^^ QUEEN OF THE MAY Larry McLaughlin Winter is over and summer has come And the Obby Oss waits in his stable for dawn Rise up my love early and deck yourself gay And I'll take you to Padstow today Ch: And put your arms round me. I'll dance you away For you are my Queen of the May Skip out o'er the fields and the woods and the dells Pick primroses, daises, cowslips and bluebells And from the green woods cut a sycamore spray And I'll take you to Padstow today We'll breakfast on ale and an old chorus song Musicians will come with accordion and drum We'll meet the old Oss and we'll welcome the May When I take you to Padstow today When the years have rolled on love and we are both old And the stories of May day and Padstow are told And though I'm old and feeble you'll still hear me say I'llt take you to Padstow today This is from Unite, Unite edited by Mike O'connor. The note to the song says it was written by Larry for his wife Maureen on their Silver Wedding Anniversary (1982) Regards, Marion
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