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====== The Hard Times of Old England ======

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1. Come all brother tradesmen that travel alone 
O pray come and tell me where the trade is all gone 
Long time I have travelled and cannot find none 

**Chorus:** 
//And it's: O, the hard times of old England 
In old Eng-e-land very hard times.//

2. 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? 

[Chorus]

3. If you go to a shop and you ask for a job 
They will answer you there with a shake and a nod 
So that's enough to make a man turn out and rob 

[Chorus]

4. You will see the poor tradesmen a-walking the street 
From morning till night for employment to seek 
And scarcely they've got any shoes on their feet 

[Chorus]

5. Our soldiers and sailors have just come from war 
Been fighting for their queen and the country, 'tis sure 
Come home to be starved, better stayed where they were 

[Chorus]

6. And now to conclude and to finish my song 
Let us hope that these hard times they will not last long 
I hope soon to have occasion to alter my song: 

//And sing: O, the good times of old England 
In old Eng-e-land jolly good times.//