Padstow

Story Behind The Song

Traditional Cornish drinking/celebration Mayday song

Song Description

A villager's song from Cornwall area, celebrating Mayday. Drink is usually involve.

Song Length 4:32 Genre World - Celtic, Folk - Traditional
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Jovial, Exultant Subject Dance, Friendship
Similar Artists The Moody Blues, The Cranberries Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

PADSTOW
(trad. Cornish)

Chorus:
Unite and unite, oh let us all unite
For summer is a-comin' today
And whither we are going, we all will unite
In the merry morning of May

The young men of Padstow, they might if they would
For summer is a-comin' today
They might have built a ship and gilded it with gold
In the merry morning of May

The young women of Padstow, they might if they would
For summer is a-comin' today
They might have raised a garland with the white rose and the red
In the merry morning of May

Chorus

Rise up, Mrs. Johnson, all in your gown of green
For summer is a-comin' today
You are as fine a lady as awaits upon the green
In the merry morning of May

Where are the young maids who now here should sing
For summer is a-comin' today
They're all out in the meadow, a-flower-gathering
In the merry morning of May

Chorus

Arise all you Wild Celts with all the joy you bring
For summer is a-comin' today
And bring to us a mug of beer, the merrier we shall sing
In the merry morning of May

Chorus

Lyrics Traditional Music Traditional
Producer Emerald Rose Publisher Emerald Rose
Performance Emerald Rose Label Emerald Rose

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