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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 13 Apr 21 - 09:46 AM THE SHEARIN’S NOT FOR YOU It was in the month of May, my bonnie lassie O It was in the month of May, when the flowers they were gay, And the lambs did sport and play, my bonnie lassie O' Mainly Norfolk SONG LYRICS & info https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/theshearinsnotforyou.html The Shearing's No For You - Fiona Ross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jqOgMoFRNE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jqOgMoFRNE Shearings No For You- Holdstock & MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q327MAiZ2Q Pernille Quigg - The Shearing's No For You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0HAomQr-N8 MUDCAT Digitrad /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=4316,4316,4316,4316,4316,4316,4316,4316&SongID=4316,4316,4316,4316,4316,4316,4316,431 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Apr 21 - 07:15 PM THE FORTUNATE FACTORY MAID Roud Number: 1659 First Line:”The sun was just rising one fine May morning” Bodlian Ballad info http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/static/images/sheets/20000/19099.gif |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: John C. Bunnell Date: 14 Apr 21 - 08:41 PM Here's another in the "As I walked out" cluster. At least insofar as I can tell, this isn't already anywhere here on Mudcat - and for once I have a full attribution on hand, from the liner notes on my physical copy of the album. (I have *not* attempted to transcribe the full counterpoints and harmony elements, which get progressively more complicated from refrain to refrain. For those you want to click through to the YouTube recording.) AN IRISH SONG written by Ed McCurdy arranged & performed by the Chad Mitchell Trio ("Singing Our Minds") As I walked out one May morning, to take the pleasant air, I saw a pretty girl walking by with roses in her hair; I stepped right up and I said to her, "Pretty girl, I think you're grand!" She answered me and said, "Of course - I come from Ireland." Polly-wolly-roo-wack-too-rye-ah - I come from Ireland. "That's very nice, I'm sure," I said, "You do the country proud, But would you like to take a walk somewhere beyond the crowd?" She said that was a pleasant thought, so we began to roam, And soon we reached a building grand, where this girl made her home. Polly-wolly-roo-wack-too-rye-ah-whack-tither-oh - where this girl made her home. She asked me to take off my coat, and rest myself awhile; She stepped into another room, which caused me for to smile. She soon came back to where I sat - she didn't keep me long - And sitting down beside me, said, "I think I'll sing a song." Polly-wolly-roo-wack-too-rye-ah-whack-tither-wither-polly-wolly-doo - "I think I'll sing a song." And so this girl begin to sing in a voice both loud and clear; She sang of dear old Ireland, the country she held dear. She sang me songs I'd never heard; she'd learned them from her mother -- And when one song was finished, well, she'd start out with another. Polly-wolly-roo-wack-too-rye-ah-whack-tither-wither-polly-wolly-doo - "She'd start out with another." The hours went slipping quickly by, till daylight all had gone; The night came all around us, but still she sang right on, And when the morning came at last, I said, "I'll have to go; It's been a very pleasant time, and now this much I know: Ireland has leprechauns; she's suffered many wrongs; Ireland has peat-bog fires...and an awful lot of songs!" Polly-wolly-roo-wack-too-rye-ah-whack-whack-too-ra-lee-eye-oh.... (etc.) |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Apr 21 - 04:24 AM AS I ROVED OUT aka The Deluded Lover ’As I roved out on a bright May morning To view the flowers and meadows gay, Who did I spy but my own true-lover As she sat under yon willow tree.’ Mainly Norfolk:Lyrics and Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/june.tabor/songs/asirovedout.html June Tabor - As I Roved Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSPI6FyBs_A As I Roved Out - Andy Irvine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXvCGwAmaec As I roved out - Planxty 1979 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN9Y3ChP1go As I Roved Out · Cara Dillon · Sam Lakeman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21iJfvRYnSI Voice Squad - As I Roved Outhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUiXUiWZDS0 As I roved out (On a bright May morning) LYRICS - Niamh Parsonshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqaAbKxxfgg As I Roved Out - Michelle Holding and Bonz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2x87fiXCws Brigid Tunney - As I Roved Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOlZhqrVrQU As I Roved Out - Kate Rusby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b9L8RplnSw |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: JHW Date: 16 Apr 21 - 04:31 AM LISBON It was on one Whitsun Wednesday, the 14th day of May. WHEN I WAS ON HORSEBACK Wasn't I pretty when I entered Cork city and met with my downfall on the 14th of May.
