The Lusty Month of May
From Camelot the musical
(In a Castle garden the Queen and the courtiers are a-maying)
(Guenevere)
Tra la! It's May!
The lusty month of May!
That lovely month when ev'ryone goes
Blissfully astray
Tra la! It's here!
That shocking time of year!
When tons of wicked little thoughts
Merrily appear
It's May! It's May!
That gorgeous holiday
When ev'ry maiden prays that her lad
Will be a cad!
It's mad! It's gay!
A libelous display
Those dreary vows that ev'ryone takes
Ev'ryone breaks
Ev'ryone makes divine mistakes
The lusty month of May!
Whence this fragrance wafting through the air?
What sweet feelings does its scent transmute?
Whence this perfume floating ev'rywhere?
Don't you know it's that dear forbidden fruit!
Tra la la la la. That dear forbidden fruit!
Tra la la la la
(Knights and Ladies) Tra la la la la!
(Guenevere) Tra la la la la!
(Knights and Ladies) Tra la la la la!
(Guenevere) Tra la!
(Knights and Ladies) Tra la!
(Guenevere) Tra la!
(Knights and Ladies) Tra la!
(Guenevere)
Tra la la la la la la la la la la la
La la! It's May!
The lusty month of May!
That darling month when ev'ryone throws
Self-control away
It's time to do
A wretched thing or two
And try to make each precious day
One you'll always rue
It's May! It's May!
The month of "yes, you may,"
The time for ev'ry frivolous whim
Proper or "im"
It's wild! It's gay!
A blot in ev'ry way
The birds and the bees with all of their vast
Amorous past
Gaze at the human race aghast
(Guenevere, Knights and Ladies) The lusty month of May!
(Guenevere)
Tra la! It's May!
The lusty month of May!
(Knights and Ladies)
That lovely month when ev'ryone goes
Blissfully astray
Tra la! It's here!
That shocking time of year!
When tons of wicked little thoughts
Merrily appear
It's May! It's May!
The month of great dismay
(Guenevere)
When all the world is brimming with fun
Wholesome or "un"
(Guenevere, Knights and Ladies)
It's mad! It's gay!
A libelous display
Those dreary vows that ev'ryone takes
Ev'ryone breaks
Ev'ryone makes divine mistakes
The lusty month of May!
***All lyrics posted copyright 1960 Alan Jay Lerner and
Frederick Loewe Chappell & Co., Inc., Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc
When i was very young, I saw "Camelot" the last month before Richard Burton & Julie Andrews left the show on Broadway! Vince
7 comments:
LOL Great musical! And lucky you for seeing it with the best and most memorable cast.
I have the old version of Camelot on video. I might just have to break it out and watch in celebration of this "Lusty Month of May." Thanks for the reminder!
:-) ---Robbie
Lucky duck! What I would have given to see Camelot with Richard Burton and Julie Andrews in it!!!
Oh I wish I had the opportunity to see Richard Burton and Julie Andrews in Camelot! That must be an event you will never forget. :-) Thank you for sharing this and making me smile this early in the morning. OK - it feels early to me I was up past 1AM last night.
Monica
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There's no doubt I was born in the month of May for reason....lust! :)
Thanks for posting this {{{{{Vince}}}}}
lol, now I'll be singing tra la la all day
ooh I so love julie Andrews..
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