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Hard Times Of Old England chords by
Martin Carthy
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Key: G major
Verse 1
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There's

Cheddar and

Cheshire and

Lancashire too
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Leicester's bright orange and
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Stilton is blue

It waxes so lyrical, what can you do?
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But sing, oh, the cheese of

Old

England

In

Old
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G

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England, very hard cheese

Derby's got green bits

because of the sage
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And when it gets older it's kept in a cage
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And what does it hum when it
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reaches this age?

But oh, the cheese of old

England

In old

England, very hard cheese

They say double
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Gloucester is twice as nice
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They say double

Gloucester there, I've said it twice
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It's nice in potatoes but nicest in mice
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Sing o 'er the cheese of old

England,

In old
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England, very hard cheese.

Those he damned foreigners aren't
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worth a mention,

That old
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Gorgonzola's renowned for its tension,

His brother
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Emile wrote novels in

French.
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And sing o 'er the cheese of old

England,

In old

England, very hard cheese.

There's

Swaledale and

Wensleydale,
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Rutland to add,
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Shropshire and
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Cornish you may not have had.
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It's not bad on salads,
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this ballad's not sad.
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And sing o 'er the cheese of
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Old

England,

In

Old
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England, very hard cheese.

My young love said to me,

my mother won't mind
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And my father won't slight
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me for your lack of rind
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No, cheese greater love for his
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food hath mankind
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Than all the cheese of

Old
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England

In

Old
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England, very hard cheese

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Chords
  • G

  • C

  • D

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The original key of Hard Times Of Old England by Martin Carthy is G major.

The primary chords used in Hard Times Of Old England are G, C, D.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, C, D, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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