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"Nuts in May" is a Nursery Rhyme often sung as a game with the aim of pairing a boy and girl from within the singers.

One theory relating to the nuts, which normally would not be collectable until the autumn, is that this was part of mayday celebrations when folk would go collecting knots (not nuts) of flowers for the festive decorations. May is not normally associated with frosts.

An alternative theory is that the nuts refer to the sweet edible tubers of the Pignut plant.


LYRICS


  • Replace ''name'' by a boy's and a girl's name from within the group singing and select him/her according to the gender of the first selected person.


Here we go gathering nuts in May,

Nuts in May, nuts in May,

Here we go gathering nuts in May,

On a cold and frosty morning.

Who will you have for nuts in May,

Nuts in May, nuts in May,

Who will you have for nuts in May,

On a cold and frosty morning.

We'll have ''name'' for nuts in May,

Nuts in May, nuts in May,

We'll have ''name'' for nuts in May,

On a cold and frosty morning.

Who will you have to fetch him/her away,

Fetch him/her away, fetch him/her away,

Who will you have to fetch him/her away

On a cold and frosty morning.

We'll have ''name'' to fetch him/her away,

Fetch him/her away, fetch him/her away,

We'll have ''name'' to fetch him/her away,

On a cold and frosty morning.