There's actually more to the song. The first verse starts slow and speeds up with "dance around the maypole."


MAYDAY
Written by Casey Neill
As sung by Casey Neill on "Casey Neill" (1998)

Gone are the rains of April; gone, the cruel cold.
Old man winter has departed; stories have been told.
It's another mayday come again; goodbye to the rains of April.
Another mayday come again, and we dance around the maypole.

Welcome in the wondrous spring, and the oncoming summer
The festival of Beltane, and the nectar of the lovers.
It's the holiday of pagans, and the holiday of labor,
And we merry meet at the mountain side, and praise the Creator,
Praise the Creator!

CHORUS: Mayday, mayday at last!
Mayday! Hearken the future; remember the past.
Mayday, mayday at last!
Mayday! Hearken the future; remember the past.

So pass the jug of wine, pass the honey mead
Pass the pipe around again, petals snow from the cherry trees.
And we consecrate this season of seeds(?) with our own sweet copulation
The joy we share together here will smash the state of the nation,
Smash the state of the nation! CHORUS

And we remember Sacco and Vanzetti, and we remember Haymarket
There's meal(?) enough for the bonfire and now we gotta spark it,
Now we gotta spark it. CHORUS