Hal-an-tow

Jack has gone to wear the horns
It was the crest when you were born
His father’s father wore it
And his father wore it too
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow
We were up long before the day, oh
To welcome in the summer
To welcome in the May, oh
For summer is a-coming in
And winter’s gone away, oh
Robin Hood and Little John
Have both gone to the fair, oh
And we will to the merry green wood
To hunt the buck and hare, oh
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow
We were up long before the day, oh
To welcome in the summer
To welcome in the May, oh
For summer is a-coming in
And winter’s gone away, oh
A faithful knight is good Saint George
And o’er the land he travel, oh
Of all the knights in Christendom
St. George he is the right, oh
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow
We were up long before the day, oh
To welcome in the summer
To welcome in the May, oh
For summer is a-coming in
And winter’s gone away, oh
What happened to the Spaniards
That made so great a boast, oh?
They shall eat the speckled goose
And we shall eat the roast, oh!
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow
We were up long before the day, oh
To welcome in the summer
To welcome in the May, oh
For summer is a-coming in
And winter’s gone away, oh