(chorus - 1st time Unaccompanied)
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 wearin' it,
It's all for my true love who's far, far, away
D A D A
Fare thee well cold winter, and fare thee well cold frost.
D A D E A
Oh nothing I have gained, but my own true love have lost.
A D G Bm
So sing and I'll be merry, when occasion I do see-
Bm D A D A D
He's a false deluded young man, let him go, fare well he.
(chorus)
D A D A
All around my hat, I will wear the green willow,
D A D E A
And all around my hat, for a twelve-month and a day.
A D G Bm
And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm wearin' it,
D A D A D
It's all for my true love who's far, far, away
(same chords as previous verse)
Now the other day he brought me a fine diamond ring:
but he thought to deprive me of a far finer thing.
But I being careful, as true lovers ought to be,
He's a false deluded young man, let him go fare well he.
(chorus)
(Same chords as previous verse)
Take a quarter pound of reason, and a half pound of sense,
A small sprig of time, and a pinch of prudence,
Now mix then all together and you will plainly see:
He's a false deluded young man, let him go, fare well he.
(chorus)
