X:620020
T:GB/6b/2 All Round My Hat
T:Version 2 of 2
T:The following variant is from the collection of the late Mr. Hammond
C:Sung by Mrs. Crawford, West Milton, Dorset
C:Collected by HED Hammond
C:MS notation by R Vaughan Williams
F:http://archives.vwml.org/record/GB/6b/2
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:"(Editorial suggestion)" 3/8=80
K:D
"_(Last Verse)" D3 (ED) C | D3"^(a)"d2 c | B2 c d2 B | B3 A3 | B3 (Bc) d |
w:All round_ my hat I will wear the mourn-ful wil-low, All round_ my 
F3 E2 D | E2 E (EF) G | F3-F2 A | (B2 A) B2 c | d2 c d2 B |
w:hat for a twelve-month and_ a day,_ And if_ this here wil-low it should
A3 (G2 E) |F2 D A,2 A, |D2 D E2 E | F3 d2 B | (A2 F)"^(b)"(G2 E) |D6 ||
w:not be-_come me Then I'll leave it off for e-ver and e-_ver_more.
D3 (ED) C | D3"^(a) var."A2 A | B2 c d2 B | B3 A3 | B3 (Bc) d |
F3 E2 D | E2 E (EF) G | F3-F2 A | (B2 A) B2 c | d2 c d2 B |
A3 (G2 E) |F2 D A,2 A, |D2 D E2 E | F3 d2 B | (A2 F) "^(b) var."(GFE) |D6 |]
W:
W:1. Yesterday evening I was invited to a wedding
W: Unto a fair girl that provèd so unkind.
W: As soon as she began for to think on some other
W: The farmer, her own lovyer, still runs in her mind.
W:
W: 2. When supper was over and all things were ended
W: They all did conclude to give the bride a song.
W: The first that begun was the farmer, her own lovyer,
W: To give the bride a song, but it was not very long.
W:
W: 3. "O how can you sleep on another man's pillow
W: "Since you pretend that you love me so dear?
W: "Now for your sweet sake I'll wear a mournful willow
W: "Now and for ever I'll wear it for my dear."
W:
W: 4. (Omitted.)
W:
W: 5. The favour was granted and all things were ready
W: With sighing and crying they all went to bed.
W: 'Twas early one morning the young man arosèd
W: He went and he found that his new wife was dead.
W:
W: 6. (See above.)
W: