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Arranged by J. Matthews.

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1

Robin Hood and little John

They both are gone to the fair, O!

And we will to the merry green-wood,

To see what they do there O!

And for to chase, O, to chase the buck and doe!

With Hal-an-tow, jolly rumble, O, to chase the buck and doe!

CHORUS. And we were up as soon as the day,

For to fetch the Summer home, O!

The Summer, and the May,

Now the Winter is a gone, O!

2

Where are those Spaniards,

That make so great a boast, O!

Why, they shall eat the grey goose feathers,

And we will eat the roast, O!

In every land, O, the land where'er we go,

With Hal-an-tow, jolly rumble O, the land where'er we go.

CHORUS. And we were up, &c.

3

As for that good Knight, S. George,

S. George he was a Knight, O!

Of all the knights in Christendom!

S. George he is the right, O!

In every land, O! the land where'er we go,

With Hal-an-tow, jolly rumble, O, the land where'er we go.

CHORUS. And we were up, &c.

4

God bless Aunt Mary Moses8 And all her power and might, O! And send us peace in merry England, Send peace by day and night, O! To merry England, O! both now and ever mo' With Hal-an-tow, jolly rumble, O, both now and ever mo! CHORUS. And we were up, &c.