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-Joe Offer-
Can you suggest any songs associated with the month of May ie: (A) Any songs with May in the title (B) Any songs with a May date given in the lyrics (C) Any songs referencing an event that is known to have occurred in May even if the lyrics do not actually say so.
It would be very helpful to have links to performances of the songs and also more sources of information about them.
Below is an alphabetical index of the titles collected in this thread until the end of April 2022. If a title in this index is clicked then you should be jumped to the section of the thread in which most of the discussion and links for that title occurs. If you just want to add a new post to this thread use the “POST” button to jump to the end of the thread. I shall sometimes rearrange “ late” posts to group them with the appropriate main area of discussion so that they are not overlooked.When I add to someone’s post I make this clear by doing so beneath an orange line like the one below. Regards, GeoffLawes
INDEX OF MAY SONGS
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS(THE)
AIN’T (SEEN) NO ASH WILL BURN
ALL AROUND THE MAYPOLE
A PLACE CALLED ENGLAND
ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
AMELIA EARHEART
ANGLESEY (THE)
AN IRISH SONG written by Ed McCurdy
APRIL MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE
APRIL SHOWERS
AR BEN WAUN TREDEGAR
ARISE, ARISE (Northill May Song)
AS I ROVED OUT
AUTUMN TO MAY
BABY OF MOTHER MARY TURNER (THE)
BALLAD OF BONNIE AND CLYDE (THE)
BALLINDERRY
BALL OF YARN (THE)
BAN THE BOMB
BANKS OF CLAUDY
BANKS OF THE ROSES (THE)
BARBARA ALLEN
BEDFORDSHIRE MAY DAY CAROL
BETWEEN SEA AND LAND – A TRIP TO THE WHITSUNTIDE FAIR
BLACKBERRY WINTER
BLOW AWAY THE MORNING DEW
BLUEBELL POLKA
BLUE HAIRED JIMMY
BOGIE’S BONNIE BELLE
BOLD ARCHER
BOLD FISHERMAN (THE)
BOLD NEVISON
BONEY WAS A WARRIOR
BONNY BLACK HARE (THE)
BONNY LABOURING BOY (THE)
BRING FLOWERS OF THE RAREST
BURNING OF AUCHINDOUN (THE)
BUSHES AND BRIARS
BY THE GREEN GROVE
CAMBRIDGE MAY GARLAND SONG
CAMBRIDGE MAY SONG
CAMBRIDGESHIRE MAY CAROL
CAPTAIN KIDD
CAPTAIN WOODSTOCK’S COURTSHIP
CE FU EN MAI
CHARTIST ANTHEM (THE)
CHESHIRE MAY SONG
COAL IN THE STONE (THE)
COALMINER AND THE PITMAN'S WIFE (THE)
COD BANGING
COLD HARBOR
COLOURS (THE)
CONVICT OF CLONMEL (THE)
CROW ON THE CRADLE
CUCKOO (THE)
CUPID THE PRETTY PLOUGHBOY
DAINTY DAVIE
DANCING AT WHITSUN
DEATH AND THE LADY
DEATH OF MOTHER JONES (THE)
DEATH OF PARKER (THE)
DER MAI IST GEKOMMEN
DH’EIRCH MI MOCH MADAINN CHEITEIN
DIGGERS’ SONG (THE)
DISHPAN BRIGADE
DONE WITH BONAPARTE
DON’T BUY THE LIVERWURST
DON'T FORGET TO THANK HAROLD
DOWN BY THE GREEN GROVES
DOWN THE MOOR
DRAWING NEARER TO THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY
DRUNKEN DRIVER (THE)
DUSTBOWL(THE)
EDERLEZI
ELLON FAIR
ERIN’S LOVELY HOME
FACING THE CHAIR
FIDDLING SOLDIER
FIREMAN COWBOY (THE) aka THE TRUSTY LARIAT
FIRST DAY OF MAY (THE) by The Bee Gees
FIRST DAY OF MAY (THE) by James Taylor
FIRST OF MAY HORNPIPE
FISHER LAD OF WHITBY (THE)
FLORAL DANCE (THE)
FLOWER OF SWEET STRABANE
FOLLOW THE DRUM
FORTUNATE FACTORY MAID (THE)
GALWAY SHAWL (THE)
GATHERING RUSHES IN THE MONTH OF MAY
GEORGE COLLINS
GRACE
GRAND CONVERSATION ON NAPOLEON (THE)
GRAVE OF BONAPARTE (THE)
GREEN BUSHES
GREEN LINNET (THE)
H BOMB’S THUNDER (THE)
HAIL HAIL THE FIRST OF MAY
HAL-AN-TOW
HAPPY CLOWN (THE)
HALLELUJAH I’M A TRAVELLING
HEATHER ON THE MOOR
HERE WE GO GATHERING NUTS IN MAY
HEY DONAL, HO DONAL
HIPPY CHIPPY CHARLIE
HITCHIN MAY DAY SONG
HUSBAND WITH NO COURAGE IN HIM
HYMNUS EUCHARISTICUS
IF YOU WANT THE BOMB
I LOVE MY SAILOR BOY
IN MAY, THAT LUSTY SEASON
ISIS
JACK THE SAILOR
JAMES CONNOLLY SONGS
JAM ON JERRY’S ROCK (THE)
JESSE OWENS’ SHOES
JIM HARRIS
JOAN TO THE MAYPOLE
JOCKEY TO THE FAIR , Roud Number: 3344
JOHN BALL
JOHN BROWN’S BODY
JOHN BROWN’S DREAM
JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
