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10 Mar 10 - 09:06 AM (#2860957) Subject: Origins: Hush there's a rustling From: GUEST,Lucy Davies I'm trying to find out the remaining lines of the second verse of this old poem/song which was sung on May Day in Huntingdon in the 1940s and North Bucks possibly as early as the 1910s. Also anything about the melody. The first verse and next two lines go :
Queen's maid's holding a drawing room Come smell the fragrance of purple lilac Come catch the glinting of golden broom Sweet apple blossom is full of blushes Hawthorn we see like a drift of snow The laburnum in yellow, velvet Passes and gracefully curtseys low. Haughtily stand all her chestnut sisters Dressed overall in their creams and browns. Can anyone help? Thanks. Lucy |
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03 May 11 - 06:00 AM (#3146974) Subject: RE: Origins: Hush there's a rustling From: GUEST,Guest: Nickname I think it's Queen May because all the trees mentioned blossom in May. Don't know the second verse though and would love to. We sang it in school in the 50's |
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06 May 11 - 06:30 PM (#3149472) Subject: RE: Origins: Hush there's a rustling From: GUEST,Jim Dixon at the UST library Can't find it in Google Books. Sorry. |
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15 Apr 22 - 10:54 PM (#4139206) Subject: RE: Origins: Hush there's a rustling From: GUEST Such a pretty song full of colourful springtime images. We sang this at Infant School, in the 60s, when we crowned the new "Queen May". I'm pretty sure it's "Queen May is holding her drawing room" I didn't know there was a second verse. |
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15 Apr 22 - 11:54 PM (#4139211) Subject: RE: Req:Hush there's a rustling-Queen May/drawing room From: Joe Offer Hmmm. Could it have anything to do with Down in Yon Forest from John Jacob Niles? |