May Day, or Beltane in Scottish Gaelic, is a joyous occasion to welcome new growth and fertility in the fields, the hills and home. With its all-night bonfires, green branches, towering may poles and delicate flowers, this might be the most tactile and sensual holiday of the entire year. And it's just bursting with song.

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Music:

Intro: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods

"Hal-An-Tow" by the Watersons

"Arise, Arise" by Robert White

"Jack in the Green" by Martin and Shan Graebe

"Maypole Dance" by Richard Myhill

"Searching For Lambs"(feat. Graham Coxon) by Lisa Knapp

"As I Walked Through the Meadows" by Magpie Lane

"As I Roved Out" by The Voice Squad

"Bedfordshire May Carol" by Jack Sharp

"In the Merry Month of May" by Patricia Spero

"The May Morning Dew" by John Lyons

"Padstow Hobby Horse" on English Customs and Traditions (album)

"Padstow" by Steeleye Span

"May Song" by Beggars Velvet