
Date of issue: 26.02.1995
Song language: English
Hard Times Of Old England |
Come all brother tradesment that travel along |
O pray, come and tell me where the trade is all gone |
Long time have I travelled, and I cannot find none |
And sing all the hard times of old England |
In old England, very hard times |
Provisions you buy at the shop, it is true |
But if you’ve no money, there’s none there for you |
So what’s a poor man and his family to do? |
You must go to the shop and you’ll ask for a job |
They’ll answer you there with a shake and a nod |
And that’s enough to make a man turn out and rob |
You will see the poor tradesmen a-walkin's the street |
From morning to night for employment to seek |
And scarce have they got any shoes to their feet |
Our soldiers and sailors have just come from war |
Been fighting for Queen and country this year |
Come home to be starved, better stayed where they were |
And now to conclude and to finish my song |
Let us hope that these hard times will not last long |
I hope soon to have occasion to alter my song, and sing |
Oh, the good times of old England |
In old England, jolly good times! |
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