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down she comes and up she goes
life on the circuit of a travelling show
mark the chumps to dip then blow
got no roots to call your own

welcome see the barkers and the freaks
welcome to this revelry of thieves

see the wonders large as life
they’re all inside if you pay the price
menagerie of grotesque sights
contorted limbs
cunning shills shine bright

welcome see the barkers and the freaks
welcome to this revelry of thieves

further in you can catch a glimpse
of the golden throne of a native king
next to dancing siamese twins
and listen to the song that the monkey sings

welcome see the barkers and the freaks
welcome to this revelry of thieves

use the rubes that come
use the rubes that come

the carnival makes fools pay
they’ve been gulled before
they’ll be gulled again
next time ‘round they’ll be just the same
ripe for the flim-flam
ripe for the take

welcome see the barkers and the freaks
welcome to this revelry of thieves
welcome see the barkers and the freaks
welcome to this revelry of thieves
this revelry of thieves
this revelry of thieves
revelry of thieves
to this revelry of thieves

© tim o’connor 2014

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from Returning to the Sea, released November 19, 2014

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Tim O'Connor Hull, UK

Tim O'Connor is an English Folk/Rock songwriter based in Yorkshire, UK, Performing & recording since the late Seventies, Tim has released a large catalogue of albums, 39 to date, available on his record label, Uilleand Music.

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cowfisH, from 1992 onwards.

The Ant Farm Collective, from 2014-2017.

Tim O’Connor & the Poachers 2018-
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