Ewan McColl. Here's another fine song from Ewan , who has written such classics as The Travelling People
, The Shoals of herring and many more ,this was a hit for The Dubliners
[C]The old ways are chan[F]ging you cannot deny [C]The day of the[F] traveler's[G] over There's[C] nowhere to gang
and there's nowhere to[F] bide So[C] farewell to the[F] life of the[C] rover
[C]Goodbye to the[F] tent and the old
caravan To[C] the tinker, the[F] rover, the[G] traveling man And[C] goodbye tae the[F] thirty foot[C] trailer
Farewell
tae the cant and the traveling tongue Farewell tae the Romany talking The buying, the selling, the old fortune telling The
knock on the door and the hawking
You got to move fast to keep up with the times For these days a man cannot dander There's
a bylaw to say you maun be on your way And another to say ye can't wander
Farewell to the blossom and besoms of
broom Farewell tae the creels and the baskets The folk of today would far rather pay For a thing that is made oot
o plastic
The old ways are passing and soon will be gone And progress is aye a big factor Its sent to afflict
us and when they evict us They tow us away wi a tractor
Farewell tae the pony, the cob, and the mare The reins
and the harness are idle You don't need a strap when you're breaking up scrap So farewell tae the bit and the bridle
Farewell
tae the fields where we've sweated and toiled At pulling and hauling and lifting They'll soon have machines and the
traveling queens And their menfolk had better be shifting
The thirty foot trailor lyrics and chords
The video of the day is Johnny McEvoy singing ''Long Long Before Your Time''
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