LISBON aka William and Nancy's Parting MUDCAT:Origins: William and Nancy's Parting /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=153172 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 16 Apr 21 - 06:27 PM Mainly Norfolk; Seventeen Come Sunday / As I Roved Out / One May Morning / The Soldier and the Maid The Broadside from Grimsby sang Seventeen Come Sunday on their 1973 Topic album of songs and ballads collected in Lincolnshire, The Moon Shone Bright. Nine of the fourteen songs on this album were collected by Percy Grainger in 1905 and 1906, amongst them this one. The Broadside commented in their liner notes: Seventeen Come Sunday, from Fred Atkinson of Redbourne, [9 September] 1905. A fine sturdy Dorian tune to one of the most widely-known sets of words. When Grainger published this song in 1912 he had to omit the seventh stanza. The Broadside sing Seventeen Come Sunday; As I rose up one May morning, One May morning so early, I overtook a pretty fair maid Just as the day was dawning. Chorus (repeated after each verse): With me ru-rum ray, Fother riddle ay Wok fol lare diddle-i-do Her stockings white and her boots so bright And her buckling shone like silver. She had a dark and a rolling eye And her hair hung over her shoulders. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Apr 21 - 06:43 PM Thank you henryp, SEVENTEEN COME SUNDAY “As I walked out one May morning” Mainly Norfolkinfo: https://mainlynorfolk.info/louis.killen/songs/seventeencomesunday.html Seventeen Come Sunday [Roud 277]- Harry Cox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSfn00nFHB4 Steeleye Span - Seventeen Come Sunday (Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9HB2naC13w Fairport Convention - Seventeen Come Sunday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72zjb_GU3jg Percy Grainger - I'm seventeen come Sunday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlF7t_WcXnY |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Apr 21 - 12:53 PM As I rode out one May morning, All at the dawning of the day, I heard two brothers making moan, And listened a while to what they did say.' The second track,at 4.06, on this YouTube recording- “On Banks of Green Willow” (1976) (Full Album) is Bold Archer-Tony Rose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoMMyHB0PT8 Mainly Norfolk Lyrics and Song Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/tony.rose/songs/boldarcher.html Bold Archer - Debra Cowan <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SwRtzpGIcI BR> |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Joe_F Date: 17 Apr 21 - 09:52 PM Because May Day is (was?) the principal socialist holiday, there are many May *Day* songs from socialist and communist countries. A well-known one from the USSR is "Moskva" ("Moscow"): Utro krasit nezhnym tsvetom Steny drevnovo Kremlya. Prosypayetsa s rassvetom Vsya sovetskaya zemlya. Kholodok bezhit za vorot. Shum na ulitsakh sil'ney. S dobrim utrom, milyy gorod, Serdtse rodini moyey! Kipuchaya, moguchaya, Nikem ne povedimaya, Strana moya, Moskva moya, Ty samaya lubimaya! (From memory, with inconsistent transliteration) |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 Apr 21 - 07:18 AM Thanks Joe F is this the right one? Sounds too modern and not very socialist. Translation and videos https://www.google.com/search?q=moscow+song+lyrics&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775&oq=%22Moskva%22+song&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0i10l3j46 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Reinhard Date: 18 Apr 21 - 09:55 AM No Geoff, Dschinghis Khan's "Moskau" was a 1979 German pop song. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Apr 21 - 06:57 PM MAY MORNING· Runrig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui2X6u3XJ0o |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Monique Date: 20 Apr 21 - 02:53 AM Here are Joe F's lyrics from there. Утро красит нежным светом Стены древнего Кремля, Просыпается с рассветом Вся советская земля. Холодок бежит за ворот, Шум на улицах сильней. С добрым утром, милый город, Сердце Родины моей! Припев: Кипучая, Могучая, Никем непобедимая, Страна моя, Москва моя, Ты - самая любимая! Разгорелся день веселый, Морем улицы шумят. Из открытых окон школы Слышны крики октябрят. Май течет рекой нарядной По широкой мостовой, Льется песней необъятной Над красавицей Москвой. Припев. День уходит, и