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 


[Refrão]
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 


[Refrão]
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 


[Refrão]

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