Brother Tradesmen

X:12
T:Brother Tradesmen
T:Hard Times of Old England
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/COL/6/25
S:From James Copper at Rottingdean, 25 June 1949
Z:Transcribed by David Jacobs, June 2014 
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w:Come* all broth-er Trades-men that tra-vel a-long *Pray
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w:come now and tell me wher the trade is all gone. Long
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w:time I have trav-elled and can-not find none, and it's 
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w:oh the hard times of old Eng-land In old 
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w:En-gl-and ve-ry 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:Oh the hard times of Old England
W:In old England very hard times
W:
W:If you go to the shop and you ask for a job
W:They will answer you with a shake and a nod
W:So that's enough the make a man turn to rob
W:And it's oh the hard times of Old England . etc.
W:
W:You will see the poor tradesmen a walking the street
W:From morning to nightfor employment to seek
W:And scarcely they've got any shoes to their feet
W:And it's oh the hard times . etc.
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 stayed where they were
W:And it's oh the hard times .etc.
W:
W:And now to conclude and to finish my song
W:Let us hope that these hard times will not last long
W:I hope soon to have occassion to alter my story
W:And sing Oh the good times of Old England
W:In Old England jolly good times

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