never picket again I'm a changed man now I promise you sir, I've learned two things here mi'sen In defending my job it's your peace that I breach And then there's the lesson a truncheon can teach That's to move fast enough to stay out of its reach And I'll never picket again Your Honour I swear Your Honour I swear That I'll never picket again My word is as good as a po-liceman's, sir I'm an honourable man like thi'sen It's the rich that inherit the earth not the meek You get laid-off in life turning the other cheek And just like I said when I stood here last week I'll never picket again