прохлада Освежает и бодрит... Отдохнувши от парада, Город праздничный гудит. Вот когда встречаться парам! Говорлива и жива, По садам и по бульварам Растекается Москва. Припев. Стала ночь на день похожей Море света над толпой. Эй, товарищ, эй, прохожий, С нами вместе песню пой! Погляди - поет и пляшет Вся Советская страна. Нет тебя светлей и краше, Наша красная весна! Припев. Голубой рассвет глядится В тишину Москвы - реки, И поют ночные птицы - Паровозные гудки. Бьют часы кремлевской башни, Гаснут звезды, тает день... До свиданья, день вчерашний, - Здравствуй, новый светлый день! |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Greum Date: 20 Apr 21 - 03:06 PM Staines Morris Capo 2nd fret Come ye young men, come along, With your music, dance and song. Bring your lasses in your hands For ’tis that which love commands. Chorus: Then to the maypole haste away For ’tis now our holiday Then to the maypole haste away For ’tis now our holiday ’Tis the choice time of the year For the violets now appear. Now the rose receives its birth And the pretty primrose decks the earth. And when you well reckoned have What kisses you your sweethearts gave, Take them all again and more, It will never make them poor. When you thus have spent your time Till the day be past its prime To your beds repair at night And dream there of your day’s delight. (repeat first verse) |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Apr 21 - 05:07 PM STAINES MORRIS Morris On-Staines Morris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMIrYeHwyOU Staines Morris (feat. Dave Swarbrick) · Martin Carthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNxqtguU6As Staines Morris-The Askew Sisters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyZpq329Xt0 Staines Morris -Maddy Prior https://www.youtube.com/watch?v Staines Morris · The Virginia Company https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZmlgZlAPvU Staines Morris · John Roberts & Tony Barrand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8a0qdgDmA Shirley Collins - Staines Morris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbV3TWXXgfQ Mainly Norfolk:Lyrics and Song Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/songs/stainesmorris.html Thanks Greum |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Apr 21 - 08:50 AM PLEASANT MONTH OF MAY Pleasant Month of May · Quadriga Consort · Nikolaus Newerkla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKrlCPMbFvc&list=OLAK5uy_nDT3qk27Ih78IvJbgXzbcC2iGKEhl1D7k |
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Subject: lyr add: Dh'eirich Mi Madainn Cheitein (Gaeiic) From: Felipa Date: 21 Apr 21 - 04:25 PM Dh'eirich Mi Madainn Cheitein (Dh'éirich mi moch madainn Chéitein) 10I arose early on a May morning. is a waulking song, sung while "waulking" or "fulling" newly-woven tweed. It is in Scottish Gaelic. You can find recordings on youtube, performed by Kathleen Mac Innes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_jVUs9bAGI Ainsley Hamill & Alastair Paterson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJn8MewHwhk Margaret Bennett and Martyn Bennett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFNfG42ExRM=YFNfG42ExRM Dh'éirich mi moch madainn Chéitein Fail ill é hill ù hill ó Hiuraibh ó na hó ro éile Fail ill é hill ù hill ó. Dh'éirich mi moch madainn Chéitin, Mas moch an diugh bu mhuich' an dé e. 'S binn a' chòisir rinn mi éisdeachd. Smeòraichean air bhàrr nan geugan, Uiseagan os cionn an t-sléibhe. '5 bòidhche fhiamh 's a' ghrian ag éirigh, Madainn chiùin fo dhriùchd nan speuran, Bric air linneachan a'leumraich. Leanaidh slàinte agus éibhneas Riù-san a bhios moch ag éirigh. translation I arose early on a May morning. If early today it was earlier yesterday. Sweet was the choir I listened to, thrushes on the tops of the branches, larks above the moor. Beautiful is the prospect, with the sun rising, a calm morning under the dew of the heavens, trout leaping in the pools. There will follow health and happiness for those who rise early and another version Faill il o hill u ill o Hiùraibh o 's na hòro èile Faill il o hill u ill o Chuala mise sgeul bha èibhinn Gun robh gaisgich dheas air èirigh A chur beatha 'n cainnt na Fèinne Chaidh iad cruinn a ceann a chèile Thuirt iad gu robh chànan feumail Anns an sgoil cho math ri Beurla Siud an duine a rinn feum dhuinn Siud an duine a rinn feum dhuinn Friseal Mac an Tòisich gleusta Togaibh