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"The World Is Turned Upside Down" by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band
(This recording is from 1995 album, "Hang Up Sorrow and Care." History buffs will note a version of this song
was, according to legend, purportedly played by British General Cornwallis following his defeat at Yorktown,
VA.)
Note: I prefer not playing the 1st string E in the Dm chord. I also like to include the two optional quick
C chords in the fifth and sixth lines of each verse.
[Verse 1]
Listen to me and you shall hear
New hath not been this thousand year
Since Herod, Caesar and many more
You never heard the like before
G (C)
Holy-days are despis'd
G (C)
New fashions are devis'd
Old Christmas is kicked out of Town
Yet let's be content and the times lament
You see the world turned upside down
[Verse 2]
Command is giv'n, we must obey
And quite forget Old Christmas Day;
Kill a thousand men, or a town regain
We will give thanks and praise amain
G (C)
The wine pot shall clink
G (C)
We will feast and drink
And then strange motions will abound
Yet let's be content and the times lament
You see the world turned upside down
[Verse 3]
Our Lords and Knights and Gentry too
Do mean old fashions to forego:
They set a Porter at the gate
That none must enter in thereat
G (C)
They count it a sin
G (C)
When poor people come in
Hospitality itself is drowned
Yet let's be content and the times lament
You see the world turned upside down