She Smells so Sweet

She smells so sweet all the time
She smells so sweet and she is mine
She worked at Wilkinsons and Dunhills for a while
She smells so sweet all the time

You just don’t know hard this job can be, covered in sugar
Working in a room full of sugar dust, will my lungs recover
Wore out my wedding ring, shovelling all day just to mix the tins
Stripping liquorice from off the boards, weighing babies that have never been born

She smells so sweet all the time
She smells so sweet and she is mine
She worked at Wilkinsons and Dunhills for a while
She smells so sweet all the time

The last crop of liquorice was grown here back in ’66
Did you know its used to flavour American cigarettes
I remember one special day, Vera Lynn came and she came to say
Do you like your job, we got a war to win, everybody’s got to get stuck in

She smells so sweet all the time
She smells so sweet and she is mine
She worked at Wilkinsons and Dunhills for a while
She smells so sweet all the time

Friday night was dancing night, the boys trying to get the girls all tight
Gave my wage to my Mam and Dad, got a little bit coming back
I know the job was tough but we always had a laugh
Liquorice is going out of fashion fast the kids don’t like it.

She smells so sweet all the time
She smells so sweet and she is mine
She worked at Wilkinsons and Dunhills for a while
She smells so sweet all the time