Misc Traditional – Oak And Ash And Thorn (Guitar)

   Am
Of all the trees that grow so fair,

    G          C
old England to adorn,

F/C
greater are none beneath the sun,

     G               Am
than Oak and Ash and Thorn.

     Am
Sing Oak and Ash and Thorn good sirs,

G                   C
All of a midsummers morn,

F/C
Surely we'd sing of no little thing,

   G               Am
in Oak and Ash and Thorn.

Am
Oak of the Clay lived many a day,

   G             C
or ever aeneas began,

F/C
Ash of the Loam was a lady at home,

     G                  Am
when Brut was an outlaw man,

Am
Thorn of the Down saw New Troy Town,

     G                C
from which was London born

   F/C
witness hereby the ancientry,

   G               Am
of Oak and Ash and Thorn.

     Am
Sing Oak and Ash and Thorn good sirs,

G                   C
All of a midsummers morn,

F/C
Surely we'd sing of no little thing,

   G               Am
in Oak and Ash and Thorn.

Am
Yew that is old in churchyard-mould,

   G                 C
He breedeth a mighty bow,

F/C
Alder for shoes do wise men choose,

    G                Am
and Beech for cups also,

    Am
but when ye have killed and your bowl is spilled,

     G                  C
your shoes are clean outworn,

F/C
back ye must speed for all that ye need,

   G               Am
to Oak and Ash and Thorn.

     Am
Sing Oak and Ash and Thorn good sirs,

G                   C
All of a midsummers morn,

F/C
Surely we'd sing of no little thing,

   G               Am
in Oak and Ash and Thorn.

Am
Elm she hates mankind and waits,

    G             C
for every gust be laid,

   F/C
to drop a limb on the head of him,

     G                 Am
that anyway trusts her shade,

    Am
but whether a lad be sober or sad,

   G                        C
or mellow with ale from the horn,

      F/C
he'll take no wrong when he lieth along,

       G               Am
'neath Oak and Ash and Thorn

     Am
Sing Oak and Ash and Thorn good sirs,

G                   C
All of a midsummers morn,

F/C
Surely we'd sing of no little thing,

   G               Am
in Oak and Ash and Thorn.

   Am
Oh do not tell the preist our plight,

    G                  C
for he would call it a sin,

    F/C
but we've been out in the woods all night,

  G                Am
a-conjuring summer in,

       Am
and we bring good news by word of mouth,

     G                   C
good news for cattle and corn,

F/C
sure will the sun come up from the south,

   G               Am
by Oak and Ash and Thorn.

     Am
Sing Oak and Ash and Thorn good sirs,

G                   C
All of a midsummers morn,

F/C
Surely we'd sing of no little thing,

   G               Am
in Oak and Ash and Thorn.

     Am
Sing Oak and Ash and Thorn good sirs,

G                   C
All of a midsummers morn,

F/C
England shall bide 'til judgement tide,

   G               Am
by Oak and Ash and Thorn.