"Trad and Anon"
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman

/ D A D - / D G - A / D G A D / D A - D /

This is a song that I wrote.
I've written each word and I've chosen each note.
And I hope you'll remember when I'm dead and gone
That this song wasn't written by Trad or Anon.

	/ D A G D / G - D A / " / /

	Trad and Anon, Trad and Anon,
	If your name's forgotten they've stolen your song!
	Attributions get lost in the ages so long,
	That's how songs get written by Trad and Anon.

None more prolific than they,
For if your name's forgot at the end of the day,
Then who will recall when the century's out
That you wrote your song, or what it was about?

	Trad and Anon...

But the folk have their music as well,
And who's written most of it, no one can tell.
And which is worth more in the fullness of time:
That my music lives on, or that folks know its mine?

	Trad and Anon...	(2x)