by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The May Queen
Language: English
You must shake and call me early, Call me early, mother dear, For to-morrow will be the happiest day Of all the glad new year. The weather forecast says: No rain, Just sunshine all the day; And I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the May! I shall wear my scarlet slippers And my sky-blue Bombazine, That Carrie and Kate and Margaret May turn a sickly green; But sister Effie's black, black eye, Well, that was done in play: I'm really rather excited, mother, For I'm to be Queen o' the May! I'm very tired indeed, mother, I want my little cot: My feet are lumps of ice, mother, My brow is burning hot. The rain came down in floods, mother, And drenched my Bombazine; My scarlet shoes collapsed, mother, Dancing on the green. How I longed for my goloshes As we slithered in the slosh! I've broken off with Robin For not lending his MackIntosh; Still, I have been Queen o' the May, mother, A fig for all the rest! Just bix be a bustard poultice, bother, But try it-od Effie's chest!
Note: this is a parody of Lord Alfred Tennyson's The May Queen.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "The May Queen", subtitle: "L-rd T-nnys-n", published 1914 [ soprano and piano ], from Parody Pie, no. 6, Chappell & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2017-09-13
Line count: 32
Word count: 189