Nuts in May (rhyme)
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- For the play, see Nuts in May.
"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.
Nuts would normally not be collectable until the autumn and several theories attempt to explain gathering them in May. It could have been part of May Day celebrations when people would collect knots (rather than 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.
[edit] Lyrics
Replace "[name]" by a boy's and a girl's name from within the group singing and select between 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.
