Any May songs?

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 31 Mar 21 - 08:37 AM

I'm still trying to find out who wrote this. It was part of "Sticks and Bells", first aired on Radio Oxford and was compiled by Steve Heap, but he could not recall where it came from.

THE FIRST OF MAY.

My Granny said the other night, "Next Monday is the day
To mark the ending of the old, it is the first of May."
"Now what's so special." we all cried, "Do we get a day off school ?
Do we go for a bike ride down our lane, or a trip to the swimming pool ?"
Well Granny sat us quietly down and opened her book to read.
"You kids are losing heritage to spaceships, telly and speed.
If only for one minute a day you'd just sit down and try
To think about the days of old. Don't let tradition die."

CH. Like Easter eggs and Bonfire Night and Christmas and New Year,
Our Maypole means so much to us, so give us a rousing cheer.

"When I was younger and lived at home, my brothers and sisters and me
Would work for hours through April showers with ribbons and paint, you see.
All the colours we could find and trim them up so neat
That when the first of May came round we'd the best pole in our street.
The morning of the first of May was special to us all.
We'd dance around the Maypole and on our friends we'd call.
We'd knock on doors and sing our songs with garlands and banners and chains,
And pick up the pennies that folks threw down to drive off the April rains."

Her words put new life in our blood, we'd two days left to go.
Johnny found a wooden pole and painted it for show,
And Susie cut the ribbons up, and Gran taught us the song,
And when the first of May came round we'd do it, right or wrong.
We danced 'til nine o'clock that morn and then set off for school.
We told the teachers what we'd done and I felt a proper fool,
But they were very pleased with us and we showed the class the way
To dance around the Maypole and welcome in the May.

Robin

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: Long Firm Freddie
Date: 31 Mar 21 - 07:08 AM

John Martyn - May You Never

LFF

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: SPB-Cooperator
Date: 31 Mar 21 - 02:40 AM

I am relearning The First of May Blues belatedly for the Mudcat international singaround on 3rd May.

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: The Sandman
Date: 31 Mar 21 - 02:33 AM

Ball of Yarn,The nightingale.,JUST AS THE TIDE WAS FLOWING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-SPThFpviU

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THE BALL OF YARN

”        ” In the merry month of May when the birds begin to play”

Mainly Norfolk Song Info   https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/songs/ballofyarn.html

Ball O' Yarn (feat. Dave Swarbrick) · Martin Carthy    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDBCsfWRT24
Ball O'yarn · Keith Kendrick    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AddUZwnUH9o
The Little Ball of Yarn · Mary Ann Haynes    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSDMHKOtcbc
          “It was in the month of May when the boys were making hay”

Little Ball of Yarn · The New Lost City Ramblers    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqg7EhPlKj8
Link to another version

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GerryM
Date: 31 Mar 21 - 02:07 AM

PADDY’S GREEN SHAMROCK SHORE
Dolores Keane and Paul Brady    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azg4gqEYNBo
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore - Andy Irvine & Paul Brady   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qE5HiApH_o
The high kings - paddy's green shamrock shore   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_vpueFj-R8

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: cnd
Date: 30 Mar 21 - 08:30 PM

I also just ran across a third May song, The Front Porch String Band's "One Morning In May," which can be heard here.

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O THE WIND AND RAIN
“Twas in the merry month of May"

O the Wind and Rain · Laurie Lewis    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPlIPsKBp6U

Album notes forLaurie Lewis    https://www.laurielewis.com/and_laurie_lewis_notes.pdf
O The Wind And Rain · Peggy Seeger    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_8eCRD3_ik

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: cnd
Date: 30 Mar 21 - 08:26 PM

I know I sent you one May song (The Drunken Driver by Ralph Stanley, which I'll let you type up as you wish) but since then I've found two more:

A version of "The Two Sisters" titled "O the Wind and Rain" by Laurie Lewis opens: "Early one morning in the month of May, O the wind and rain." Listen here

The album version of the song "The Federal Soldier" by Gandydancer is not online, but a live recording from 2010 can be heard here. The song opens "One morning, one morning, one morning in May / I heard a young soldier lamenting and say"

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Thanks to cnd for the following pm message
cnd A Song for May 16 Mar 2021 04:10 PM

I know you're not quite to May yet, but I was listening to some music the other day and came across a May song that would be good for your lists once you get there.