luinneag agus sèist dha Àrdaichear e gus na speuran Leis na Gàidheil 's gach àite 'n tèid e Hiùraibh o 's na hòro èile Faill il o hill u ill o English Translation: Hiùraibh o 's na hòro èile Faill il o hill u ill o I arose early one May morning Chorus (after each verse): Faill il o hill u ill o Hiùraibh o 's na hòro èile Faill il o hill u ill o I heard news which gladdened me That the able heroes had risen To put spirit in the language of the Feinne They had gathered together Declaring the language of use In the schools as well as English Now there was a man Now there was a man Wise Fraser MacIntosh Sing songs and tunes for him Let him be praised to the heavens By the Gaels wherever he goes Hiùraibh o 's na hòro èile Faill il o hill u ill o ----------------------- After I pasted all that in, I found the existent Mudcat thread I missed on a previous search https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=122289 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Tug the Cox Date: 21 Apr 21 - 06:25 PM Some great May songs collected in Leicestershire in this publication https://www.le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/1964-65/1964-65%20(40)%2069-84%20Ruddock.pdf |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Apr 21 - 07:05 PM Thanks Tug the Cox, here's a blue clicky of your link https://www.le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/1964-65/1964-65%20(40)%2069-84%20Ruddock.pdf |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Apr 21 - 05:35 AM PLEASANT AS MAY Pleasant as May · Dolly Parton · Linda Ronstadt · Emmylou Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5-Lcr3DESY |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Apr 21 - 04:08 AM THE SPOTTED COW 'One morning in the month of May As from my cott I strayed Just at the dawning of the day I met with a charming maid' Mainly Norfolk info: https://mainlynorfolk.info/peter.bellamy/songs/thespottedcow.html Steeleye Span - Spotted Cow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk603h525jI The Spotted Cow · Peter Bellamy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MYqr44y8o4 The Spotted Cow [Roud 956] -Harry Cox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YauMrpadwU0 Spotted Cow · Paul Scourfield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lsdwFOg0GM Matt Quinn sings "The Spotted Cow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D_lPBkyLqA Many more recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Spotted+Cow+song |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Apr 21 - 12:55 PM A PLACE CALLED ENGLAND I rode out on a bright May morning like a hero in a song, Looking for a place called England, trying to find where I belong. Couldn't find the old flood meadow or the house that I once knew; No trace of the little river or the garden where I grew. Mainly Norfolk:song lyrics and info https://mainlynorfolk.info/june.tabor/songs/aplacecalledengland.html June Tabor - Place Called England https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV6xiU4XyoM A Place Called England · The Young'uns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtPndIJ2Jqk Red Leicester Choir - A Place Called England https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA8Cs8Mn-Eo Maggie Holland - A Place Called England https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i9IUHwW-2A (thanks for the link Reinhard) Thanks to Ann Berriman (Willa) for suggesting this by singing it at last night's Not The White Horse Folk Club Zoom meeting . |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Nigel Parsons Date: 28 Apr 21 - 07:10 AM Morris Men (from Singing Together) Whole thing at the above link, first verse to show the link to May: Come and see the Morris men, Dancing, dancing down the glen, May be eight or nine or ten; Oh, hear the fiddler playing; They're going to the Maying. A similar ending occurs in each verse |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Apr 21 - 06:18 PM CAMBRIDGE MAY SONG Arise, arise, you pretty fair maids And take your May Bush in For if it is gone before tomorrow morn You would say we have brought you none. All through the night before daylight There fell the dew and rain. It sparkles bright on the May Bush white; It glistens on the plain. Oh, the hedges and fields are growing so green As green as grass can be. Our Heavenly Mother watereth them With her heavenly dew so sweet.
