Biography:
Billy Bragg (Stephen William Bragg, Barking, Essex, England, 20 December, 1957) is an English singer, songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes.
In 1977, Bragg formed the punk rock/pub rock band Riff Raff, and toured London's pubs and clubs. The band released a series of singles, which did not receive wide exposure. He also worked in Guy Norris Records in Barking.
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Other songs:
- A New England (kingblues)
- Old Clash Fan Fight Song
- To Have And To Have Not
- A Lover Sings
- A New England
- A13 Trunk Road To The Sea
- Accident Waiting To Happen
- Airline To Heaven
- All You Fascists
- At My Window Sad And Lonely
- Bad Penny
- Between The Wars
- Birds And Ships
- Blood Of The Lamb
- Brickbat
- Bugeye Jim
- California Stars
- Chain Of Broken Hearts
- Cindy Of A Thousand Lives
- Days Like These
- Dry Bed
- Eisler On The Go
- Everybody Loves You Babe
- Everywhere
- Feed Of Man
- Full English Brexit
- Greetings To The New Brunette
- Handyman Blues
- Hard Times Of Old England Retold
- Help Save The Youth Of America
- Hesitating Beauty
- Hobos Lullaby
- Honey Im A Big Boy Now
- Hoodoo Voodoo
- I Aint Got Not Home
- I Almost Killed You
- Ideology
- Ingrid Bergman
- It Says Here
- Levi Stubbs Tears
- Life With Lions
- Life With The Lions
- Like Soldiers Do
- Listening To The Wind That Blows
- Little Time Bomb
- Lovers Town Revisited
- Loving You Too Long
- M For Me
- Must I Paint You A Picture
- My Thirty Thousand
- My Youngest Son Came Home Today
- Never Buy The Sun
- Never Cross A Picket Line
- New England
- No One Knows Anyone Anymore
- No Power Without Accountability
- Northern Industrial Town
- Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
- One By One
- Only One
- Ontario Quebec And Me
- Price I Pay
- Raglan Road
- Railroad Bill
- Remember The Mountain Bed
- Richard
- Rotting On Remand
- Rule Nor Reason
- Rumours Of War
- Saturday Boy
- Secret Of The Sea
- Sexuality
- She Came Along To Me
- Shes Got A New Spell
- Sin City
- Sing Their Souls Back Home
- Someday Some Morning Sometime
- Spacerace Is Over
- St Swithins Day
- Stetson Kennedy
- Take Down The Union Jack
- Talking Wag Club Blues
- The Boy Done Good
- The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
- The Home Front
- The Internationale
- The Man In The Iron Mask
- The Only One
- The Passion
- The Price I Pay
- The Price Of Oil
- The Short Answer
- The Unwelcome Guest
- The Warmest Room
- There Is Power In A Union
- There Will Be A Reckoning
- Upfield
- Valentines Day Is Over
- Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
- Walt Whitmans Niece
- Warmest Room
- Way Over Yonder In A Minor Key
- Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
- Where The Roses Are In Bloom
- Why We Build The Wall
- Wishing The Days Away
- World Turned Upside Down
- You Make Me Brave
- You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
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For five generations my family have farmed,
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by horse and by tractor, by hoe and by hand,
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but that won't stave off the bank's latest demand.
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Singing oh the hard times of old England
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In old England very hard times
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Time was, I could sell what I grew at the shop,
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Then Tesco's turned up, all of that had to stop.
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Now I can't make a living out of my crop.
Am D G
Singing oh the hard times of old England
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In old England very hard times
G Bm Em D
More and more of our village gets sold every day,
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To folks from the city who are happy to pay,
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For their holiday cottage to stand empty all day.
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Singing oh the hard times of old England
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In old England very hard times
G Bm Em D
The Countryside Alliance expects, I suppose,
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My support when they're marching to bloody Blair's nose,
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But they said not a word when our post office closed.
Am D G
Singing oh the hard times of old England
Am D G
In old England very hard times
G Bm Em D
The hedgerows my grandfather tended have gone,
C Bm Am D
And with them the lapwing and the corncrake's sad song.
G Am Bm D
I fear I'll be carried off before long.
Am D G
Singing oh the hard times of old England
Am D G
In old England very hard times
G Bm Em D
And now to conclude and to finish my song;
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Let's hope that these hard times they will not last long,
G Am Bm D
And I may soon have occasion for to alter my song
Am D G
Singing oh the hard times of old England
Am D G
In old England very hard times
For five generations my family have farmed,
C Bm Am D
by horse and by tractor, by hoe and by hand,
G Am Bm D
but that won't stave off the bank's latest demand.
Am D G
Singing oh the hard times of old England
Am D G
In old England very hard times
G Bm Em D
Time was, I could sell what I grew at the shop,
C Bm Am D
Then Tesco's turned up, all of that had to stop.
G Am Bm D
Now I can't make a living out of my crop.
Am D G
Singing oh the hard times of old England
Am D G
In old England very hard times
G Bm Em D
More and more of our village gets sold every day,
C Bm Am D
To folks from the city who are happy to pay,
G Am Bm D
For their holiday cottage to stand empty all day.
Am D G
Singing oh the hard times of old England
Am D G
In old England very hard times
G Bm Em D
The Countryside Alliance expects, I suppose,
C Bm Am D
My support when they're marching to bloody Blair's nose,
G Am Bm D
But they said not a word when our post office closed.
Am D G
Singing oh the hard times of old England
Am D G
In old England very hard times
G Bm Em D
The hedgerows my grandfather tended have gone,
C Bm Am D
And with them the lapwing and the corncrake's sad song.
G Am Bm D
I fear I'll be carried off before long.
Am D G
Singing oh the hard times of old England
Am D G
In old England very hard times
G Bm Em D
And now to conclude and to finish my song;
C Bm Am D
Let's hope that these hard times they will not last long,
G Am Bm D
And I may soon have occasion for to alter my song
Am D G
Singing oh the hard times of old England
Am D G
In old England very hard times
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