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Tinker Tailor

from Moving Roots by Chris Simmance

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Tinker Tailor

As I was a-walking one bright summer’s day
„Hey-hey“ said the beggar, „you get out of my way
Don’t give a damn for your children, your wife or your bed
It’s my street today and I’d like to be fed“

„From Strasbourg to London I’ve lived with your type
You get a licence to sing, you think you’re alright
You’re gentle, you’re cultured, too selfish to work
You take my trade away, the oldest trade on earth“

You’re a tinker, you’re a tailor
A soldier, you’re a sailor
A rich man, you’re a poor man
You’re a beggarman, you’re a thief
And I could turn my face and sing to the wall
Many is the time it wouldn’t matter at all!

„I don’t like your songs, I don’t like your voice
I don’t like like your ways, I don’t like your face
I haven’t got nothing but bring me some wine
I haven’t got nothing but plenty of time“

He smelled of the road, he smelled of his rags
He smelled of his beer, his piss and his fags
The winter will be coming and that is for sure
Maybe we‘ll meet again one day next year

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from Moving Roots, released April 1, 2010

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Julia & Chris Simmance Aix En Provence, France

Dear Music-Friends,
We are happy to tell you, that we are out there again, on the streets of South of France !
Hopefully rather sooner than later we will also add some new recordings on our site here.
Greetings and till then,
Julia and Chris
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