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C/G C C/F G
C/G C C/D G
G C F Am
C/G C C/G C
C G C C F G
1.My love she was fair, and my love she was kind
C G C C D G
And cruel the judge and jury that sentenced her away
G C F Am
For thieving was a thing that she never was inclined to
C G C C G C
They sent my love across the sea ten thousand miles away.
Chorus:
C G C C F G
All around my hat, I will wear the green willow,
C G C C D G
All around my hat for a year and a day
G C F Am
And if anyone should question me the reason for my wearing it
C G C C G C
I'll tell them that my own true love is ten thousand miles away.
C G C C F G
2. I bought my love a golden ring to wear upon her finger
C G C C D G
A token of our own true love and to remember me
G C F Am
And when she returns again, we never will be parted
C G C C G C
We'll marry and be happy for ever and a day.
Chorus:
C G C C F G
All around my hat, I will wear the green willow,
C G C C D G
All around my hat for a year and a day
G C F Am
And if anyone should question me the reason for my wearing it
C G C C G C
I'll tell them that my own true love is ten thousand miles away.
C G C C F G
3. Seven, seven long years my love and I are parted
C G C C D G
Seven, seven long years my love is bound to stay
G C F Am
Seven long years I'll love my love and never be false-hearted
C G C C G C
And never sigh or sorrow while she's far, far away.
Chorus:
C G C C F G
All around my hat, I will wear the green willow,
C G C C D G
All around my hat for a year and a day
G C F Am
And if anyone should question me the reason for my wearing it
C G C C G C
I'll tell them that my own true love is ten thousand miles away.
C G C C F G
4. Some young men there are who are preciously deceitful,
C G C C D G
A-coaxin' of the fair young maids they mean to lead astray
G C F Am
As soon as they deceive them, so cruelly they leave them
C G C C G C
I'll love my love forever though she's far,far away
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