Is it worth it A new winters coat and shoes for the wife And a bicycle on the boy's birthday It's just a rumour that was spread around town By the woman and children, soon we'll be shipbuilding Well I ask you The boy said dad there going to take me to task But I'll be back by Christmas It's just a rumour that was spread around town Somebody said that someone got filled in For saying that people get killed in the results of their shipbuilding With all the will in the world Diving for dear life When we could be diving for pearls It's just a rumour that was spread around town A telegram or a picture postcard Within weeks we will be reopening the shipyard And notifying the next of kin, once again It's always killed in, we will be shipbuilding With all the will in the world Diving for dear life When we could be diving for pearls With all the will in the world Diving for dear life When we could be diving for pearls