I still like to sing this song in the month of May, but to do that I now go back to standard tuning, simplify the chords and drop the key so that my range can almost manage it.
In 2018 I had the pleasure of playing on and producing The Spectacles album "Bi-Vocal". Short of a track, we decided to include our earlier version of May. It seems to complement the other tracks which were written, with one trad exception, either by Jan or Penny. Check out the album for some sublime harmonies.
https://www.reverbnation.com/stevegrayandtheultrarayviolets/song/25783652-may
May
by Steve Gray
It was a bright spring morning
And I was strolling out
By a bank of jew'lled primroses
And a crystal-flowing stream
The flowers were freshly blooming
As I took the scented air
The birds were singing songs of love
From every greenwood tree
Ne'er cast a clout till May is out
But May is here again
With morris dancers on the green
Long winter nights are gone
I walked this way beside her
Less than a year ago
I'd gladly forgo summer
To have her back again
Ne'er cast a clout till May is out
But May is here again
With morris dancers on the green
Long winter nights are gone
The bees are finding pollen
While the lambs are playing games
The maypole ribbons streaming
Point to a better year
Ne'er cast a clout till May is out
But May is here again
With morris dancers on the green
Long winter nights are gone
Ne'er cast a clout till May is out
But May is here again
With morris dancers on the green
And the summer nights are here