A branch of May we'll bring to you
Our song is done, it's time we were gone
Cambridge May Song - Ruth Barrett & Cyntia Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E9hhEAJ2TU |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Apr 21 - 06:28 PM ARISE, ARISE (Northill May Song) Kerfuffle - Arise,Arise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d5k5PKt9j4 Arise, arise, you pretty fair maid And bring your May bush in, For if it is gone by tomorrow, morrow morn, You’ll say we have brought you none. We have been wandering all this night And almost all of the day, And now we're returning back again, We've brought you a branch of May. A branch of May we have brought you, And at your door it stands, It's nothing but a sprout but it's well budded out By the work of Our Lord's hand. Mainly Norfolk Lyrics and song info https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/songs/maysong.html |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Apr 21 - 06:52 PM CAMBRIDGESHIRE MAY CAROL Shirley Collins, Cambridgeshire May Carol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o1vlSVK5jY |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Apr 21 - 06:54 PM BEDFORDSHIRE MAY DAY CAROL Bedfordshire May Day Carol · Lisa Knapp and Mary Hampton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxIaC1yrusM Shirley Collins - Bedfordshire May Carol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFU1TQdH1N4 Mainly Norfolk Lyrics and song info https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/songs/maysong.html |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Apr 21 - 08:28 AM THE PLEASANT MONTH OF MAY `Twas in the pleasant month of May, In the springtime of the year, And down in yonder meadow There runs a river clear. ‘ Mainly Norfolk: The Merry Haymakers / The (Pleasant) Month of May / Tumbling Through the Hay https://mainlynorfolk.info/copperfamily/songs/themerryhaymakers.html Traditional Music Song Info & Lyrics http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Month_of_May.htm Pleasant Month Of May · Lisa Knapp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBZG79uYwCY&list=RDvszTcObmbTg&index=6 Pleasant Month of May-Copper Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSKz8jpWrWg The Pleasant Month of May · Sam Larner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0XOeKEBBQw The Pleasant Month of May · Jackie Oates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPIt77rDnoA |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Cool Beans Date: 01 May 21 - 12:10 PM APRIL MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE My friend Dan Hazlett wrote (and performs) a lovely song called "April, May I Have This Dance" Covers April and May. Not a great video, but... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3c5ASINVdY |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,Liane Date: 01 May 21 - 06:21 PM Has anyone else mentioned this beautiful song by Malicorne? "The month of April has gone, the month of May has drawn near, And let us marry the roses." [can that be right?] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrBs1NjBBGo |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 May 21 - 07:02 PM Thanks, GUEST,Liane -. Here is a Blue Click link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrBs1NjBBGo |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,Liane (not a guest, dammit--I'm unable to lo Date: 01 May 21 - 08:40 PM Thank you, Geoff. I tried unsuccessfully to make it clickable. I'm clearly unequipped for the twenty-first century. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,open mike Date: 02 May 21 - 01:07 AM What about this one? "if there's a bustling in your hedge row Dont' be alrmed now, It's just a sprinkling (or spring clean?) for the May Queen." stairway to heaven....Led Zeppelin...not folk, but i remembered the word May from this song.. i always thought (until just now when i looked it up) that it was a sprinkling..... another mondegreen revealed! |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,Jiggers Date: 02 May 21 - 04:00 AM I also think sprinkling and spring clean so you are not alone. It is a constructive musical track regardless and it is def a good time to spring clean in UK !! |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 May 21 - 05:11 AM Thanks open mike- Blue clicklinks below STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (Official Audio) Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (Official Audio) Recording with Lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHFxncb1gRY |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Ged Fox Date: 02 May 21 - 08:18 AM In the pleasant month of May - Ged Fox "In the Pleasant Month of May" from SONGS Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive ; Set to musick By Dr. JOHN BLOW, Mr. HENRY PURCELL, and other Excellent Masters of the Town. