GYPSY BOYS
(David Francey)

Times down here they was hard as life
Ice on the frozen river
And the promises made by the men in grey
Never seem to be delivered

Beaton and me, we were marking time
In the ranks of the unemployed
When they hired us on for a week or so
To work with the Gypsy Boys, oh

Well, the factory closed down yesterday
It's the textiles' turn tomorrow
Say what you will, but down this way
When one goes, the other follows

So it's up you riggers, up you riggers go
Haul your chains around the joists
'Cause they hired us on for a week or so
To work with the Gypsy Boys

Well, the lights come up and the crowd goes home
And we're tearing the stage-hand down
And we're paid our wages in the loading's zone
and they're gone to another town

And from Pennsylvania in the great North West
From Champagne, Illinois
Well, they've hired us on for a week or so
To work with the Gypsy Boys, oh

Well they pull into town to put on a show
All ice, fire and noise
And they've hired us on for a week or so
To work with the Gypsy Boys, oh


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e1w70kmGbA

Lyrics taken from Frank's link above. I couldn't hear well enough to do my own transcription.