Hal-an-Tow
Hal-an-tow, jolly rumble-o
We were up long before the day, O
To welcome in the summer sun, to welcome in the May, O
For summer is a coming in and winter's gone away, O
Robin Hood and Little John, they both have gone to fair, O
And we shall to the merry green wood to hunt the buck and hare, O
Hal-an-tow …
And where are all the Spaniards who made so great a boast, O?
They shall eat the feathered goose and we shall eat the roast, O
Do not scorn to wear the horn that was the crest when you were born,
Your father's father wore it and your father wore it too.
God bless Aunt Mary Moses and all her power and might, O
And send us peace in England, send peace by day and night, O
We were up long before the day, O
To welcome in the summer sun, to welcome in the May, O
For summer is a coming in and winter's gone away, O
Robin Hood and Little John, they both have gone to fair, O
And we shall to the merry green wood to hunt the buck and hare, O
Hal-an-tow …
And where are all the Spaniards who made so great a boast, O?
They shall eat the feathered goose and we shall eat the roast, O
Do not scorn to wear the horn that was the crest when you were born,
Your father's father wore it and your father wore it too.
God bless Aunt Mary Moses and all her power and might, O
And send us peace in England, send peace by day and night, O