Tom: C
C F
The old ways are changing you cannot deny
C F G
The day of the traveler is over
Am C F
There's nowhere to go and there's nowhere to bide
C F C
So farewell to the life of the rover
[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 2]
C F
Farewell to the cant and the Romany tongue
C F G
Farewell to the Romany talking
Am C F
The buying and the selling, the old fortune telling
C F C
The knock on the door and the hawking
[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 3]
C F
Farewell to the besoms of heather and bloom
C F G
Farewell to the creels and the basket
Am C F
The folks of today they would far sooner pay
C F C
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]
C F
The old ways are passing and soon will be gone
C F G
For progress is aye a big factor
Am C F
It's sent to afflict us and when they evict us
C F C
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]
C F
Farewell to the pony, the cob and the mare
C F G
The reins and the harness are idle
Am C F
You don't need a strap when you're breaking up scrap
C F C
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]
C F
Farewell to the fields where we've sweated and toiled
C F G
At pullin' and crownin' and liftin'
Am C F
They'll soon have machines and the traveling queens
C F C
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]
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 C F
There's a bylaw to say you must be 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 F G
To the tinker, the gypsy, the traveling man
C F C
And goodbye to the thirty foot trailer
