Woad --- Trad. and Anon. --- ttto: Men of Harlech

[G]What’s the [Em]use of [G]wearing braces,

[C]Hats or spats or [D7]shoes with laces.?

[G]Vests or [C]pants you [G]buy in places

[G]Down on [D7]Brompton [G]Road?

[G]What’s the [Em]use of [G]shirts of cotton,

[C]Studs that always [D7]get forgotten?

[G]Such af-[C]fairs are [G]simply rotten,

[G]Better [D7]far is [G]woad.

[D]Woad’s the stuff to show men.

[G]Woad to scare your foemen.

[G]Boil it [Em]to a [G]brilliant [Em]blue

And [G]rub it on your [Em]legs and your ab-[G]domen.

[C]Ancient [G]Britons [C]never [G]hit on

[A7]Anything as good as [D7]woad to fit on

[G]Neck or [C]knees or [G]where you sit on.

[G]Tailors, [D7]be you [G]blowed!

[G]Romans [Em]came a-[G]cross the Channel

[C]All dressed up in [D7]tin and flannel.

[G]Half-a-[C]pint of [G]woad per man’ll

[G]Clothe us [D7]more than [G]these.

[G]Saxons, [Em]you may [G]save your stitches,

[C]Building beds for [D7]bugs in britches.

[G]We have [C]woad to [G]clothe us, which is

[G]Not a [D7]nest for [G]fleas.

          [D]Romans save your armour,

[G]Saxons, your pyjamas.

[G]Hairy [Em]coats were [G]made for [Em]goats

Go-[G]rillas, yaks, re-[Em]triever dogs, and [G]llamas.

[C]March on [G]Snowdon [C]with your [G]woad on,

[A7]Never mind if you get [D7]rained of snowed on.

[G]Never [C]need a [G]button sewed-on.

         [G]Bottoms-[D7]up to [G]woad!

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