The Thirty Foot Trailer Lyrics And Chords
Ewan McColl wrote this song about travelers. 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 with Luke Kelly singing. The sheet music and tin whistle notes are included.
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[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 |
Here's the guitar chords for the Luke Kelly and The Dubliners version of the song.
[Bb]The old ways are chan[Eb]ging you [F]cannot deny TheBb]day of the[F] traveler's ov[F]er[Dm] There's[Bb] nowhere to [Eb]go and there's [F]nowhere to[Eb] bide So fare[F]well to the life [Bb]of the[Eb]] ro[F]ver Good[Bb]bye to the tent and the [Eb]old cara[F]van To the [Bb]tinker, the rover, the traveling man And goodbye tae the thirty foot[Eb] trail[Bb]er 
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