May song
Language: English
O we've been rambling all this night And some part of this day, And now we have returned again And have brought you a branch of May. A branch of May we've brought to you And at your door it stands, It is but a spray, but it's bright and gay By the work of our Lord's hands. Ah. Ah.. The fields they are so green, So green as any leaf; Our Lord, our God has watered them With heavenly dew so sweet. Awake, awake, you pretty, pretty maid, Out of our rosy dream, And step into your dairy below And fetch us a bowl of cream. Our song is done and we must be gone, No longer can we stay, So God bless you all, both great and small, And we wish you a joyful May.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "May song", 1950 [women's chorus], from the cantata Folk Songs of the Four Seasons, no. 2c, (Spring), Oxford University Press [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-31
Line count: 20
Word count: 137