The Hard Times of Old England chords by The Taverners Folk Group
Verse 1
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Come home,
brother tradesman,
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that's a -ravelin' down.
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Oh, pray come and tell me
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where the trade is all gone.
Long time I have traveled
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and cannot find none.
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And it's all the hard times of old England.
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It all lingers on the very hard
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times
Provisions you buy at the shop, it is true
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But if you no money,
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there is none there for you
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So what's a poor man and
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his family to do?
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And it's so, the hard times of old England
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In old England, the very hard times
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If you go to a she -up
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and you ask for a te -up
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They will an swer you there
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with a shake and a nod
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That's enough to make a poor man
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to turn out in rum
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And it's all the hard times of old England
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In old England,
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very hard times
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You will see the poor tradesmen
a -walking the street
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From morning till night for
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employment to seek
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And scarcely they have any
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shoes to their feet
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And it's all the hard times of old England
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In Old England, very hard times
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Our soldiers and sailors have a
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just come from war
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Been fighting for their
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king and country sure
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Come home to be starved,
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better have stayed where they were
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And it's all the hard times of old England
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In old Engerland, very hard times
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So now to conclude and to finish me song
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Let us hope that these hard times,
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they will not last long
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And I may soon have occasion
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to alter my song
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And sing all the good times of old England
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In old England, very good times
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The Hard Times of Old England
The Taverners Folk Group
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