Just stumbled across this thread. It reminds me of a song I learned in the 1970s. Unusually it was sung in 5 beats to the bar, with a strong, fast driving beat drum beat.

Come ladies all, both great and small, we wish you a joyful May,
Come ladies all, both great and small, we wish you a joyful May,
We were all up before the sun to welcome in the day,
So now we're come with pipe and drum to wish you a joyful May!

Come ladies all, both great and small, we wish you a joyful May,
Come ladies all, both great and small, we wish you a joyful May,
The summer is a-coming and the winters gone away,
So ladies all both great and small, we wish you a joyful May,

There may be other verses, but that is all I recall!