The Lusty Month of May
May 3 2010

As I was finishing catching up with some work emails and wondering what I could possibly do next that didn’t involve thinking, I started feeling a little inclined to write a post.  But I didn’t want to think much about it.  I then thought about singing and how much I have enjoyed the process of beginning to record some songs with my music teacher.  Creating recordings and music is a creative and somewhat entrepreneurial process.  It’s kind of fun to have headphones on with the karaoke music streaming in. You can sing and hear yourself singing in the headphones.  Then when I’m done, he plays it back and it’s so interesting to hear my voice with the music behind it played back to me.  It’s funny but what I think I sound like and what I actually sound like seem different to me.  I haven’t decided which voice I like better…the one in my head or the one that I hear played back to me. 🙂

I’m first working on recording existing songs and then I hope to record at least one original song based on song lyrics I’ve written by the end of the year, but that is proving to be challenging with my other time commitments as well as finding the right guitar player (or keyboardist) to help make it happen.

As I was thinking about writing something, it hit me that it was already May and then the Camelot song The Lusty Month of May came to my mind.  Yes, my thought processes are strange, but I love the songs from Camelot the musical and Julie Andrews voice is just divine.  Below are the lyrics and here’s a link to a YouTube video of the section of the musical.

THE LUSTY MONTH OF MAY
Camelot, the musical

Tra la, it’s May, the lusty Month of May
That lovely month when everyone 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 every maiden prays that her lad will be a cad
It’s mad, it’s gay, alive, a lust display
Those dreary vows that everyone takes, everyone breaks
Everyone makes divine mistakes

The Lusty Month of May
Whence this fragrance wafting through the air?
What sweet feelings does it’s scent transmute?
Whence this perfume floating everywhere?
Don’t you know, it’s that dear forbidden fruit

It’s May, the lusty month of May
That darling month when everyone 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 every frivolous whim, proper or im-
It’s wild, it’s gay, depraved in every way
The birds and bees with all of their vast amorous past
Gaze at the human race aghast

The Lusty Month of May
Tra la, it’s May, the lusty Month of May
That lovely month when everyone 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
when all the world is brimming with fun, wholesome or un-
It’s mad, it’s gay, alive a lust display
Those dreary vows that everyone takes, everyone breaks
Everyone makes divine mistakes
The Lusty Month of May

Author: Aruni | Filed under: random stuff | 1 Comment »

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