So many songs have lines like "in the merry month of May"; Barbara Allen is one.

The May Morning Dew https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=31905#3555924

hey, at the time of writing, it isn't even April yet

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BARBARA ALLEN
“Twas in the merry month of May
When green buds all were swellin”

Barbara Allen Joan Baez   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqHJ4V893e0
Judy Collins - Barbara Allen    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtYnxjzmTUs
Bob Dylan - Barbara Allen    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy_y3h02FgY
PETE SEEGER ~ Barbara Allen     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPdbHfgM0h0
Barbara Allen - The Everly Brothers   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me9w8HtYe4Q>
Burl Ives - Barbara Allen    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHvhp2qt-Ys
Bonny Barbara Allan [Child 84] from The Trditional Ballad Index (n.b. NOTES )     https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/C084.html