Now is the month of maying

Words and Music by Thomas Morley.
Edited by Lucie Skeaping.

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This is a celebration of spring, a time when creatures are born, the weather gets warmer and food grows in the fields. The song describes a happy party where lads and lasses dance and fall in love.

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