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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