Jack Hardy The Tinkers Coin
. LYRICS The Tinker s Coin come all ye lads and lasses near a story i will tell to you about a cold damp night like this when shelter i was seeking a traveler passing through the barkeep said to guard my coin to stay away from this tinker but that just brought me near to him for naught had i worth taking a traveler passing through he bought me a glass of darkened stout to thank me for my company and he dropped a penny in the glass for the luck that it would bring to me a traveler passing through the poor have but their pennies left the king his saxon shilling the king would never part with his though i part with mine most willing to a traveler passing through (chorus:) this coin s been haunted by the sidhe it shall bring you joy or bring you grief depending on the works you do what once was mine now belongs to you to a traveler passing through we passed the night most forcefully i sang my songs and his to me and we talked of life s brief song to sing of visions we d forsaken as travelers passing throu
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