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T:May Day Carol (Essex)
B:Broadwood, L, 1893, English County Songs, London, Leadenhall Press
Z:Lucy Broadwood
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:I been a-ram-bling all this night, And some part of this day;
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w:And now re-turn-ing back a-gain I brought you a gar-land gay;
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w: A gar-land gay I brought you here, And at your door I stand,
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w: 'Tis noth-ing but a sprout but 'tis well bud-ded out, The work of Our Lord's hand.
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w: And turn to the Lord a-gain. Why don't you do as we have done,
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w: The ve-ry first day of May_ And from my pa-rents
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w:I have come, And would no long-er stay.
W:I been a-rambing all this night,
W:And some time of this day;
W:And now returning back again
W:I brought you a garland gay.
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W:A garland gay I have brought you here,
W:And at your door I stand,
W:'Tis nothing but a sprout but 'tis well budded out,
W:The work of Our Lord's hand.
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W:So dear, so dear, as Christ loved us,
W:And for our sins was slain,
W:Christ bids us turn from wickedness,
W:And turn to the Lord again.
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W:Why don't you do as we have done,
W:The very first day of May,
W:And from my parents I have come
W:And would no longer stay.