Скачать или смотреть 1088. Times Are Getting Hard (Traditional / Lee Hays) - Lew Dite

Lee Hays found the chorus of this lovely song in Carl Sandburg's "American Songbag" (1927) and added verses to it.

It has since been recorded by several artists including Pete Seeger (1955), Lonnie Donegan (1958), The Limeliters (1960), Robert De Cormier Folk Singers (1964), Peter Yarrow (1975), Eddy Arnold and Tom Paxton.

Lew Dite sings it here at our first meeting at Dunany near Montreal.

Lyrics and chords:

Lyrics and chords:
G ........................... C
Times are getting hard, boys,
D7 ........................ G
Money's getting scarce
........................................ Dm
If things don't get much better, boys,
D7 ........................ G
Gonna leave this place.

Take my bible from the bed
Shotgun from the wall
Take old Sal and hitch her up
The wagon for to haul.
Pile the chairs and beds up high
Let nothing drag the ground.
Sal can pull and we can push.
We're bound to leave this town.

Made a crop a year ago
It withered to the ground
Tried to get some credit but
The banker turned me down
I'm goin' to Californ-i-ay
Where everything is green
Goin' to make the best ole farm
That you have ever seen.

Took my true love by the hand,
Wandered through the town.
Said goodbye to everyone,
Goodbye to everyone.


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