Hard Times of Old England

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T:Hard Times of Old England
B:Bob Copper, A Song For Every Season, 1971
Z:Jim Copper
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:3/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:G
(G3 A) |B2 (G2 A2) |B2 G2 A2 |B2 G2 B2 | A2 G2
w:Come_ all broth-er trades-men that trav-el a-lone,_
 F2 |G2 A2 G2 |F2 E2 DD |E2 C2 E2 | D4
w: O, pray come and tell me where the trade is all gone,
D2 |G2 G2 D2 |E2 E2 C2 |D2 E2 C2 | D4
w:Long time I have tra-velled and can-not find  none,
FG |A3 B c2 |B2 A2 F2 |G4 D2-|D2
w:And its O, the hard times of old Eng-land,
G3 F |E2 D2 C2 |D2 E2 F2 |G6-|G2 |]
w: In old Eng-a-land ver-y hard times.*
W:Come all brother tradesmen that travel alone,
W:O, pray come and tell me where the trade is all gone,
W:Long time I have travelled and cannot find none,
W:And it's O, the hard times of old England,
W:In old England very hard times.
W:
W:Provisions you buy at the shop it is true,
W:But if you've no money there's none there for you,
W:So what's a poor man and his family to do?
W:And it's O, the hard times of old England,
W:In old England very hard times.
W:
W:If you go to a shop and you ask for a job
W:They will answer you there with a shake and a nod
W:That's enough to make a poor man turn out and rob,
W:And it's O, the hard times of old England,
W:In old England very hard times.
W:
W:You will see the poor tradesmen a-walking the street
W:From morning to night for employment to seek,
W:And scarcely they have any shoes to their feet,
W:And it's O, the hard times of old England,
W:In old England very hard times.
W:
W:Our soldiers and sailors have just come from war,
W:Been fighting for their King and their country sure,
W:Come home to be starved, better have stayed where they were,
W:And it's O, the hard times of old England,
W:In old England very hard times.
W:
W:So now to conclude and to finish my song
W:Let us hope that these hard times they will not last long,
W:And I may soon have occasion to alter my song
W:And sing O, the good times of old England,
W:In old England very good times.
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