All Around My Hat (song)
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This article is about the song. For the album, see All Around My Hat (album).
The song "All Around my Hat" (Roud 567[1] and 22518,[2] Laws P31) is of nineteenth-century English origin.[3] In an early version,[citation needed] dating from the 1820s, a Cockney costermonger vowed to be true to his fiancée, who had been sentenced to seven years' transportation to Australia for theft and to mourn his loss of her by wearing green willow sprigs in his hatband for "a twelve-month and a day", the willow being a traditional symbol of mourning.[4] The song was made famous by Steeleye Span,[5] whose rendition may have been based on a more traditional version sung by John Langstaff, in 1975.[6][7][8]
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"All Around My Hat" | |
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Language | English |
Written | 19th century |
Songwriter(s) | Traditional |
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