Chord/Tab song: The Mummers' Dance

Pick Am bass and alt for a couple bars(Intro)

[Am]When in the springtime [G]of the year
When the t[Em]rees are crowned with[Am] leaves
When the [Am]ash and oak, and the [G]birch and yew
Are[Em] dressed in ribbons [Am]fair

W[Am]hen owls call the b[G]reathless moon
In the[Em] blue veil of the [Am]night
The [Am]shadows of the [G]trees appear
A[Em]midst the lantern [Am]light

(CHORUS)
W[Am]e've been rambling[G] all the night
And [Em]some time of this [Am]day
N[Am]ow returning [G]back again
We [Em]bring a garland [Am]gay

Verse 2
[Am]Who will go down to those [G]shady groves
And [Em]summon the shadows[Am] there
And[Am] tie a ribbon on those [G]sheltering arms
In the [Em]springtime of the[Am] year

The[Am] songs of birds seem to [G]fill the wood
That [Em]when the fiddler [Am]plays
A[Am]ll their voices [G]can be heard
Long [Em]past their woodland [Am]days

(Repeat CHORUS)

Verse 3
And [Am]so they linked their [G]hands and danced
Round in[Em] circles and in [Am]rows
And[Am] so the journey [G]of the night descends
When [Em]all the shades are [Am]gone

"A [Am]garland gay we [G]bring you here
And[Em] at your door we[Am] stand
It[Am] is a sprout well [G]budded out
The [Em]work of Our Lord's[Am] hand"

Repeat CHORUS x2 Am, G, Em, Am to fade