David Nock - Tramps and Hawkers lyrics

Come all ye tramps and hawker lads Give your ears a blaw That tramp the country round and round Come listen once and all I'll tell you all a rovin' tale Of sights that I have the seen Far up to the snowy north And down to fields of green I've only started living When I stand to lose it all Sometimes I laugh all to myself Whilst walking on the road My tore rags round my blistered feet My face is brown as coal With box of treats and cigarettes We walk the black sea home Not thinking where we're going Or thinking where we've gone I've only started living When I stand to lose it all I'm happy in the summertime Beneath the dark blue sky Not thinking in the morning Where at night I'll goin' to lie In barn or byre or anywhere Dozing in the hay If the weather treats me right Then I'm happy every day I've only started living When I stand to lose it all