{"id":33593,"date":"2024-05-02T17:23:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=33593"},"modified":"2024-05-02T17:23:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:23:06","slug":"may-day-mayday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/05\/02\/may-day-mayday\/","title":{"rendered":"May Day Mayday"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/May-Day-Mayday.mp3\"> May-Day-Mayday.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/May-Day-Mayday.mp4\"> May-Day-Mayday.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Are you O.K.?<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nNo way,<br \/>\nMayday!<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nMayday, they say, coming our way (Mayday!)<br \/>\nThe first of May may showing decay (Mayday!)<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s it take for opinions to sway (Mayday!)<br \/>\nThe working emitters are going to pay (Mayday!)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a May Day mayday,<br \/>\nDistress signal yells Mother Nature<br \/>\nTo hot to play today<br \/>\nCan our dancing endure? (Oh, please save Her)<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nMayday!<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nMayday!<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Hammond B3 Organ, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMaritime crime<br \/>\nAviation pollution<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t you think it&#8217;s time<br \/>\nWe found our solution<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo, Drum Fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<br \/>\nAre you O.K.?<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nNo way,<br \/>\nMayday!<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nMayday, today&#8217;s the day (Mayday!)<br \/>\nHave we become our own prey? (Mayday!)<br \/>\nNerves wrecked, hair turned gray (Mayday!)<br \/>\nWill you wake up? Hey, hey, hey! (Mayday!)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a May Day mayday,<br \/>\nDistress signal yells Mother Nature<br \/>\nTo hot to play today<br \/>\nCan our dancing endure? (Oh, please save Her)<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nMayday!<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nMayday!<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Hammond B3 Organ, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMaritime crime<br \/>\nAviation pollution<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t you think it&#8217;s time<br \/>\nWe found our solution<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a May Day mayday,<br \/>\nDistress signal yells Mother Nature<br \/>\nTo hot to play today<br \/>\nCan our dancing endure? (Oh, please save Her)<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nMayday!<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nMayday!<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nDot dot dot<br \/>\nDash dash dash<br \/>\nDot dot dot<br \/>\nMayday!<\/p>\n<p>[End]<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>\n&#8220;Mayday&#8221; is a universally understood distress signal, primarily utilized in aviation and maritime contexts. While many of us encounter it only in fiction or on television, it serves as a vital communication tool for aircraft and boats in times of emergency. It is expressed both as an interjection (&#8220;Mayday! Mayday!&#8221;) and as a modifier for a noun (&#8220;a mayday signal&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;May Day&#8221; is an ancient European festival that heralds the arrival of summer, typically observed on May 1st, situated midway between the Northern Hemisphere&#8217;s Spring equinox and June solstice. Often, festivities spill over to the night before, referred to as May Eve. Traditions abound during this celebration, ranging from the gathering of wildflowers and green branches to the weaving of floral garlands. Other customs include the coronation of a May Queen, and the erection of a Maypole, May Tree, or May Bush, encircled by joyful dancing.<\/p>\n<p>National Weather for May 1, 2024<br \/>\nTHERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA&#8230;THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST\/WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS: The greatest threat today for large to very large hail, severe thunderstorm gusts and a few tornadoes will be in western Oklahoma, the eastern Texas Panhandle and northwest\/west-central Texas. The Northeastern United States has seen days of record temperatures.<\/p>\n<h3>by <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/\">The Beatless Sense Mongers<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May-Day-Mayday.mp3 May-Day-Mayday.mp4 Are you O.K.? [Break] No way, Mayday! [Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills] [Verse 1] Mayday, they say, coming our way (Mayday!) The first of May may showing decay (Mayday!) What&#8217;s it take for opinions to sway (Mayday!) The working emitters are going to pay (Mayday!) 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