THE DRUNKEN DRIVER
by Ralph Stanley
The Drunken Driver by Ralph Stanley ("This awful accident occurred on the twentieth day of May")

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Thank you cnd
The Drunken Driver · Ralph Stanley    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmktp3maRXo

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GerryM
Date: 30 Mar 21 - 07:39 PM

Allan Sherman's parody of Down By The Riverside:

When you go to the delicatessen store,
Don't buy the liverwurst.
Don't buy the liverwurst.
Don't buy the liverwurst.
I repeat what I just said before,
Don't buy the liverwurst.
Don't buy the liverwurst.

Oh buy the corned beef if you must,
The pickled herring you can trust,
And the lox puts you in orbit AOK.
But that big hunk of liverwurst
Has been there since October First,
And today is the Twenty-Third of May.

So when you go to the delicatessen store,
Don't buy the liverwurst.
Don't buy the liverwurst.
Don't buy the liverwurst.
It'll make your insides awful sore.
Don't buy the liverwurst.
Don't buy the liverwurst.

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DON’T BUY THE LIVERWURST  By Allan Sherman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqTDecGoMdo

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GerryM
Date: 30 Mar 21 - 07:36 PM

Streets of Forbes mentions the fifth of May. Copy-pasted from the DT (I made a few small changes to bring it closer into line with what's in Ron Edwards' book, Great Australian Folk Songs):

STREETS OF FORBES

Come all of you Lachlan men and a terrible tale I'll tell
Concerning of a bushranger who in misfortune fell
His name it was Ben Hall, a man of high renown
He was hunted from a station and like a dog shot down

Three years he roamed the roads and he showed the traps some fun
A thousand pounds was on his head with Gilbert and John Dunn
Then parted from his comrades, the outlaw did agree
To give away bushranging and to cross the raging sea

Ben went to Goobang Creek and that was his downfall
Oh riddled like a sieve was valiant Ben Hall
It was early in the morning upon the fifth of May
That the seven Police surrounded him as in his sleep he lay

Bill Dargin he was chosen to shoot the outlaw dead
The others fired madly as if they were afraid
Then rolled him in his blanket and they tied him to his prad
And they dragged him through the streets of Forbes to show the prize
they had.

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THE STREETS OF FORBES
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick - Streets of Forbes    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12AEwgzZ-T4
Streets of Forbes · June Tabor    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CThzQBVXpgs
The Streets of Forbes · A. L. Lloyd    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rVkmnBBLH4
The Streets Of Forbes · Show Of Hands    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Mk778U2oM
Streets Of Forbes · Marian Henderson    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN5g_avJ6dU

Mainly Norfolk: Song Info    https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/songs/streetsofforbes.html

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Streets of Forbes from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_of_Forbes
Grave of Ben Hall from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_Ben_Hall
MUDCAT:DT Lyrics STREETS OF FORBES     /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5571,5571&SongID=5571,5571
THE STREETS OF FORBES - its origins (video)     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHtJrQr0Gr8
Many other recordings of “The Streets_of_Forbes" on YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+STREETS+OF+FORBES

And a curious coincidence with this song is that besides recording the song Martin Carthy was born 21 May 1941 and Wikipedia says that one of his middle names is Forbes
Martin Carthy from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Carthy

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GerryM
Date: 30 Mar 21 - 07:28 PM

THE OLD REBEL FLAG IN THE REAR
The Old Rebel Flag In The Rear is a poem by Henry Lawson, who gave it the subtitle, "A May-Day Song". It was set to music by Chris Kempster, but I couldn't find a recording of that setting online so you'll have to settle for the setting I did find. Here's Lawson's original version (what people actually sing is a much shorter version):

The Old Rebel Flag in the Rear
A May-Day Song

Henry Lawson, 1892

Whenever the march of oppression
Reduces a land to despair,
No matter how mighty the victors,
The flag of Rebellion is there.
The might of coercion may triumph,
And Freedom be laid on her bier —
Yet over the graves of the conquered there waves
That Old Rebel Flag in the Rear

A king may be great in a country
That cheers when a monarch is crown'd
But still, in his capital city,
The flag of the rebel is found.
A people may boast a Republic,
Where Liberty dies in a year;
But close on their flag comes that old stubborn rag,
The Old Rebel Flag in the Rear

We sing of the Queen of England,
Her banner that flaunts in the van,
Yet out from the slums of her capital comes
That vengeful red banner of man!
Lift up the proud Union of England,
And bear it along with a cheer,
But England! take care in your triumph, for there
Is the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear.

