ALL AROUND MY HAT          Trad. arr. Steeleye Span



Chorus:        

All around my hat I will wear the green willow, and

All around my hat for a twelve-month and a day,

And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm wearing it,

It's all for my true love who's far, far away.



Fare thee well cold Winter, and fare thee well cold frost.

Nothing have I gained, but my own true love I've lost.

I'll sing and I'll be merry when occasion I do see.

He's a false, deluding young man, let him go, farewell he, and...

Chorus


The other night he brought me a fine diamond ring,
A-thinking for to bribe me of a far better thing,
But I, being careful like lo-overs ought to be
He's a false, deluding young man, let him go, farewell he, and...

Chorus, Inst.


With a quarter-pound of reasons, a half-a-pound of sense,
A small sprig of timee, and a smudge of prudence,
You mix them all together and you will plainly see
He's a false, deluding young man, let him go, farewell he, and...

Chorus,  Inst.  Chorus  X 2