Biography:
Oysterband (or The Oyster Band, as it used to be) is an English electric folk, folk rock, and folk punk band formed in Canterbury in or around 1976.
The band is one of the few outfits still burning with the fire of punk, but managing to combine it with the ideals and knowledge of English folk music - a balancing act they've made into a fine art over the years. And they have deep roots in the U.K. folk scene, emerging from both the Whitstable Oyster Co.
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Hal-an-Tow
Traditional Cornish song
[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
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
Traditional Cornish song
[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
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
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