There's the great cruel Eagle of Russia,
Where thousands are sunk in despair,
And the hand of the tyrant is mighty,
But the flag of rebellion is there!
There's the bloodthirsty flag of the Kaiser,
A monarch whom nations can fear,
But William will pause ere he marches, because
Of the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear.

There's the Red, White and Blue of the Frenchmen,
Where soldiers of Freedom are true,
But lo! from the rear comes a banner,
Whose skirts lack the white and the blue!
There's the flag of a boastful republic,
A country where freedom is dear —
But still, in the States there's an army that waits
'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear.

There's a new mongrel flag in Australia,
And the "Banner of Britain" is here,
But, to break from the past, we are gathering fast
'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear.
There are men in the ranks who are traitors,
And men who will falter and fear,
Yet on thro' the arch of the morning we march
'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear.

Some men, for the sake of their conscience,
Will join and be true in the strife,
And some for the sake of a moment to break
The terrible dullness of life!
They march 'neath the flag of the rebels,
With lives overburden'd and drear,
And fling them away on a terrible day
'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear.

A spirit calls out of the future,
And bids us to strike in our youth —
And the voice of to-day is appealing
For Liberty, Justice, and Truth;
And the blood that was shed by old rebels,
For rights that shall ever be dear,
Drips down from the red of the flag overhead,
Of the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear.

Oh! brothers of mine and of mankind!
The banner I sing of is red
With life-blood of men who were foemen
To wrong, and oppression, and dread.
Then march 'neath the flag of the rebels,
The red days of battle are near,
Let your feet never lag as you march 'neath the flag,
'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear.

Perhaps there'll be no reformation,
But Oh! for a moment to rise
And ride on the storm of rebellion,
And strike at the things that I hate and despise!
When Progress is stayed by a red barricade,
And down in the city we hear
The roll of a hymn of defiance
That ends in a desperate cheer,
And on, for a day they'll remember,
Comes the Old Rebel Flag from the Rear.

It rose from the birth of the lords of the earth,
That Old Rebel Flag in the Rear;
The rebels are bred by the tyrants who dread
That Old Rebel Flag in the Rear.
'Twill never be furl'd while there's wrong in the world,
It never will fall till there's Justice for all,
THAT OLD REBEL FLAG IN THE REAR!

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This is the shorter version, as Chris arranged it:

Whenever the march of oppression
Reduces a land to despair,
No matter how mighty the victors,
The flag of Rebellion is there.
A spirit calls out of the future,
And bids us to strike in our youth —
And the voice of to-day is appealing
For Liberty, Justice, and Truth;
There are men in the ranks who are traitors,
And men who will falter and fear,
Yet on thro' the arch of the morning we march
'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear.

Chorus (after each verse):
'Twill never be furl'd while there's wrong in the world,
It never will fall till there's Justice for all,
That old rebel flag, that old rebel flag, that old rebel flag in the rear!

There's the Red, White and Blue of the Frenchmen,
Where soldiers of Freedom are true,
But lo! from the rear comes a banner,
Whose skirts lack the white and the blue!
There's the flag of a boastful republic,
A country where freedom is dear —
But still, in the States there's an army that waits
'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear.
There's a new mongrel flag in Australia,
And the "Banner of Britain" is here,
But, to break from the past, we are gathering fast
'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear.

There's the great cruel Eagle of Russia,
Where thousands are sunk in despair,
And the hand of the tyrant is mighty,
But the flag of rebellion is there!
There's the bloodthirsty flag of the Kaiser,
A monarch whom nations can fear,
But William will pause ere he marches, because
Of the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear.
We sing of the Queen of England,
Her banner that flaunts in the van,
Yet out from the slums of her capital comes
That vengeful red banner of man!

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The Old Rebel Flag in the Rear · Bruce Hearn    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5OUKR3vujY

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GUEST,Felipa
Date: 30 Mar 21 - 07:13 PM

So many songs have lines like "in the merry month of May"; Barbara Allen is one.

