May Day - Jack Hardy: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

May Day

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Singer/Songwriter

May Day was released on January 1, 1978 by Great Divide Records as a part of the album The Nameless One

Song Details

AlbumThe Nameless One

Release DateJanuary 1, 1978

LabelGreat Divide Records

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM123

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LYRICS

Music Video

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Jack Hardy

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Jack Hardy

Songwriter

Lyrics

There's May Day

And May wine

And "May I please come home?"

But the briar grows before the rose

And neither grows alone

It's not like pan to play his flute

For those who dance for fun

The fire flickers through poison roots

Where chance is on the run

It's not like elves to hide their gold

Where fortune seekers dive

Though pirate lore and island shore

Yield only ransomed lives

There's May Day and May wine

And "May I please come home?"

But the briar grows before the rose

And neither grows alone

We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light

Of the dawn's sweet song of spring

'round the may pole like a day stole

Like our feet are borne of wings

It's not sirens to sing their songs

For sailors with cautious ears

They lure no coward right or wrong

And trade not death for fear

It's not like kings to yield their wines

For hundreds of years of war

Though drop by drop the ancient vine

Paints blood on every door

There's May Day and May wine

And "May I please come home?"

But the briar grows before the rose

And neither grows alone

We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light

Of the dawn's sweet song of spring

'round the may pole like a day stole

Like our feet are borne of wings

It's not like girls to give consent

To men of ragged prose

Though poets sing of nursery rhymes

Their cradles are filled with hope

It's not like me to give my heart

In these drowsy daffodil days

Though dreams they douse the timid spark

Where sleep presents its plays

There's May Day and May wine

And "May I please come home?"

But the briar grows before the rose

And neither grows alone

We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light

Of the dawn's sweet song of spring

'round the may pole like a day stole

Like our feet are borne of wings

There's May Day and May wine

And "May I please come home?"

But the briar grows before the rose

And neither grows alone

We'll dance tonight

'til we faint in the light

Of the dawns sweet song of spring

Round the maypole like a day stole

Like our feet are borne of wings

It's not like saints to tell their tales

Of nights on windswept moors

Where death defies the dreams of fate

To close the cellar door

It's not like shepherds to lay them down

When wolves are on the prowl

Though songs they scare the waking town

An ill wind has no howl

There's May Day and May wine

And "May I please come home?"

But the briar grows before the rose

And neither grows alone

We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light

Of the dawn's sweet song of spring

'round the may pole like a day stole

Like our feet are borne of wings

There's May Day and May wine

And "May I please come home?"

But the briar grows before the rose

And neither grows alone

We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light

Of the dawn's sweet song of spring

'Round the maypole like a day stole

Like our feet are borne of wings

There's May Day and May wine

And "May I please come home?"

But the briar grows before the rose

And neither grows alone

We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light

Of the dawn's sweet song of spring

'Round the maypole like a day stole

Like our feet are borne of wings

There's May Day and May wine

And "May I please come home?"

But the briar grows before the rose

And neither grows alone

We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light

Of the dawn's sweet song of spring

Written by: Jack Hardy

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