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Thread #37571 Message #1397052
Posted By: nutty
02-Feb-05 - 04:37 PM
Thread Name: Origins: All Around My Hat
Subject: Lyr Add: THE GREEN RIBBON
As a matter of interest I've just come across another version of ALL AROUND MY HAT which I feel should be added to the rest.
Written by Katharine Tynan (1861-1931) and published in 'Irish Poems' in 1913 by Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd of London.
I'm not sure where it might fit in the grand scheme of things but I feel that it warrents inclusion.
THE GREEN RIBBON
All aound my hat I will wear the green ribbon,O
All round my hat for a year and a day
And if anyone asks me why I do wear it
I'll say that my true love is far, far away
For green is the colour of the weeping willow,O
And green is the colour for her that is true
Tell my love if he come not I die of my sorrow,O
And shall sleep deep forgetting the pangs that I knew
I shall say,"My sweet mother, make my bride-clothes ready,O"
I shall say, "Little sister, weep not for me
But clothe me in silver like a beauteous lady,O
And hide not my face lest he come and see."
Six gentle knights to the grave will carry me
The maids shall strew violets my face above
They will say "She was constant" and weep as they bury me
Saying "Here is a true maid who died for love"
O what have I to do with life and with living,O
If he should come not I shall not know
I shall sleep on so sweetly, done with care ad grieving,O
Alone in my bride-bed the moulds below
List, ye grave pilgrims, who journey to Walsingham
Say if you meet him that his love lies sick-
Sore sick of loving and will soon be dying,O
If he would save her that he travel quick
All around my hat now I wear the green ribbon,O
So have I worn it a year and above
Say if he come not he will find me sleeping,O
With a stone at my head that I died for love.