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|release=11-05-2003
 
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== Trivia ==
 
* The chorus is a variation on an old folk/schoolyard rhyme, "Hooray, Hooray, the first of May! Outdoor fucking starts today!" In an [http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/04/10/first-of-may-bench/ April 10, 2007 blog post], JoCo credited [[John Hodgman]] with the idea for the song, and mentions that the modern dirty rhyme derives from an older, traditional dirty rhyme. Commenters Mike and [[User:Bry|Bry]] tracked the reference down to a [[:Image:Espy - First of May.jpg|poem]] in ''Another Almanac of Words at Play'' by Willard R. Espy.
 
*The poem which Espy cites, in turn, derives from ancient Pagan customs celebrating fertility on the eve of Beltane, the Celtic name for the month of May.
 
* [[Wikipedia:James Taylor|James Taylor]] and [[Wikipedia:Bee Gees|the Bee Gees]] have also recorded songs by the same title. [http://lyricwiki.org/James_Taylor:First_Of_May Taylor's song] explores some similar themes with less explicit language, while [http://lyricwiki.org/Bee_Gees:First_Of_May the Bee Gees' song] is a love song lamenting the passage of time.
 
* One of the six songs listed on the oldest archived version of Jonathan's [http://web.archive.org/web/20020925002351/http://jonathancoulton.com/ website].
 
* On May 1st 2008, [[Spiff]] started the [[First of May Olympics]], based on the song.
 
* "First of May" is listed as a "funny song" on Jonathan Coulton's [[joco:primer/listen/|Listening Suggestions]] page.
 
== Availability ==
 
Available from [http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/First+of+May jonathancoulton.com] as a free MP3 download or for purchase in MP3 or FLAC formats, as well as on the [[Smoking Monkey]] CD.
 
 
 
 
 
== Themes ==
 
* [[Funny songs]]
 
* [[Sex]]
 
* [[Sing A Longs]]
 
 
 
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Revision as of 04:33, 14 August 2011

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