Book of Song

Moving On Song, The

by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger

Born in the middle of the afternoon
In a horse-drawn carriage on the old A- 5
Well a big twelve wheeler shook me bed
You can`t stay here the policeman said
You better get born someplace else

( Chorus
Move along, get along,
move along, get along,
Go, move, shift )

Born by a common on a building site
Where the ground was rutted by the trailer`s wheels
Well the local Christian said to me,
You`ll lower the price of property
You better get born someplace else

Chorus

Born a potato at picking time
In an old bow tent in a tatie field
The farmer said, The work`s all done
It`s time that you was moving on
You better get born someplace else

Chorus

Born at the back of a blackthorn hedge
When the white hoarfrost lay on the ground
No eastern kings came bearing gifts
Instead the orders came to shift
You better get born someplace else

Chorus

The eastern sky which was full of stars
And one shone brighter than the rest
The wise men came so stern and strict
And brought the orders to evict
You better get born someplace else

Chorus

Wagon, tent, or trailer born
Last month, last year, or in far off days
Born here or a thousand miles away
There`s always men nearby who`ll say
You better get born someplace else

Repeat first verse

Chorus x3