Oak And Ash And Thorn

Am

[Verse 1]
    C                               F              E
Of all the trees that grow so fair, Old England to adorn,
F                                E                      Am
Greater are none beneath the sun than Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.

[Chorus]
     Am                E
Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs,
C                    E
All on a midsummer's morn.
F                 Am
Surely we sing of no little thing
   E                 Am
In Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.

[Verse 2]
C                                     F
Yew that is old, in churchyard mould, He breedeth a mighty bow
F                                       E              Am
Alder for shoes do wise men choose, and Beech for cups also
C                                                     F                        E
But when you have killed, and your bowl it is filled, and your shoes are clean outworn
F                                         E                    Am
Back you must speed for all that you need to Oak, and Ash, and Thorn

[Chorus]
     Am                E
Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs,
C                    E
All on a midsummer's morn.
F                 Am
Surely we sing of no little thing
   E                 Am
In Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.
     Am                E
Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs,
C                    E
All on a midsummer's morn.
F                 Am
Surely we sing of no little thing
   E                 Am
In Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.

[Verse 3]
C                                 F                 E
Elm, she hates mankind and waits, Till every gust be laid,
F                                 E                      Am
To drop a limb on the head of him that anyway trusts her shade,
C                                  F                           E
But whether a lad be sober or sad, or mellow with ale from the horn,
F                                        E                       Am
He'll take no wrong when he lyeth along 'neath Oak, and Ash, and Thorn


[Chorus]
      Am                E
Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs,
C                    E
All on a midsummer's morn.
F                 Am
Surely we sing of no little thing
   E                 Am
In Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.
     Am                E
Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs,
C                    E
All on a midsummer's morn.
F                 Am
Surely we sing of no little thing
   E                 Am
In Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.

[Verse 4]
C                                      F                      E
Oh, do not tell the Priest our plight, for he would call it a sin, (A B N!)
F                                          E                  Am
But we've been out in the woods all night, a-conjuring summer in,
C                                    F                        E
We bring good news by word of mouth, good news for cattle and corn
F                                           E                    Am
As sure as the sun comes up from the south, by Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.


[Chorus]
     Am
Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs,
C                    Am
All on a midsummer's morn.
C
Surely we sing of no little thing
    G
In Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.
     Am
Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs,
C                    Am
All on a midsummer's morn.
C
Surely we sing of no little thing
    G
In Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.
     Am
Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs,
C                    Am
All on a midsummer's morn.
C
Surely we sing of no little thing
    G
In Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.
     Am
Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs,
C                    Am
All on a midsummer's morn.
C
Surely we sing of no little thing
    G                Am
In Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.