Тональность: Db major
Verse 1
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I am a poor old man.
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Come listen to my song.
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Provisions now are twice as much
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as they were when I was young.
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Well, this old hat was new
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and worn above my brow.
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Am
Oh, what a happy youth was I,
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Am
when this old hat was new,
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C
when this old hat was new.
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But forty years ago,
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the truth I do declare,
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When men they took each
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other's word,
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they thought it very fair,
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no oath it was required.
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Men's words they were so true,
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t 'was thus all in my youthful days.
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Am
When this old hat was new,
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when this old hat was new
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C
And when the harvest came,
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and we went off to shear
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Am
How often we would merry be,
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with whisky, wine and beer
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When the corn it was brought home
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and ploughed upon the lawn
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The worker's paunches
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Am
were well filled
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Am
when this old hat was new
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When this old hat was new
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
C
But now the times have changed,
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the poor, the quiet, don't know
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And we give to them their wages
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like beggars at the door
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In the house they may not go,
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although they are but few
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Am
It was not so when best it rained,
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Am
and this old hat was new.
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C
When this old hat was new,
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the commons had taken aim,
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their cottages pinned down.
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Mom has not got the wool to spin
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Her linsy -wosy gown
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Tis cold and clothing's thin
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And blankets are but thin
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But we were clothed both
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back and side
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Am
When this old hat was new
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When their soul and heart was new
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When Romans ruled this land
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The commons they did give
Amen
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Took the poor for charity
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To help them afford to live
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The poor required done all
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We know this to be true
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It was not so when bested rain
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And this old hat was new
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When this old hat was new
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It was not so when bested rain
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Am
And this old hat was new
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C
When this all had to end
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