JOLI MOIS DE MAI
JULIAN OF NORWICH
JUST AS THE TIDE WAS FLOWING
KENT STATE MASSACRE (THE)
LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF KNIGHT (Child #4; Roud #21)
LAFAYETTE, WE HEAR YOU CALLING
LA ROSÉE DU JOLI MOIS DE MAI
LA ROZA ENFLORESE
LA VIE S'ÉCOULE
THE LARK IN THE MORNING
LEDGE-END OF THE FIDDLER
LISBON
LITTLE BALL OF YARN
LO MES D'ABRIL SE N'ES ANAT
LORD FRANKLIN
LORD OF THE DANCE
LUSTY MONTH OF MAY (THE)
MAGHERAFELT MAY FAIR
MARIA MARTIN
MARIONS LES ROSES
MARY TURNER , MARY TURNER
MAY BLOOMING FIELD
MAY DAY CAROL: THE HEDGES AND FIELDS
MAY DAY DAY
MAY DEW
MAY MORNING by Anne Lister
MAY MORNING CAROL
MAY MORNING DEW
MAYPOLE (THE)
MAY SONG
MAY SONG (translated from German)
MAY QUEEN
MERA MAGIOU
MERRY MAY FOLK
MERRY MONTH OF MAY > (by Stanley Messenger)
MERRY MONTH OF MAY- Sam Larner
MERRY MERRY MONTH OF MAY (THE)
MO BHEANNACHD DHAN BHAILLIDH UR
MONTH OF MAY (THE) akaThe Merry Haymakers
MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN (THE)
MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN IN AMERICA TTHE)
MOTHER JONES
MOTHER JONES IN HEAVEN
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
NAPOLEON'S DREAM aka THE DREAM OF NAPOLEON
NATHAN HALE
NIGHT OF THE 4th OF MAY
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
NOW IS THE MONTH OF MAYING
OHIO
O LUSTY MAY
O THE WIND AND RAIN
OLD REBEL FLAG IN THE REAR (THE)
ONE MAY MORNING
ONE MORE STEP ALONG THE WORLD I GO
ONE MORNING IN MAY (1)
ONE MORNING IN MAY (2)
ONE MORNING IN MAY (3)
ONE MORNING IN MAY (Hoagy Carmichael)
ONLY FOR THREE MONTHS
P STANDS FOR PADDY
PADDY’S GREEN SHAMROCK SHORE
PADSTOW MAY SONG aka OSS OSS
PERCY FRENCH SONGS
PETE SEEGER SONGS
PLEASANT AS MAY
PLEASANT MONTH OF MAY (THE)
PRAISE OF A DAIRY (THE)
PRETTY CAROLINE
PRIDE OF THE SPRINGFIELD ROAD aka THE COTTON MILL SONG (THE)
QUEEN OF THE MAY
REAPING OF THE RUSHES GREEN (THE)
REBEL SOLDIER
RED WINE
RING AROUND THE LAND
ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN (THE)
RIVER LEA (THE)
ROSABELLA (THE)
SCHOONER INDUSTRY
SEÁN MAC DIARMADA (THE PRIDE OF CORRANMORE)
SECOND DAY OF MAY (THE)
SEVENTEEN COME SUNDAY
SHEARIN’S NOT FOR YOU (THE)
SINK THE BISMARK
SONG OF THE LOW (THE)
hrefh SONGS ABOUT GEORGIE BEST
SONGS ABOUT JOAN OF ARC
SONGS ABOUT MOTHER JONES
SONGS ABOUT NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
SONGS ABOUT THE PHOENIX PARK MURDERS
SONGS ABOUT THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH
SONGS ABOUT THE SINKING OF HMS HOOD
SONGS ABOUT SIGMUND FREUD
SONGS BY PERCY FRENCH
SONGS OF GEORGE FORMBY
SONGS OF SYDNEY CARTER
SONGS SUNG BY TONY ROSE
SPOTTED COW (THE)
SOUTH CAROLINA MOON
SPIRIT OF MOTHER JONES (THE)
STAINES MORRIS
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
STRETFORD AND NORTHERN MAY SONG (THE)
STREETS OF FORBES (THE)
SWALCLIFFE MAY DAY CAROL
SWINTON NEW MAY SONG
SWINTON (OLD) MAY SONG
THA MO GHAOIL AIR ÀIRD A' CHUAIN
THIG AN SMEORACH A’S T- EARRACH
THOIR MO SHORAIDH THAR GHUNANIDH
THIRTEENTH OF MAY (THE)
THIS SWEET AND MERRY MONTH OF MAY
TO HEAR THE NIGHTINGALE SING
TOM DOOLEY
TSUM ERSHTN MAY
TURMUT HOEING
‘TWAS IN THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY
TWENTY ONE YEARS ON DARTMOOR
UNDERNEATH HER APRON
VERDANT BRAES OF SCREEN (THE)
VOICI LE MOIS DE MAI
WEE BIRD CAM' TAE MY APRON (A)
WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WILD WEST SHOW
WE’LL ALL GO A-HUNTING TODAY
WE'LL GO TO SEA NO MORE
WE’LL HAVE A MAY DAY by Matt McGinn
THE WEAVER AND THE FACTORY MAID
WELCOME AS THE FLOWERS IN MAY
WELCOME HOME MOTHER JONES
WE WILL SING
WHADDON WHITSON SONG
WHEN I WAS ON HORSEBACK
WHEN THE LUSITANIA WENT DOWN
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND GRAY by Tom Lehrer
WHILE STROLLING THROUGH THE PARK ONE DAY
WHEN I NEEDED A NEIGHBOUR
WILLIAM EDDY
WHITE CHRISTMAS
WITH HER HEAD TUCKED UNDERNEATH HER ARM
WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (THE)
YOU’RE AS WELCOME AS THE FLOWERS IN MAY
25th MAY