King of May

Farewell today

Travel on now

Be on your way

Go safely there

Never worry

Never care

Beyond this day

Farewell tonight

To all joy and to all delight

Go well and go peacefully

We can't keep your majesty

Be on your way

Make ready for the last King of May

Make a cardboard crown for him

Make your voices one

Praise a crazy mother's son

Who loved his life

Who loved his life

Farewell today

Travel on now

Be on your way

Can't bear the very thought

That we could keep your majesty

Be on your way

Make ready for the last King of May

Make a hole in the crowd for him

Raise your voices up

Lift your loving cups

To his long life

To his long life

Make ready for the last King of May

Make a hole in the sky for him

Raise your voices up

Drink your loving cups

To his long life

To his long life