FolkCast's second annual celebration of the season of Spring, as told in music, rhyme and verse. Come on, let's set out now on a journey from the death of Old Man Winter to the dawning of a new summer … on the way we'll visit April and Easter as we March Into May!

The Music and Verse (§)

Spring Song by Charlie Chaplin

First Song Of Spring by Paul McGladdery

It May Be Spring But I Still Need A Coat by The Webb Sisters

§ Spring by Ian Bland (written and recorded exclusively for FolkCast)
with Dance Of The Demon Daffodils (instrumental) by John Kirkpatrick

I Saw The Sun Today by Becky Mills

Come The Springtime by Blue Rose Code

§ Never Mind, March by Anon

The Springtime Of The Year by John Rutter & The Cambridge Singers

First Spring Day by Suburban Tribe

Spring Has Sprung by George Breakfast

§ Excerpt from Two Tramps in Mud Time by Robert Frost
with The Walk Before Easter (instrumental) by Martin Simpson

§ Blackrod Hawthorn written and spoken by Dogman (aka David Sands)

One More Day by Skylark Song

Snowdrops/Birth by Maddy Prior

§ Pace-Egging And Old Tosspot

Pace-Egging Time by The Watersons

§ Easter by Bill Hicks

Easter Snow by Christy Moore

It Can't Be So by Ange Hardy

Our Stolen Season by Ashley Hutchings (vocals, Emily Slade)

Let's Misbehave by Irving Aaronson & His Commanders

§ Excerpt from Jeeves In The Springtime by PG Wodehouse

Poisoning Pigeons In The Park by Tom Lehrer

Bleed The Maple by Emmett Doyle

Bluebells by Rosa Rebecka

§ May Day Approaching… by Ewan MacColl

Northill May Song / Mwynen Mai by Blanche Rowan & Mike Gulston

The First Of May (instrumental) by James Bell

Cuckoo's Nest by The Morris On Band

§ May Day In Ducklington by Cecil Sharp

Cuckoo's Nest (instrumental and dance) by Hunter's Moon Morris

May Morning by Triangle

§ Why Spring? by Phil Widdows

A Clown's Heart by Oysterband

For full details and links to artists' websites, see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

In 2014, spring begins with the vernal equinox on March 20 at 4:57pm GMT