Hal An Tow chords by Oysterband

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Hal-an-Tow
Traditional Cornish song

Verse 1:

C
Take the scorn and wear the horns
   F                   G7
It was the crest when you were born
C

Your father's father wore it
          G             F
And your father wore it too

Verse 2:

C
Robin Hood and Little John
        F                G7
They've both gone to the fair-o
      C
Well, we shall to the merry green wood
    F                G
To hunt the buck and hare-o

Chorus:

C   G  C     G
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow
C   G   C   F              G7
We were up long before the day-o
        C
Well, to welcome in the summertime
   F              G7
To welcome in the May-o
          C
Well, the summer is coming in
    G7             F
And winter's gone away

Verse 3:

     C
What happened to the Spaniards
     F               G7
That made so great a boast-o?
      C
Well, they shall eat the feathered goose
F                 G
We shall eat the roast-o

Chorus:

C   G  C     G
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow
C   G   C   F              G7
We were up long before the day-o
        C
Well, to welcome in the summertime
   F              G7
To welcome in the May-o
          C
Well, the summer is coming in
    G7             F
And winter's gone away

Verse 4:

C
God bless Aunt Mary Moses
     F                 G7
With all her power and might-o
       C
Well, send us peace in England
     F                G
Send peace by day and night-o

Chorus:

C   G  C     G
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow
C   G   C   F              G7
We were up long before the day-o
        C
Well, to welcome in the summertime
   F              G7
To welcome in the May-o
          C
Well, the summer is coming in
    G7             F
And winter's gone away

C   G  C     G
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow
C   G   C   F              G7
We were up long before the day-o
        C
Well, to welcome in the summertime
   F              G7
To welcome in the May-o
          C
Well, the summer is coming in
    G7             F
And winter's gone away