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All around my hat
anon.
arr.: Frank Nordberg
arr.: Frank Nordberg
Female lyrics: All around my hat I will wear the green willow And all around my hat, for a twelvemonth 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 deluded young man, let him go, farewell he. All around my hat... The other night he brought me a fine diamond ring But he thought to have deprived me of a far better thing But I being careful like lovers ought to be He's a false deluded young man, let him go, farewell he. All around my hat... There's a quarter pound of reasons and a half pound of sense A small sprig of time and small one of prudence You mix them all together and you will plainly see He's a false deluded young man, let him go, farewell he. All around my hat... Male lyrics: All around my hat I will wear the green willow And all around my hat, for a twelvemonth 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 She's a false deluded lady, let her go, farewell she. All around my hat... The other day I brought her a fine golden ring: I asked her to marry, but oh what an awful thing. I thought that she loved me, 'til she began to laugh She showed me the door and threw out my hat. All around my hat... There's a quarter pound of reasons and a half pound of sense A small sprig of time and small one of prudence You mix them all together and you will plainly see She's a false deluded lady, let her go, farewell she. All around my hat... |
This English folk song is perhaps best known from Steeleye Span's rock-influenced version.
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