The May Morning Dew https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=31905#3555924

hey, at the time of writing, it isn't even April yet

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BARBARA ALLEN
“Twas in the merry month of May
When green buds all were swellin”

Barbara Allen Joan Baez   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqHJ4V893e0
Judy Collins - Barbara Allen    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtYnxjzmTUs
Bob Dylan - Barbara Allen    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy_y3h02FgY
PETE SEEGER ~ Barbara Allen     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPdbHfgM0h0
Barbara Allen - The Everly Brothers   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me9w8HtYe4Q>
Burl Ives - Barbara Allen    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHvhp2qt-Ys
Bonny Barbara Allan [Child 84] from The Trditional Ballad Index (n.b. NOTES )     https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/C084.html

Subject: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 30 Mar 21 - 06:42 PM

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Can you suggest any songs associated with the month of May ie: (A) Any songs with May in the title (B) Any songs with a May date given in the lyrics (C) Any songs referencing an event that is known to have occurred in May even if the lyrics do not actually say so.
It would be very helpful to have links to performances of the songs and also more sources of information about them.

Below is an alphabetical index of the titles collected in this thread until the end of April 2022. If a title in this index is clicked then you should be jumped to the section of the thread in which most of the discussion and links for that title occurs. If you just want to add a new post to this thread use the “POST” button to jump to the end of the thread. I shall sometimes rearrange “ late” posts to group them with the appropriate main area of discussion so that they are not overlooked.When I add to someone’s post I make this clear by doing so beneath an orange line like the one below. Regards, GeoffLawes

