FIRST OF MAY BLUES
Words: S P Belsey, Tune: Traditional.

I awoke one May morning, the blues in my head
I felt oh so blue, I wish'd I were dead.
With those...

    Black, white, yellow and blues
    Black, white, yellow and blues
    I've had enough of the first of May blues
    Of the black, white, yellow and blues.

In the dark of the night, it's up before dawn
Wishing to God that I never was born.
For those...

This grand old tradition is ancient, the say
But I wish the melodeons would all go away.
With those...

Well, me wife washed me baldricks to get them quite clean
And rusted the bells in the washing machine.
For those...

With me stick in me hand, I was feeling quite glum
Cos a ruddy great splinter got stuck in me thumb.
Oh those...

For hours on end, and looking insane
With blisters like marbles a-giving me pain.
And those....

Since breaking of day, I've been prancing for you
But the pubs are till shut for an hour or two.
It's those...