----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steeleye Span - The Hard Times of Old England ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a traditional song that has been recorded by many Folk artists over the years. This has been tabbed from the Steeleye Span version from the album All Around My Hat. Capo on 5th if you want to accompany the recording.

^DCome all brother tradesmen that travel ^Aalone, ^GO, pray come and t^Aell me where the tr^Gade is all ^Dgone, ^DLong time I have travelled and ^Gcannot find ^Dnone, ^AAnd it's O, the hard times of old ^DEngland, ^GIn old England ^Avery hard ^Dtimes.

^DProvisions you buy at the shop it is ^Atrue, ^GBut if you've no ^Amoney there's ^Gnone there for ^Dyou. ^DSo what's a poor man and his ^Gfamily to ^Ddo? ^AAnd it's O, the hard times of old ^DEngland, ^GIn old England ^Avery hard ^Dtimes.

^DIf you go to a shop and you ask for a ^Ajob ^GThey will answer you ^Athere with a ^Gshake and a ^Anod. ^DThat's enough to make a poor man to ^Gturn out and ^Drob, ^AAnd it's O, the hard times of old ^DEngland, ^GIn old England ^Avery hard ^Dtimes.

^DYou will see the poor tradesmen a-walking the ^Astreet ^GFrom morning till ^Anight for ^Gemployment to ^Dseek. ^DAnd scarcely they have any ^Gshoes to their ^Dfeet, ^AAnd it's O, the hard times of old ^DEngland, ^GIn old England ^Avery hard ^Dtimes.

^DOur soldiers and sailors have just come from ^Awar, ^GBeen fighting for ^AKing and their ^Gcountry this ^Dyear, ^DCome home to be starved better have ^Gstayed where they ^Dwere, ^AAnd it's O, the hard times of old ^DEngland, ^GIn old England ^Avery hard ^Dtimes.

^DSo now to conclude and to finish my ^Asong ^GLet us hope that these ^Ahard times they ^Gwill not last ^Dlong. ^DAnd I may soon have occasion to ^Galter my ^Dsong, ^AAnd sing O, the good times of old ^DEngland, ^GIn old England ^Ajolly time^Ds. ^AAnd sing O, the good times of old ^DEngland, ^GIn old England ^Ajolly time^Ds.

Steeleye Span - The hard times of old england