Tom: C
Introdução:
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My love she was fair and my love she was kind
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And cruel the judge and jury that sentenced her away
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For thieving was a thing that she never was inclined to
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They sent my love across the sea ten thousand miles away
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All around my hat I will wear the green willow
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All around my hat for a year and a day
C F Am
And if anyone should question me the reason for my wearing it
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I'll tell them that my own true love is ten thousand miles away
verse 2
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I bought my love a golden ring to wear upon her finger
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A token of our own true love and to remember me
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And when she returns again we never will be parted
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We'll marry and be happy for ever and a day.
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All around my hat I will wear the green willow
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All around my hat for a year and a day
C F Am
And if anyone should question me the reason for my wearing it
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I'll tell them that my own true love is ten thousand miles
verse 3
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Seven seven long years my love and I are parted
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Seven seven long years my love is bound to stay
G C F Am
Seven long years I'll love my love and never be false hearted
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And never sigh or sorrow while she's far far away
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All around my hat I will wear the green willow
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All around my hat for a year and a day
C F Am
And if anyone should question me the reason for my wearing it
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I'll tell them that my own true love is ten thousand miles away
verse 4
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Some young men there are who are preciously deceitful
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As soon as they deceive them so cruelly they leave them
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I'll love my love forever though she's far far away
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All around my hat I will wear the green willow
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All around my hat for a year and a day
C F Am
And if anyone should question me the reason for my wearing it
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I'll tell them that my own true love is ten thousand miles away