Verse 1 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
