Finale 2011 for WindowsDolet Light for Finale 20112011-11-077.0273401691119557575711457575711400103600.748750.74870.748750.74871.45831.45830.74870.74876060GB/6a/1 All Round My Hat Version 1 of 3Sung by Mr. Edmund Knight, Washington, December 1907Noted by George Butterworth1. Come all you young people, and listen to my ditty,
I'll tell you how young Phoebe accused young William wrong;
She said he had deceived her, it sadly seemed to grieve her.
Left alone one evening she sang a mournful song.
2. "Young men are false, they are so deceitful,
"Young men are false, they seldom do prove true;
"Rambling and ranging, their minds are always changing,
"They are always seeking for some young girl that's new.
3. "Many a long hour have I spent in courting,
"Many a long hour have I spent in vain;
"But since it is my fortune that I must die a maiden,
"Never will I ramble so far, far again.
4. "O if I had but my own heart to keep it,
"O if I had but my own heart again,
"How closely in my bosom I would lock it up for ever,
"And never would I ramble so far, far again.
5. "All round my hat I will wear the green willow,
"All round my hat for twelve months and a day;
"If anyone should ask me the reason why I wear it,
"I will tell them that my true love is far, far away."
6. "O Phoebe, O Phoebe, since for me you have lamented,
"You will find in the end you'll have no cause to rue;
"For since I've found you faithful, come make yourself contented,
"For all that I said was to try if you was true."
7. Now William and Phoebe in wedlock are united,
They live in a cottage down by the riverside;
Let us hope that their comfort and peace will ne'er be blighted,
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