(chorus - 1st time 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 wearin' it,
It's all for my true love who's far, far, away

D         A         D                               A
Fare thee well cold winter, and fare thee well cold frost.
D          A      D                       E         A
Oh nothing I have gained, but my own true love have lost.
A                   D              G     Bm
So sing and I'll be merry, when occasion I do see-
Bm     D        A    D                      A         D
He's a false deluded young man, let him go, fare well he.

(chorus)
D      A      D                          A
All around my hat, I will wear the green willow,
     D    A       D                       E     A
And all around my hat, for a twelve-month and a day.
A                    D           G             Bm
And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm wearin' it,
     D    A     D                    A      D
It's all for my true love who's far, far, away

(same chords as previous verse)
Now the other day he brought me a fine diamond ring:
but he thought to deprive me of a far finer thing.
But I being careful, as true lovers ought to be,
He's a false deluded young man, let him go fare well he.

(chorus)
(Same chords as previous verse)
Take a quarter pound of reason, and a half pound of sense,
A small sprig of time, and a pinch of prudence,
Now mix then all together and you will plainly see:
He's a false deluded young man, let him go, fare well he.

(chorus)