Thirty Foot Trailer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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