Hal an Toe
Old English folk song
Verse 1
Take no scorn to wear the horn
It was the crest when you were born
Your father’s father wore it and your father wore it too
Chorus
Hal an’ toe, jolly rumbello, 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
Verse 2
Robin Hood and Little John have both gone to the fayre’o
And we shall to the merry greenwood to hunt the buck and hare’o
Chorus
Hal an’ toe, jolly rumbello, 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
Verse 3
Where are all the Spaniards that made so great the boast’o
Oh, they shall have the feather duck, while we shall eat the roast’o
Chorus
Hal an’ toe, jolly rumbello, 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
Verse 4
God bless Aunt Mary Moses with power and with might’o
And send us peace to England, by day and by night’o
Chorus
Hal an’ toe, jolly rumbello, 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
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