Thirty Foot Trailer

C                             F
The old ways are changing you cannot
 deny
   C                         F G
The day of the traveler is over
        Am                        
There's nowhere to go and there's 
C           F
nowhere to bide
  C                            F  
So farewell to the life of the 
  C
rover

[Chorus]
C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old 
caravan
       C                     
To the tinker, the gypsy, the 
 F         G
traveling man
   C                          
And goodbye to the thirty foot 
  F    C
trailer

[Verse 2]
C                             F
Farewell to the cant and the Romany 
tongue
   C                   F  G
Farewell to the Romany talking
        Am                        
The buying and the selling, the 
C           F
old fortune telling
  C                          
The knock on the door and the 
  F    C
hawking

[Chorus]
C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old 
caravan
       C                     
To the tinker, the gypsy, the 
 F         G
traveling man
   C                          
And goodbye to the thirty foot 
  F    C
trailer

[Verse 3]
C                             F
Farewell to the besoms of heather 
and bloom
   C                          
Farewell to the creels and the 
 F G
basket
        Am                    C   
The folks of today they would far 
        F
sooner pay
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  C                            F  
For a thing that's been made out 
  C
of plastic

[Chorus]
C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old 
caravan
       C                     
To the tinker, the gypsy, the 
 F         G
traveling man
   C                          
And goodbye to the thirty foot 
  F    C
trailer

[Verse 4]
C                             F
The old ways are passing and soon 
will be gone
   C                      F G
For progress is aye a big factor
        Am                  C  
It's sent to afflict us and when 
         F
they evict us
  C                            F  
They'll tow us away with a tractor
  C


[Chorus]
C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old 
caravan
       C                     
To the tinker, the gypsy, the 
 F         G
traveling man
   C                          
And goodbye to the thirty foot 
  F    C
trailer

[Verse 5]
C                         F
Farewell to the pony, the cob and 
the mare
   C                          F G
The reins and the harness are idle
          Am                       
You don't need a strap when you're 
 C           F
breaking up scrap
  C                           
So farewell to the bit and the 
 F    C
bridle

[Chorus]
C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old 
caravan
       C                     
To the tinker, the gypsy, the 
 F         G
traveling man
   C                          
And goodbye to the thirty foot 
  F    C
trailer

[Verse 6]
C                                  
Farewell to the fields where we've 
F
sweated and toiled
   C                         F G
At pullin' and crownin' and liftin'
          Am                       
They'll soon have machines and the 
 C           F
traveling queens
  C                            
And their menfolk had better be 
F    C
shiftin'

[Chorus]
C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old 
caravan
       C                     
To the tinker, the gypsy, the 
 F         G
traveling man
   C                          
And goodbye to the thirty foot 
  F    C
trailer

[Verse 7]
C                               F
You've got to move fast to keep up 
with the times
   C                         F G
For these days a man cannot dander
        Am                        
There's a bylaw to say you must be
C           F
 on your way
  C                          F    C
And another to say you can't wander

[Chorus]
C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old 
caravan
       C                     
To the tinker, the gypsy, the 
 F         G
traveling man
   C                          
And goodbye to the thirty foot 
  F    C
trailer