Hard Times of Old England-The Copper Family

[ti:Hard Times of Old England] [ar:The Copper Family] [al:Come Write Me Down - Early Recordings of The Copper Family of Rottingdean] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hard Times of Old England - The Copper Family [00:00.60]Come all brother tradesmen that travel alone [00:06.43]O pray come and tell me [00:09.01]Where the trade is all gone [00:11.28] [00:11.96]Long time I have travelled and cannot find none [00:17.22]And it's O the hard times of old England [00:21.63] [00:22.76]In old England very hard times [00:27.59] [00:28.81]Provisions you buy at the shop it is true [00:34.47]But if you've no money [00:36.93]There's none there for you [00:39.40] [00:40.17]So what's a poor man and his family to do [00:44.75]And it's O the hard times of old England [00:49.17] [00:50.40]In old England very hard times [00:55.30] [00:56.81]If you go to a shop and you ask for a job [01:02.03]They will answer you [01:04.44]There with a shake and a nod [01:07.98] [01:08.49]So That's enough to make a poor man [01:11.58]To turn out and rob [01:13.76]And it's O the hard times of old England [01:18.53] [01:19.73]In old England very hard times [01:24.73] [01:26.25]You will see the poor tradesmen [01:28.76] [01:29.58]A-walking the street [01:31.41] [01:32.01]From morning till night for employment to seek [01:37.96]And scarcely they have any shoes to their feet [01:43.35]And it's O the hard times of old England [01:48.80]In old England very hard times [01:54.26] [01:55.59]Our soldiers and sailors have just come from war [02:01.53]Been fighting for their King and their country sure [02:06.92] [02:07.45]Come home to be starved better [02:10.23]Have stayed where they were [02:12.15] [02:12.71]And it's O the hard times of old England [02:18.38]In old England very hard times [02:23.33] [02:24.55]I'm now to conclude and to finish my song [02:30.87]Let us hope that these hard times [02:33.44] [02:33.97]They will not last long [02:36.27] [02:37.01]And I hope soon to have occasion to alter my song [02:42.97]And no the good times of old England [02:48.51] [02:49.06]In old England [02:51.48]Jenny good times