song:oak-ash-thorn
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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.</ | ||
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+ | //(Words by Rudyard Kipling; tune by the Bellamy Brothers)// | ||
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+ | Of all the trees that grow so fair, old England to adorn, | ||
+ | Greater are none beneath the sun than Oak, and Ash, and Thorn. | ||
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+ | **Chorus:** | ||
+ | //Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn (good sirs), All on a midsummer' | ||
+ | Surely we sing of no little thing In Oak, and Ash, and Thorn!// | ||
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+ | 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! | ||
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+ | [Chorus] | ||
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+ | 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! | ||
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+ | [Chorus] | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | [Chorus] | ||
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+ | 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' | ||
+ | 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! | ||
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+ | [Chorus] | ||