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Monique Date: 02 May 21 - 01:56 PM MARIONS LES ROSES Le mois d'avril s'en est allé Le mois de mai s'est approché (Refrain) Et marions les roses Les roses font un beau bouquet Les roses font un beau bouquet Quand elles sont jolies. Avons passé dedans vos prés Les avons trouvés bien fumés (Refrain) Avons passé dedans vos blés Oh comme ils sont tous bien grainés (Refrain) Mettez la main au nid des œufs Que chaque main en prenne deux (Refrain) Moi qui suis le porte-panier Je prendrais bien le nid entier (Refrain) Si vous n' voulez rien nous donner À la porte nous allons crier. LET'S MARRY THE ROSES The month of April has gone The month of May has drawn near (Chorus) And let's marry the roses, Roses make a beautiful bouquet, Roses make a beautiful bouquet When they're pretty. We went through your fields We found them well manured. (Chorus) We went through your wheat fields Oh, how much/well grainy they are! (Chorus) Put your hand into the eggs nest, Let every hand take two. (Chorus) I, who am the basket carrier, Would gladly take the whole nest (Chorus) If you don't want to give us anything, At your door we're going to shout. Malicorne live rendition (Hurdy gurdy festival in Anost, Summer 2013) The BNF catalogue has a sheet music for 4-voice choir by Guy Delamorinière (1907 - ?). The song is said to be a "collection song" or whatever you call a "chanson de quête" in English = a song you sing whenever you go from door to door to collect money or anything else, here eggs. The song is said to be Provençal but the "Anthologie des chants populaires, 1" by Joseph Canteloube reads that the song is from the Albigeois and Lauragais areas of the Languedoc. The lyrics are a mix of Occitan and French -verses in Òc and chorus in French. The music is said to derive from Filii et filiœ. The Occitan chorus is about marrying girls which makes more sense than marrying roses. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Monique Date: 02 May 21 - 02:49 PM VOICI LE MOIS DE MAI Voici le mois de mai où les fleurs volent au vent (x2) Où les fleurs volent au vent si jolie mignonne, Où les fleurs volent au vent si mignonnement. Le fils du roi s'en va, s'en va les ramassant (x2) S'en va les ramassant si jolie mignonne, S'en va les ramassant si mignonnement. Il en ramasse tant qu'il en remplit ses gants (x2) Qu'il en remplit ses gants si jolie mignonne, Qu'il en remplit ses gants si mignonnement. Il les porte à sa mie pour lui faire un présent (x2) Il les porte à sa mie si jolie mignonne, Il les porte à sa mie si mignonnement. Tenez, tenez, dit-il, tenez voici mes gants (x2) Tenez, tenez mes gants, si jolie mignonne, Tenez, tenez mes gants, si mignonnement. Vous ne les mettrez guère que quatre fois par an (x2) Que quatre fois par an si jolie mignonne, Que quatre fois par an si mignonnement. À Pâques, à la Toussaint, Noël et la Saint-Jean (x2) Noël et la Saint-Jean, si jolie mignonne, Noël et la Saint-Jean si mignonnement. From Vendée- Can be found in "1000 chants 3", J.E. Berthier, Les Presses d'Île de France, 1979, "Anthologie des chants populaires français, III", Joseph Canteloube, Durant & Cie, 1951. HERE COMES THE MONTH OF MAY Here comes the month of May when flowers fly with the wind (x2) Flowers fly with the wind, so nice and pretty, girl Flowers fly with the wind so pretty nicely. The king's son is a-picking, is a-picking them up (x2) Is a-picking them up, so nice and pretty girl, Is a-picking them up, so pretty nicely. He picked so many of them that he filled out his gloves (x2) That he filled out his gloves, so nice and pretty girl, That he filled out his gloves, so pretty nicely. He brings them as a present, a present to his love (x2) A present to his love, so nice and pretty girl, A present to his love, so pretty nicely. Take them, take them he said, take them, here are my gloves (x2) Take them, here are