| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | May 1 | | Kitchen May-day Song | | Old Ballad |
| | | REMEMBER us poor Mayers all! | |
| And thus do we begin | |
| To lead our lives in righteousness, | |
| Or else we die in sin. | |
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| We have been rambling all the night, | 5 |
| And almost all the day, | |
| And now returned back again, | |
| We have brought you a branch of May. | |
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| The life of man is but a span, | |
| It flourishes like a flower, | 10 |
| We are here to-day and gone to-morrow, | |
| And we are dead in an hour. | |
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| The moon shines bright and the stars give a light, | |
| A little before it is day; | |
| So God bless you all, both great and small, | 15 |
| And send you a joyful May! | | | | |
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