The lyrics to the "Padstow May Song" as I have them go as follows: Unite and unite, now let us unite For summer is a come in today And whither we are going, we all will unite In the merry morning of May. The young men of Padstow, they might if they would; For summer is come in today, They might have built a ship and gilded it with gold In the merry morning of May. The young girls of Padstow, they might if they would; For summer has a come in today, They might have made a garland of the white rose and the red In the merry morning of May. O where is Saint George, O where is he now? He's out in his long-boat all on the salt sea-o. Up flies the kite, down falls the lark-o; Aunt Ursula Birdwood, she had an old yeowe, And it died in her own park-o. Where are the young men that now here would dance? For summer is a come in today, Some they are in England, and some they are in France In the merry morning of May. Where are the young girls that now here would sing? For summer is a come in today, They are in the meadows a-flower gathering In the merry morning of May. *************** Those lyrics are from the CD "Blow, Ye Winds in the Morning" by the John Langstaff choir put out in '92 on Revels Records.
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