The May Queen and her Jack in the Green (Jawbone edit)

The May Queen and her Jack in the Green

(A Lyrical Ballad)


Blessed union. Blessed be.

(The Beltane air ripples with the sound of distant voices as the Green Men approach…)


"Air my breath & fire my spirit

Earth my body, water my blood"*


O May Queen and your Jack in the Green,

Come with colour, paint the scene;

Leaves unfurl and blossoms bloom

Life spring forth o' Earth Mother's' womb!


"Air my breath & fire my spirit

Earth my body, water my blood"


O fertile be the lands of Summer

Sprouting forth the withies whisper

Levels flood but riseth never

O’er the top o' Glastonbury Tor


"Air my breath & fire my spirit

Earth my body, water my blood"


This Avalon, a portal-door

To all the lands ancient holds fast,

Greens the Men,

Breathes song, spells cast:


"Air my breath & fire my spirit

Earth my body, water my blood”


Traditions here be grown on trees

Then danced around by maidens, FREED -

Of modern ways…

O May Queen days!


"Air my breath & fire my spirit

Earth my body, water my blood"


Maypole ribbons intertwine,

Drum beats, hearts beat,

Yours and mine.


"Air my breath & fire my spirit

Earth my body, water my blood"


(Repeat forever – never fade out)


A Wensley

Revised version for The Jawbone Journal Summer 2025 edition – 30/4/25

*the song of the green men as they carry the pole...credit to the songwriter - reference: 

https://youtu.be/Gpdn13HL9vI?si=wrYPIMxso6Ftf17E 



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