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INDEX OF MAY SONGS
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS(THE)
AIN’T (SEEN) NO ASH WILL BURN
ALL AROUND THE MAYPOLE
A PLACE CALLED ENGLAND
ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
AMELIA EARHEART
ANGLESEY (THE)
AN IRISH SONG written by Ed McCurdy
APRIL MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE
APRIL SHOWERS
AR BEN WAUN TREDEGAR
ARISE, ARISE (Northill May Song)
AS I ROVED OUT
AUTUMN TO MAY
BABY OF MOTHER MARY TURNER (THE)
BAD BERTHA
BALLAD OF BONNIE AND CLYDE (THE)
BALLINDERRY
BALL OF YARN (THE)
BAN THE BOMB
BANKS OF CLAUDY
BANKS OF THE ROSES (THE)
BARBARA ALLEN
BEDFORDSHIRE MAY DAY CAROL
BEN, BEN VENI MAG
BETWEEN SEA AND LAND – A TRIP TO THE WHITSUNTIDE FAIR
BLACKBERRY WINTER
BLOW AWAY THE MORNING DEW
BLUEBELL POLKA
BLUE HAIRED JIMMY
BOGIE’S BONNIE BELLE
BOLD ARCHER
BOLD FISHERMAN (THE)
BOLD NEVISON
BONEY WAS A WARRIOR
BONNY BLACK HARE (THE)
BONNY LABOURING BOY (THE)
BRING FLOWERS OF THE RAREST
BRING THE SEA TO MANCHESTER
BURNING OF AUCHINDOUN (THE)
BUSHES AND BRIARS
BY THE GREEN GROVE
CAMBRIDGE MAY GARLAND SONG
CAMBRIDGE MAY SONG
CAMBRIDGESHIRE MAY CAROL
CAPTAIN KIDD
CAPTAIN WOODSTOCK’S COURTSHIP
CAWSAND BAY
CE FU EN MAI
C’EST DANS LE MOIS DE MAI
C’EST LE MAI
CHARTIST ANTHEM (THE)
CHESHIRE MAY SONG
COAL IN THE STONE (THE)
COALMINER AND THE PITMAN'S WIFE (THE)
COD BANGING
COLD HARBOR
COLOURS (THE)
CONVICT OF CLONMEL (THE)
CROW ON THE CRADLE
CUCKOO (THE)
CUPID THE PRETTY PLOUGHBOY
DAINTY DAVIE
DANCING AT WHITSUN
DEATH AND THE LADY
DEATH OF MOTHER JONES (THE)
DEATH OF PARKER (THE)
DER MAI IST GEKOMMEN
DH’EIRCH MI MOCH MADAINN CHEITEIN
DIGGERS’ SONG (THE)
DISHPAN BRIGADE
DONE WITH BONAPARTE
DON’T BUY THE LIVERWURST
DON'T FORGET TO THANK HAROLD
DOWN BY THE GREEN GROVES
DOWN THE MOOR
DO YOU EVER REMEMBER
DRAWING NEARER TO THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY
DRUNKEN DRIVER (THE)
DUSTBOWL(THE)
EDERLEZI
EDWARD BOYLE   aka   My Charming Edward Boyle
ELLON FAIR
ERIN’S LOVELY HOME
FACING THE CHAIR
FAIR IS ROSE AS BRIGHT MAY DAY
FIDDLING SOLDIER
FIREMAN COWBOY (THE)  aka  THE TRUSTY LARIAT
FIRST DAY OF MAY (THE) by The Bee Gees
FIRST DAY OF MAY (THE) by James Taylor
FIRST OF MAY HORNPIPE
FISHER LAD OF WHITBY (THE)
FLORAL DANCE (THE)
FLOWER OF SWEET STRABANE
FOLLOW THE DRUM
FORTUNATE FACTORY MAID (THE)
GALWAY SHAWL (THE)
GATHERING RUSHES IN THE MONTH OF MAY
GEORGE COLLINS
GRACE
GRAND CONVERSATION ON NAPOLEON (THE)
GRAVE OF BONAPARTE (THE)
GREEN BUSHES
GREEN LINNET (THE)
H BOMB’S THUNDER (THE)
HAIL HAIL THE FIRST OF MAY
HAL-AN-TOW
HAPPY CLOWN (THE)
HALLELUJAH I’M A TRAVELLING
HEATHER ON THE MOOR
HERE WE GO GATHERING NUTS IN MAY
HEY DONAL, HO DONAL
HIPPY CHIPPY CHARLIE
HITCHIN MAY DAY SONG
HUSBAND WITH NO COURAGE IN HIM
HYMNUS EUCHARISTICUS
IF YOU WANT THE BOMB
I LOVE MY SAILOR BOY
IN MAY, THAT LUSTY SEASON
ISIS
ISLE OF EIGG
JACK THE SAILOR
JAMES CONNOLLY SONGS
JAM ON JERRY’S ROCK (THE)
JESSE OWENS’ SHOES
JIM HARRIS
JOAN TO THE MAYPOLE
JOCKEY TO THE FAIR ,   Roud Number: 3344
JOHN BALL
JOHN BROWN’S BODY
JOHN BROWN’S DREAM
JOHN CONDON
JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
JOLI MOIS DE MAI
JULIAN OF NORWICH
JUST AS THE TIDE WAS FLOWING
KENT STATE MASSACRE (THE)
LA BÈLA DE MAI
LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF KNIGHT (Child #4; Roud #21)
LAFAYETTE, WE HEAR YOU CALLING
LA ROSÉE DU JOLI MOIS DE MAI
LA ROZA ENFLORESE
LA VIE S'ÉCOULE
THE LARK IN THE MORNING
LEDGE-END OF THE FIDDLER
LISBON
LITTLE BALL OF YARN
LO MES D'ABRIL SE N'ES ANAT
LO MES DE MAI
LORD FRANKLIN
LORD OF THE DANCE
LUSTY MONTH OF MAY (THE)
MAGHERAFELT MAY FAIR
MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL (THE)
MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL NAVVY (THE)
MARIA MARTIN
MARIONS LES ROSES
MARY TURNER , MARY TURNER
MAY BLOOMING FIELD
MAY DAY CAROL: THE HEDGES AND FIELDS
MAY DAY DAY
MAY DEW
MAY MORNING by Anne Lister
