PO "EMS
SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC AFFECTIONS.
tbe Bia~-4tllUtt,
Yotr m111t wake &lid eall me earlr. e.Ul me e~U~r._motbe~ dG~.ta
To-morrow 'ill be the bappieeli time of all the ila4 Ne"'f·YtlU 1
Of all the glad Ne"'f-year, molher, tbe mad.deet, 1DUI'ieet d ,.y l
For rm to be Queen o' ~he May, mother, rm to 'be Que41n o'
the May.
There'a many a black blaek eye, they N1• lnlt n~e I() brl&h•
aa mine;
There's Margaret and Mary, there's Kate aud Carotin•;
But n.one ao fair u little Alice in all the land they aay;
So I 'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, rm to be Queen o' tho
May.I sleep so 10nnd all night, motber 1 th•t l .hfoll never "'~'AUt
It you do not call me loud when tile d•y be~ to ~~ l
But I must gather knots of Bowen, and buds and garlan~ r;ayt
For rm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o
theMay. 'As I came up the valley whom thi"ok ye &bonld I see.
But Robin leaning on the bridge beneath the hazel-tree;
He thought of that •harp look, mother, I gaft him yoaterday--
But I'm to be Queen o' the May, moO!er, I'm 1D be Queeo o'
the May.He thought I was a ghost, mother, tor I was all in "'fhile.
And I ran by him, withoul speaking, like a flaah of lighl;
They call me crnel-hUJ1ed, but I e.re nol "hal they ae1,
For J:1m to be Queen o' tho May, mother, I'm to bo Quen o'
the:Ma7.