May hath pleasures most inviting,
Heart, and sight, and ear, delighting;
Listen to the bird’s sweet song,
Hark! how soft it floats along.
Courtly dames! our pleasures share;
Never saw I May so fair:
Therefore, dancing will we go,
Youths rejoice! the flow’rets blow!
Sing ye! join the chorus gay!
Hail this merry, merry May!