Magpie Lane - Jack-in-the-green

May Song

Winter time has gone and past-o,
Summer time has come at last-o.
We shall sing and dance the day
And follow the 'obby 'orse that brings the May.
So, Hail! Hail! The First of May-o!
For it is the first summer's day-o!
Cast you cares and fears away,
Drink to the old horse on the First of May!
Blue bells they have started to ring-o,
And true love, it is the thing-o.
Love on any other day
Is never quite the same as on the First of May!

Never let it come to pass-o
We should fail to raise a glass-o!
Unto those now gone away
And left us the 'obby 'orse that brings the May!



Credits
Writer(s): Dp, Martin Carthy, Eliza Amy Forbes Carthy, Norma Waterson, Timothy Van Eyken
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  5. The Flowers of Edinburgh
  6. A Rosebud in June
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  8. The Sheepstealer
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  2. A Taste of Ale
  3. Jack-in-the-green
  4. Speed the Plough
  5. Wassail! a Country Christmas
  6. The Oxford Ramble: Songs and Tunes of Oxfordshire
  7. Six for Gold
  8. English Country Songs and Dances
  9. Knock at the Knocker, Ring at the Bell

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