Churlish May

I met Jane in September's throw

January's grass, we let each other go

I met Helen on March's back

She took my coat and she stole my hat

I met you when the weather got fine

You said 'I've got yours if you've got mine'

And the worst and best of all we knew

Stayed out to rust in the morning dew

Didn't take long to sing our love

Was a harvest feast, was a hand to glove

When winter came you couldn't stand to sit

You just the same never burnt but lit

With a world at war and my thoughts on you

I didn't care to fall, there wasn't much to do

And the worst and best of all we knew

Stayed out to rust in the morning dew

Churlish May when the year was fair

Gone full circle when things went square

Ate my meal an un-noble beast

Left me to pay not a movable feast

Look I got nothing, dunno where I am

Got a fistful of questions, not an answer to hand

And the worst and best of all we knew

Stayed out to rust in the morning dew

Morning dew

With a blow me down the road, dead in the wood

Further from you now, then the roots from the leaves

Drunk on the wood, never seen any trees

My ore's out the water and the lake that I'm sailing

Is your dear father's daughter and it's cold and I'm ailing

Are you drowning me slowly, was the school meant to teach

Are you leaving so slowly, where's the shore, where's the beach?

And the worst and best of all we knew

Stayed out to rust in the morning dew