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The all time best thing about May Day, and there are many contenders ( it being the perfect conjunction of pagan revel and working folks' anarchic holiday) is getting to belt this out at every opportunity. You may also wish to skive off work and bring capitalism to its knees. To that end I've cheekily added a new verse of my own devising.

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Take no scorn to wear the horn
It was the crest when you was born
Your father's father wore it
And your father wore it too

Chorus (after each verse):
Hal-an-tow, jolly rumbalow
We were up long before the day-O
To welcome in the summer,
To welcome in the May-O
The summer is a-coming in
And winter's gone away-O

What happened to the Spaniards
That made so great a boast-O?
Why they shall eat the feathered goose
And we shall eat the roast-O

Robin Hood and Little John
Have both gone to the fair-O
And we will to the merry green wood
To hunt the buck and hare-O

God bless Aunt Mary Moyses
And all her power and might-O
And send us peace to England
Send peace by day and night-O

Today, today's the first of May,
When we shall wear the woodland crown,
And merry be and dance away
To see the world turned upside down.

credits

from The Bricktop Tapes, released August 3, 2014
All instruments and vocals by Whistling Treason
Recorded at Dog & Lion Studios
Trad / Arr Whistling Treason, extra verse by Whistling Treason

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Whistling Treason Bristol, UK

Dubplate-folk, Soundsystem Trad, Acoustic or Valve Powered, Global Confusion. Whatever I feel like.

As guitarist with RSVP Bhangra and Malarchy, I've played countless major festivals across Britain and Europe, including Glastonbury & Womad.

What started out as a strictly folk project has expanded wildly, to incorporate tunes from around the world, original compositions, and a whole lot of dub. ... more

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