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T:GB/6b/1 All Round My Hat
T:Version 1 of 2
C:Sung by Mr. Edmund Knight, Washington, Sussex, December 1907
C:Collected by GSK Butterworth
F:http://archives.vwml.org/record/GB/6b/1
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:"(Editorial suggestion)" 3/8=80
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w: Come all you_ young peo-ple_ and lis-ten to_ my dit-_ty, I'll
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w: tell you how_ young Phoe-be_ ac-cused young Wil-_liam wrong._ She
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w:said_ he had de-ceived_ her, it sad-ly seemed to grieve_ her.
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w:  Left a-lone_ one eve-ning_ she sang a mourn-ful song._
W:
W:1. Come all you young people and listen to my ditty;
W:I'll tell you how young Phoebe accused young William wrong.
W:She said he had deceived her, it sadly seemed to grieve her.
W:Left alone one evening she sang a mournful song.
W: 
W:2. "Young men are false, they are so deceitful,
W:"Young men are false,they seldom do prove true;
W:"Rambling and ranging, their minds are always changing;
W:"They are always seeking for some young girl that's new."
W:
W:3. "Many a long hour have I spent in courting,
W:"Many a long hour have I spent in vain;
W:"But since it is my fortune that I must die a maiden,
W:"Never will I ramble so far, far again."
W: 
W:4. "O if I had but my own heart to keep it,
W:"O if I had but my own heart again,
W:"How closely in my bosom I would lock it up for ever,
W:"And never would I ramble so far, far again."
W:
W:5. "All round my hat I will wear the green willow,
W:"All round my hat for twelve months and a day.
W:"If anyone should ask me the reason why I wear it,
W:"I will tell them that my true love is far, far away."
W:
W:6. "O Phoebe, O Phoebe, since for me you have lamented,
W:"You will find in the end you'll have no cause to rue;
W:"For since I've found you faithful, come make yourself contented,
W:"For all that I said was to try if you was true."
W:
W:7. Now William and Phoebe in wedlock are united;
W:They live in a cottage down by the riverside.
W:Let us hope that their comfort and peace will ne'er be blighted.
W:Young lovers take example by William and his bride.