MAY MORNING CAROL
MAY MORNING DEW
MAYPOLE (THE)
MAY SONG
MAY SONG    (translated from German)
MAY QUEEN
MERA MAGIOU
MERRY MAY FOLK
MERRY MONTH OF MAY > (by Stanley Messenger)
MERRY MONTH OF MAY- Sam Larner
MERRY MERRY MONTH OF MAY (THE)
MO BHEANNACHD DHAN BHAILLIDH UR
MONTH OF MAY (THE) akaThe Merry Haymakers
MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN (THE)
MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN IN AMERICA TTHE)
MOTHER JONES
MOTHER JONES IN HEAVEN
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
NAPOLEON'S DREAM aka THE DREAM OF NAPOLEON
NA SERA 'E MAGGIO   (A Night in May )
NATHAN HALE
NEW SONG ON THE PROPOSED SHIP CANAL
NIGHT OF THE 4th OF MAY
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
NOW IS THE MONTH OF MAYING
OHIO
O LUSTY MAY
O THE WIND AND RAIN
OLD REBEL FLAG IN THE REAR (THE)
ONE MAY MORNING
ONE MORE STEP ALONG THE WORLD I GO
ONE MORNING IN MAY (1)
ONE MORNING IN MAY (2)
ONE MORNING IN MAY (3)
ONE MORNING IN MAY (Hoagy Carmichael)
ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
ONLY FOR THREE MONTHS
P STANDS FOR PADDY
PADDY’S GREEN SHAMROCK SHORE
PADSTOW MAY SONG aka OSS OSS
PEACE O’ER THE WORLD
PERCY FRENCH SONGS
PETE SEEGER SONGS
PLEASANT AS MAY
PLEASANT MONTH OF MAY (THE)
POLLY ON THE SHORE
PRAISE OF A DAIRY (THE)
PRETTY CAROLINE
PRIDE OF THE SPRINGFIELD ROAD aka THE COTTON MILL SONG (THE)
QUEEN OF THE MAY
REAPING OF THE RUSHES GREEN (THE)
REBEL SOLDIER
RED WINE
RING AROUND THE LAND
ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN (THE)
RIVER LEA (THE)
ROSABELLA (THE)
SCHOONER INDUSTRY
SEAPORT TOWN OF MANCHESTER or Prosperity to the Ship Canal
SEÁN MAC DIARMADA (THE PRIDE OF CORRANMORE)
SECOND DAY OF MAY (THE)
SEVENTEEN COME SUNDAY
SHEARIN’S NOT FOR YOU (THE)
SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
SHIP CANAL SONG (THE),     or THE MARY
SINK THE BISMARK
SONG OF THE LOW (THE)
SONGS ABOUT GEORGIE BEST
SONGS ABOUT JOAN OF ARC
SONGS ABOUT MOTHER JONES
SONGS ABOUT NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
SONGS ABOUT THE PHOENIX PARK MURDERS
SONGS ABOUT THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH
SONGS ABOUT THE SINKING OF HMS HOOD
SONGS ABOUT SIGMUND FREUD
SONGS BY PERCY FRENCH
SONGS OF CHER
SONGS OF GID TANNER AND THE SKILLET LICKERS
SONGS OF GEORGE FORMBY
SONGS OF SYDNEY CARTER
SONGS SUNG BY TONY ROSE
SPOTTED COW (THE)
SOUTH CAROLINA MOON
SPIRIT OF MOTHER JONES (THE)
STAINES MORRIS
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
STRETFORD AND NORTHERN MAY SONG (THE)
STREETS OF FORBES (THE)
SWALCLIFFE MAY DAY CAROL
SWINTON NEW MAY SONG
SWINTON (OLD) MAY SONG
THA MO GHAOIL AIR ÀIRD A' CHUAIN
THEY ALL SANG THE INTERNATIONALE
TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM
THIG AN SMEORACH A’S T- EARRACH
THOIR MO SHORAIDH THAR GHUNANIDH
THIRTEENTH OF MAY (THE)
THIS SWEET AND MERRY MONTH OF MAY
TO HEAR THE NIGHTINGALE SING
TOM DOOLEY
TSUM ERSHTN MAY
TURMUT HOEING
‘TWAS IN THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY
TWENTY ONE YEARS ON DARTMOOR
UNDERNEATH HER APRON
VAQUÉ LO POLIT MES DE MAI
VERDANT BRAES OF SCREEN (THE)
VOICI LE MOIS DE MAI
WEE BIRD CAM' TAE MY APRON (A)
WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WILD WEST SHOW
WE’LL ALL GO A-HUNTING TODAY
WE'LL GO TO SEA NO MORE
WE’LL HAVE A MAY DAY by Matt McGinn
THE WEAVER AND THE FACTORY MAID
WELCOME AS THE FLOWERS IN MAY
WELCOME HOME MOTHER JONES
WE WILL SING
WHADDON WHITSON SONG
WHEN I WAS ON HORSEBACK
WHEN ROSY MAY COMES IN WI’ FLOWERS
WHEN THE LUSITANIA WENT DOWN
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND GRAY by Tom Lehrer
WHILE STROLLING THROUGH THE PARK ONE DAY
WHEN I NEEDED A NEIGHBOUR
WILLIAM EDDY
WILL YE GO TO FLANDERS?
WHITE CHRISTMAS
WITH HER HEAD TUCKED UNDERNEATH HER ARM
WHITSUNTIDE CAROL   aka The Whitsun Song
WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (THE)
YOU’RE AS WELCOME AS THE FLOWERS IN MAY
25th MAY
1944