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Thread #80596   Message #1470742
Posted By: Dave'sWife
25-Apr-05 - 10:27 PM
Thread Name: Is there a tune '9th of May'?
Subject: RE: Is there a tune '9th of May'?
There is a tune called 'First of May' by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, but hardly appropriate. It's a pretty little song about the lost innocence of childhood - a little self-important, but hey.. I liked it when I was 12 and had the LP. I think it was on ODESSA.. that red album of theirs.

Here are the Lyrics just because...

FIRST OF MAY
Barry Gibb (and most likely one or both of the other Brothers Gibb)

When I was small, and christmas trees were tall,
We used to love while others used to play.
Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by,
Some one else moved in from far away.

(chorus)
Now we are tall, and christmas trees are small,
And you don't ask the time of day.
But you and I, our love will never die,
But guess we'll cry come 1st of May.

The apple tree that grew for you and me,
I watched the apples falling one by one.
And I recall the moment of them all,
The day I kissed your cheek and you were mine.

(chorus...)

When I was small, and christmas trees were tall,
Do do do do do do do do do...
Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by,
Some one else moved in from far away.