Steeleye Span - All Around My Hat lyrics

[Chorus:] All around my hat, I will wear the green willow All around my hat, For a twelvemonth and a day And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm wearing it, It's all for my true love, Who is far, far away Fare thee well, cold winter And fare thee well, cold frost Nothing have I gained, But my own true love I've lost I'll sing and I'll be merry When occasion I do see, He's a false, deluding young man, Let him go, farewell he, and... [Chorus:] The other night he brought me A fine diamond ring, but he Thought to have deprive me Of a far better thing! But I being careful, Like lovers ought to be, He's a false, deluding young man Let him go, farewell he, and... [Chorus:] With a quarter pound of reason, And a half a pound of sense, A small spring of time, And as much of prudence, You mix them all together, And you will plainly see He's a false deluding young man Let him go, farewell he, and... [Chorus:]