Chorus: First time sing unaccompanied:-

All around my hat, I will wear the green willow,

And all around my hat, for a twelve-month and a day.

And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm wearing it,

It's all for my true love who's far, far, away

[D] Fare thee [A] well cold [D] winter, and fare thee well cold [A] frost.

[D] Oh nothing [A] have I [D] gained, but my own true [E] love I’ve [A] lost.

[A] I’ll sing and I'll be [D] merry, when occ[G]asion [Bm] I do see-

[Bm] He's a [D] false del[A]uded [D] young man, let him go, [A] fare well [D] he.

[D] The other [A] night he [D] brought me a fine diamond [A] ring.

But [D]he thought [A] to help de[D]prive me of a far [E] better [A]thing.

[A] But I being [D] careful, like [G] lovers [Bm] ought to be

[Bm] He's a [D] false del[A]uded [D] young man, let him go, [A] fare well [D] he.

Chorus:

[D] All ar[A]ound my [D] hat, I will wear the green [A] willow,

And [D] all ar[A]ound my [D] hat, for a twelve-month [E] and a [A] day.

[A] And if anyone should [D] ask me the [G] reason why I'm [Bm] wearin' it,

It's [D] all [A] for my [D] true love who's far, [A] far, a[D]way

Chorus - sing unaccompanied until last line.

Repeat choru