Around the May-pole tripping - Hatton, John Liptrot

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"Some Nineteenth Century publications omit the middle verse in the musical setting. That verse is included here if performers would choose to insert it into a performance."

⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Partsongs ♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 12

CPDL # 76692

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-10-26

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

’Tis May-day morn, the lark’s awake, And with the sun’s conferring; So let’s, for bonnie custom’s sake, Be at our revels stirring! Come, gather sprays of roses rare, Ere yet the wild bee’s sipping; For each a witching wreath must wear, Around the May-pole tripping! Here comes our Queen with violet eyes, And raven tresses flowing; She’d grace a throne’s imperial guise, And set crown’d heads a-wooing! Vale lilies not more pure than she, Around her brows are dipping; So, hands enchain’d, her courtiers we Must in her train be tripping! Then round, around the garland tree, With flow’rs and ribands streaming, We foot the dance right merrilie, Each face with gladness beaming! And thus our revels gay we court, Till e’en the stars are skipping; And eve at last benights our sport, Around the May-pole tripping!