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The version Damh does is very similar to the 1951 recording in the BBC archives of a mummer's performance on Flora Day in Helston, Cornwall which can be heard here.
after Damh the Bard
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Fsus2 xx3011
Fsus2 xx3011
Hal-an-Tow
by trad
[F] Take the scorn to [G] wear the horn
It [Bb] was the crest when [C] you was born
Your [F] father's father [G] wore it
And your [Bb] father [C] wore it [F] too
Chorus
[F] Hal [Fsus2] an [F] tow, jolly rumble [Fsus2] O
[F] We [Fsus2] were [F] up [Bb] long before the [C] day O
To [F] welcome in the [G] summertime,
To [Bb] welcome in the [C] May O
The [F] summer is a- [G] coming in
And [Bb] winter's gone [Bb] away O
Robin Hood and Little John
Have both gone to the fair O
And we shall to the merry green wood
To hunt the buck and hare O
Chorus
What happened to the Spaniards
That made so great a boast O?
Why they shall eat the feathered goose
And we shall eat the roast O
Chorus
The lord and lady bless you
with all their power and might O
and send their peace upon us
bring peace by day and night O
Chorus
[F] Hal [Fsus2] an [F] tow x4
Chorus
[F] Hal [Fsus2] an [F] tow
It [Bb] was the crest when [C] you was born
Your [F] father's father [G] wore it
And your [Bb] father [C] wore it [F] too
Chorus
[F] Hal [Fsus2] an [F] tow, jolly rumble [Fsus2] O
[F] We [Fsus2] were [F] up [Bb] long before the [C] day O
To [F] welcome in the [G] summertime,
To [Bb] welcome in the [C] May O
The [F] summer is a- [G] coming in
And [Bb] winter's gone [Bb] away O
Robin Hood and Little John
Have both gone to the fair O
And we shall to the merry green wood
To hunt the buck and hare O
Chorus
What happened to the Spaniards
That made so great a boast O?
Why they shall eat the feathered goose
And we shall eat the roast O
Chorus
The lord and lady bless you
with all their power and might O
and send their peace upon us
bring peace by day and night O
Chorus
[F] Hal [Fsus2] an [F] tow x4
Chorus
[F] Hal [Fsus2] an [F] tow