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Rabbits round the workers’ maypole,
Rabbits round the workers’ maypole:
Máy-ó, may-yáy-ay-ay-ó
Maylight come and me wan’ go home

Trochaic tetrameter to welcome in the month of May. Allegro agitato, then andante desideroso.

The illustrations:

(#1) White rabbits around the maypole — on a pink cake!

Rabbits, symbols of fertility and fecundity, worshiping the May phallus. And you can eat it all.

(#2) SF May Day March 201 7 — in red!

(#3) Mayo — in creamy white!

The White, the Pink, and the Red.

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