my gloves, so nice and pretty girl, Take them here are my gloves, so pretty nicely. You will seldom wear them, only four times a year Only four times a year, so nice and pretty girl, Only four times a year, so pretty nicely. For Easter, for All Saints, Christmas and St John's Day (x2) Christmas and St John's Day, so nice and pretty girl, Christmas and St John's Day, so pretty nicely. I took it from Mama Lisa's World and I tried to make it singable when I translated it though if you try to sing the translation, you'll see that the stress of the words doesn't always match the tune. As sung by Nana Mouskouri As sung by Hommage aux Aînés (Quebec) As sung by Askolenn |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Monique Date: 02 May 21 - 02:51 PM You'll find a whole bunch of May songs in French at Chants populaires français.com. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Monique Date: 02 May 21 - 03:58 PM Here is the Oc/French version of the song 3 posts above. LO MES D'ABRIL SE N'ES ANAT Lo mes d'abril se n'es anat Lo mes de mai es arribat (Repic) Eh! Marions les filles, Les filles font bon marier, Les filles font bon marier Quand elles sont gentilles. Botatz la man au nid dels uòus Que cada man ne'n pòrte nòu! (Repic) Io que soi lo pòrta-panièr Portarei lo nid tot entièr! (Repic) S'avètz manhans* a espelir Dieu vos los farà reussir! (Repic) S'avètz filhas a maridar Dieu las vos farà ben plaçar! (Repic) E si nos volètz res donar A vòtra pòrta anam c... ridar!** THE MONTH OF APRIL HAS GONE The month of April has gone The month of May has arrived (Chorus) Hey, let's marry the girls, The girls are good to marry, The girls are good to marry When they're nice. Put your hand into the eggs nest, Let every hand to bring nine! (Chorus) I, who am the basket-carrier, Will carry the whole basket. (Chorus) If you have silk worms (eggs) about to hatch out God will make them succeed! (Chorus) If you have daughters to marry off, God will make you place them well (Chorus) And if you don't want to give us anything At your door we're going to sh…out! (Chorus) *Southern France had an important silk farming production during the 19th century that slowly decreased till WW II when it disappeared. Today's production is anecdotal. **In Canteloube it reads like that but in "Anthologie de la chanson occitane", Cécile Marie, Maisonneuve et Larose, 1975, it's spelled out "cagar" without the "c…ridar" thing which translates beautifully in French as "c… rier" and in English "sh…out". As sung by La Mal Coiffée (a 4 women band) |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 03 May 21 - 06:22 PM CAMBRIDGE MAY GARLAND SONG Cambridge May Garland Song - Mary Humphreys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QbB3XOW9RM Good morning, lords and ladies, It is the first of May; We hope you like our garland, it is both fine and gay. Refrain To the greenwoods we will go. To the greenwood we will go,go, go, To the greenwood we will go. I’m very glad the spring has come The sun is shine so bright The little birds upon the threes Are singing with delight Refrain The cuckoo sings in April, The cuckoo sings in May, The cuckoo sings in June, In July she flies away. Refrain The roads are very dusty Our shoes are very thin We have a little money-box To put our money in Refrain Bandcamp:Recording and Info https://maryanahata.bandcamp.com/track/cambridge-may-garland-song |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 May 21 - 05:06 AM MERRY MAY FOLK MUDCAT:Lyr Add: Merry May Folk /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169782&messages=3#4104629 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Steve Shaw Date: 04 May 21 - 05:49 AM Well the Cornish Floral Dance, written by Katie Moss over a hundred years ago, in spite of its mentions of summer nights and summer seas, was actually inspired by the Helston Furry Dance, which takes place every year on May 8. So I'll claim that one for Kernow! I was brought up on the Peter Dawson recording, unsurpassed in m'humble. