Gypsy Boys

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Times down here they was hard as life  
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Ice on the frozen river 
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And the promises made by the men in grey 
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They seem to be delivered 


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Deaken and me we were marking time 
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In the ranks of the unemployed 
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When they hired us on for a week or so 
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To work with the Gypsy Boys, oh 


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Well, the factory closed down yesterday 
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The textiles' turn tomorrow 
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Say what you will, but down this way 
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One goes, the other follows 

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So it's up you riggers, up you riggers go 
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While your chains around, rejoice 
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'Cause they hired us on for a week or so 
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To work with the Gypsy Boys 


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Well, the lights come up and the crowd goes home 
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And they're bringing the stage-hand down 
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And we're paid our wages and the loading's over 
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We're gone to another town 

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And from Pennsylvania in the great North West 
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From Champagne, Illinois 
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Well, they've hired us on for a week or so 
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To work with the Gypsy Boys, oh 


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For they're calling the towns, tipping all ashore 
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All lights and fire and noise 
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And they've hired us on for a week or so 
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To work with the Gypsy Boys