Key: C
Introduction:
C
Take the scorn and wear the horns
F G7
It was the crest when you were born
C
Your father's father wore it
G F
And your father wore it too
verse 2
C
Robin Hood and Little John
F G7
They've both gone to the fair-o
C
Well, we shall to the merry green wood
F G
To hunt the buck and hare-o
C G C G
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow
C G C F G7
We were up long before the day-o
C
Well, to welcome in the summertime
F G7
To welcome in the May-o
C
Well, the summer is coming in
G7 F
And winter's gone away
verse 3
C
What happened to the Spaniards
F G7
That made so great a boast-o?
C
Well, they shall eat the feathered goose
F G
We shall eat the roast-o
C G C G
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow
C G C F G7
We were up long before the day-o
C
Well, to welcome in the summertime
F G7
To welcome in the May-o
C
Well, the summer is coming in
G7 F
And winter's gone away
verse 4
C
God bless Aunt Mary Moses
F G7
With all her power and might-o
C
Well, send us peace in England
F G
Send peace by day and night-o
C G C G
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow
C G C F G7
We were up long before the day-o
C
Well, to welcome in the summertime
F G7
To welcome in the May-o
C
Well, the summer is coming in
G7 F
And winter's gone away
C G C G
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow
C G C F G7
We were up long before the day-o
C
Well, to welcome in the summertime
F G7
To welcome in the May-o
C
Well, the summer is coming in
G7 F
And winter's gone away