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+====== Oak, Ash, and Thorn ======
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+T:Oak, Ash and Thorn
+M:12/8
+L:1/8
+C:Bellamy Brothers
+O:Rudyard Kipling
+K:B minor
+I:speed 400
+F | B,2C D2E F2F F2F | B2B ABA F6 | B2c d2c B2A F2D | EFE D2C B,3- B,2 ||
+w:Of all the trees that grow so fair, old Eng- land to_ a- dorn, Great\-er are none be- neath the sun than Oak,_ and Ash, and Thorn.
+F | B,2D D2E F2F F3 | BBB ABA F6 | BBc d2c BBA F2D | EFE D2C B,6 |]
+w:Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn (good sirs), All on a mid- sum- mer's morn. Sure- ly we sing of no lit- tle thing In Oak,_ and Ash, and Thorn.</abc>
+//(Words by Rudyard Kipling; tune by the Bellamy Brothers)//
+Of all the trees that grow so fair, old England to adorn,
+Greater are none beneath the sun than Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.
+**Chorus:**
+//Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn (good sirs), All on a midsummer's morn.
+Surely we sing of no little thing In Oak, and Ash, and Thorn!//
+Oak of the clay lived many a day o'er ever Aeneas began,
+Ash of the loam was a lady at home when Brut was an outlaw man,
+And Thorn of the down saw new Troy town, from which was London born
+Witness hereby the ancientry of Oak, and Ash, and Thorn!
+[Chorus]
+Yew that is old, in church yard mould, he breedeth a mighty bow;
+Alder for shoes do wise men choose, and Beech for cups also.
+But when you have killed, and your bowl it is filled, and your shoes are clean outworn,
+Back ye must speed for all that ye need, to Oak, and Ash, and Thorn!
+[Chorus]
+Ellum, she hates mankind and waits till every gust be laid,
+To drop a limb on the head of him that anyway trusts her shade.
+But whether a lad be sober or sad, or mellow with ale from the horn,
+He'll taketh no wrong when he lyeth along 'neath Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.
+[Chorus]
+Oh, do not tell the priest our plight, or he would call it a sin --
+But we have been out in the woods all night, a'conjuring summer in!
+And we bring you good news by word of mouth, good news for cattle and corn --
+Now is the sun come up from the south, by Oak, and Ash, and Thorn!
+[Chorus]