Hard Times of Old England (Ron)

Hard Times of Old England(Ron) - The Copper Family

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

And it's O 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

And it's O the hard times of old England

In old England very hard times

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 poor man

To turn out and rob

And it's O the hard times of old England

In old England very hard times

You will see the poor tradesmen

A-walking the street

From morning till night for employment to seek

And scarcely they have any shoes to their feet

And it's O the hard times of old England

In old England very hard times

Our soldiers and sailors have just come from war

Been fighting for their King and their country sure

Come home to be starved better

Have stayed where they were

And it's O the hard times of old England

In old England very hard times

I'm now to conclude and to finish my song

Let us hope that these hard times

They will not last long

And I hope soon to have occasion to alter my song

And no the good times of old England

In old England

Jenny good times