In Reply to: Re: Mayflowers posted by MM/Magnolia Mary/Marsh Marigold on May 02, 2006 at 01:42:39:

Always played on the radio on May 1st. and I think this year is the first year that I have'nt heard it at all!

Bring Flowers of the Rarest
(Lyrics as sung by Fr. Sydney MacEwan, provided by Dan Engler)

Refrain:
O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today!
Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May.
O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today,
Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May.

Bring flowers of the rarest
bring blossoms the fairest,
from garden and woodland and hillside and dale;
our full hearts are swelling,
our glad voices telling
the praise of the loveliest flower of the vale!

Refrain

Their lady they name thee,
Their mistress proclaim thee,
Ah, grant that thy children on earth be as true
as long as the bowers
are radiant with flowers,
as long as the azure shall keep its bright hue

Refrain

Sing gaily in chorus;
the bright angels o'er us
re-echo the strains we begin upon earth;
their harps are repeating
the notes of our greeting,
for Mary herself is the cause of our mirth.