I know this is not the same song (and it was written by Dave Webber), but it is a firm favourite amongst folkies in Oz and my friends and I in the Top End would always carouse with it around May 1st. In the Top End it helped herald in "The Dry" season, whereas in SE Qld where I now live, this year May 1st (yesterday!) brought us an intense chill, warning of The Winter to come! Here is a version of Dave's "May Song" (aka HAIL, THE FIRST OF MAY) by Magpie Lane, with some great pics too : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcdV-vAiMnc And a CV19 Mayday has been disruptive for Morris Dancing rituals everywhere (e.g. Dancing Up the Sun, at dawn on Mayday). Here is a blog reporting the issues, from Qld, ending with a song by the lovely Nicole Murray of Cloudstreet called "Let Winter Begin" : https://bobwords.com.au/morris-dancing-and-other-cancelled-events/ Cheers! R-J Down Under PS Joe, if this is not the correct thread, feel free to move it :)
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