The
Homœopathic Proving of
Crack
Willow
Salix Fragilis
Conducted
by Penny Stirling
All Around
My Hat
All around
my hat I will wear the green willow
And all around my hat, for a twelvemonth and a day
And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm wearing it
It's all for my true love who's far far away
Fare thee
well cold winter and fare thee well cold frost
Nothing have I gained but my own true love I've lost
I'll sing and I'll be merry when occasion I do see
He's a false deluding young man, let him go, farewell he
The other
night he brought me a fine diamond ring
But he thought to have deprived me of a far better thing
But I being careful like lovers ought to be
He's a false deluding young man, let him go, farewell he
There's a
quarter pound of reasons and a half pound of sense
A small sprig of time and small one of prudence
You mix them all together and you will plainly see
He's a false deluding young man, let him go, farewell he
Traditional
English folksong
Acknowledgements
Thanks and acknowledgments
go to all the provers for being eager and willing to participate in the process
and for staying with it to the end and helping with the extraction. Thanks especially
to Peter Fraser for collating and editing the proving.
Copyright Penny
Stirling 1999. All rights reserved.
