Thirty Foot Trailer

from A Family Odyssey by McDonnell Trio

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lyrics

Thirty Foot Trailer

The old ways are changing you cannot deny
The days of the traveler’s over
There's nowhere to go and there's nowhere to bide
So farewell to the life of the rover

Farewell tae the cant and the traveling tongue
Farewell tae the Romany talking
The buying, the selling, the old fortune telling
The knock on the door and the hawking

chorus :
Goodbye to the tent and the old caravan
To the tinker, the gipsy, to the travelling man
And goodbye to the thirty-foot trailer

You got to move fast to keep up with the times
For these days a man cannot dander
There's a bylaw to say you maun be on your way
And another to say ye can't wander

Farewell to the besoms of heather and broom
Farewell tae the creel and the basket
The folk of today they would far sooner pay
For a thing that’s been made out of plastic

The old ways are going and soon they’ll be gone
For progress is aye a big factor
Its sent to afflict us and when they evict us
They’ll tow us away with a tractor

Farewell tae the pony, the cob, and the mare
The reins and the harness are idle
You don't need a strap when you're breaking up scrap
So farewell tae the bit and the bridle

Farewell tae the fields where we've sweated and toiled
At pulling and hauling and lifting
They'll soon have machines and the traveling queens
And their menfolk had better start shifting

credits

from A Family Odyssey, released April 12, 2023
Michael McDonnell: vocals, mandolin
Simon McDonnell: vocals, guitar
Kevin McDonnell: vocals, accordion

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McDonnell Music Rennes, France

La légende des McDonnell commence avec Michael, le père, dans le pub familial du comté de Kilkenny. Élevé à la musique traditionnelle irlandaise, il vogue vers la France et y nourrit deux fils, Simon et Kevin, d’un mélange de ballades folk et de bluegrass. Au son du banjo, de la mandoline, de la guitare, de l’accordéon et du bodhran, cette trinité musicale révèle un véritable gospel irlandais... ... more

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