Hey Ho

anon

This is an ancient round which has been dated to at least the 16th century, but is very probably older. Different sources say it is English, Welsh, German, but definitely old and European! I was taught the second part on the Isle of Skye. It is also a fragment of a medieval round, probably English. The recording below is of a band I used to perform in: Cakes and Ale.

Hey Ho, nobody home

Meat nor drink nor money have I none

Yet I will be merry

Ah poor bird

Take thy flight

High above the sorrows

of this sad night