Come all brother tradesment that travel along  O pray, come and tell me where the trade is all gone  Long time have I travelled, and I cannot find none  Chorus  And sing all the hard times of old England  In old England, very hard times  Provisions you buy at the shop, it is true  But if you've no money, there's none there for you  So what's a poor man and his family to do?  Chorus  You must go to the shop and you'll ask for a job  They'll answer you there with a shake and a nod  And that's enough to make a man turn out and rob  Chorus  You will see the poor tradesmen a-walkin's the street  From morning to night for employment to seek  And scarce have they got any shoes to their feet  Chorus  Our soldiers and sailors have just come from war  Been fighting for Queen and country this year  Come home to be starved, better stayed where they were  Chorus  And now to conclude and to finish my song  Let us hope that these hard times will not last long  I hope soon to have occasion to alter my song, and sing  Oh, the good times of old England  In old England, jolly good times!