The Old Changing Way Lyrics - Richard Thompson

I'm Darby the tinker and my brother is Tam 

We go where the work is, my boys, and we work where we can 

With the mending and fixing, it's together we stay 

Intending our fortunes to try on the old changing way 

We come to your cities and we call on your wives 

We'll fix up your kettles, please dear missus, we'll sharpen your knives 

And we always agreed that together we'd stay 

Intending our fortunes to try on the old changing way 

At times they grew scanty and the money grew thin 

We worked for a song but the money it didn't come in 

Now brothers are kindred but hard times betray 

And so we stumbled apart on the old changing way 

We never agreed to divide our tin 

And when you're out of love with your brother, your hard times begin 

For the spikes and the brothels, they're shameful to see 

But don't you travel alone, boys, this warning you take from me 

You must share with your nearest till the end of your days 

Or else it's forever you're on the old changing way 

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