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 May 21 - 06:07 AM THE FLORAL DANCE 78 RPM - Peter Dawson - The Floral Dance (1934) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYMKJckTods The Floral Dance TERRY WOGAN (with lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0THlRj2msOs |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,Jim Knowledge Date: 04 May 21 - 06:54 AM I `ad my nephew in the cab this morning. I was taking `im and `is mum round to the surgery. They are both going to get 24 `our virus tests. My daughter works in the care business and `e wants to go to Bluewater shopping centre. `e said, "Uncle Jim, do you and the band do May songs?" I said, "Year we `ave quite a few up our sleeves." `e said, "Which ones?" I said, "Well there`s "Hal and To", "The First of May", "Padstow Night Singing", "Following the old `Oss", and one about dancing your sweetheart around, to name but a few." Then `e said, " Do you like "Starwars??" I said, "Well, I`ve seen some of`em" Then `e said, "MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!!" Little Bugger. Whaddam I Like?? |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Steve Shaw Date: 04 May 21 - 06:59 AM And his lithp kicked in for the punchline only! :-) |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 04 May 21 - 07:18 AM "Whaddam I Like??" I give up, Jim. What are you like? |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,Jiggers Date: 04 May 21 - 07:30 AM The Burning of Auchindoon (alt spelling Auchindoun), is on my Silly Sisters CD and is sung by June Tabor and Maddy Prior. As I came in by Fiddich side on a May morning I spied Willie Macintosh an hour before the dawning “Turn again, him again, turn again I bid ye If ye burn Auchindoon, Huntly he will head ye.” “Head me or hang me that will never fear me I will burn Auchindoon ere the life leaves me.” As I came in by Fiddich side on a May morning Auchindoon was in a blaze an hour before the dawning Crawing, crawing, for all your crowse crawing You've burnt your crops and tint your wings An hour before the dawning Thanks GUEST,Jiggers here below are some recordings of your song THE BURNING OF AUCHINDOUN Alasdair Roberts - The Burning of Auchindoun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSMIa6_6ww0 Moonshine Jelly performing "Burning Auchindoon" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnWd2oPlJKs Ed & Will - The Burning of Auchindoun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62XsZ2wayrw
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 May 21 - 08:49 AM The Codbanging Song Collected in Harwich, Essex by Ralph Vaughan Williams, as sung by Charles Benham, April 1904 Additional verses from Bob Hart of Suffolk. https://www.vwml.org/record/RoudFS/S231479 1. Come, come my lads and listen here A fisherman's song you soon shall hear What I did and undergo When first I went a cod-banging O Chorus To my lal fol the day Riddle all day This is the smacksman's life at sea 2. How well I remember the fourteenth of May A big barque ship she came our way She came our way and she did let fly And the topsail halyards they flew sky high Chorus 3. And now we draw near Harwich pier The young and the old folks they both draw near To see us get our fish on deck And crack their skulls with a little short stick Chorus 4. And now my song it is nearly done And I hope that I've offended none But I don't think I've got it complete 'Cos I've only been in the trade about a week Chorus Thanks henryp -Here are some links for COD BANGING Mainly Norfolk: song info https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/codbanging.html Cod Banging · Bob Hart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHlGiOQ771M |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 May 21 - 09:04 AM The Fisherman Collected from James Punt, East Horndon, Essex by Ralph Vaughan Wiliiams, 1904. https://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/2/59 1. As I walked out one May morning Down by the riverside And there I saw a fisherman Come rowing down the tide. Thanks ,henryp here is a blue click link to ‘The Fisherman’ manuscript https://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/2/59 It seems to be a slight variant of the song widely sung as ‘The Bold Fisherman’ ??? THE BOLD FISHERMAN ” As I walked out one May morning Down by the riverside, There I beheld a bold fisherman Come a-rowing with the tide,” Shirley Collins Bold Fisherman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-0ZuCOLCwI The Young Tradition - The Bold Fisherman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Di5QwN3gEQ Link to more about THE BOLD FISHERMAN posted below by henryp Link to Diolch's "Bold Fisherman" posting below |
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