CHORUS:
Hal and tow, Jolly rumbalow,
We were up, long before the day-o;
To welcome in the summer, to welcome in the May-o;
For summer is a-comin’ in and winter’s gone away-o.
Robin Hood and little John have all gone to the fair-o,
And we’ll go to the gay green wood to see what they do there-o,
And for to hunt, to hunt the buck and doe.
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Take thou no scorn to wear the horn that was the crest ere thou
was born;
Thy father’s father wore it, and thy father wore it, too.
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Where are all the Spaniards, who made so great a boast-o,
They shall eat the gray goose feathers, and we shall eat the
Roast-o,
In every land, the lands where ere we go.
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And as for good Saint George, Saint George he was a knight-o,
Of all the knights in Christendom Saint George he was the
Right-o,
In every land, the lands where ere we go.
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God bless Aunt Mary Moses, in all her power and might-o,
And send us peace in merry England, peace both day and night-o,
Send us peace in merry England, now and ever more-o.
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