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All Around My Hat 
(alternate:) 
All Around My Hat 
All around my hat I will wear the green willow 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 is 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. 
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 deluding young man, let him go farewell he 
Here's a half a pound of reason, and a quarter pound of sense A small sprig of time and as much of prudence You mix them all together and you will plainly see He's a false deluding young man, let him go farewell he. 
Recorded by Steeleye Span on All Around My Hat. 
Note: This hit the pop charts in England in 1975 and made the Top Five, the highest chart placing ever for a traditional song. An amalgam of Farewell He and All 'Round My Hat. It works, though. 
KE apr97