As the gentle spring uncloses

1 As the gentle Spring uncloses,
And the Winter fades away,
Sunlight glistens, lilies blow,
As we greet the month of May,
As we hail its peerless Queen Mary,
Mother of delight,
In her own especial season,
Sing her praise from morn to night.

Chorus:
Mary, Mother sweet,
Mary, Mother fair,
Virgin Queen of May,
Hear our pray'r.
Unto Jesus pray that each day
We may grow like thee,
Our Queen of May.

2 May is Mary's--she is ours--
Thus the month is doubly dear:
As we crown her with our flow'rs;
Angels gladly hover near,
And the blessed Jesus smiles
On each humble votary,
And our homage to His Mother
Will requite most graciously. [Chorus]

3 Dearest Mother! we remember
How as one request of thine,
Jesus, at the marriage feast,
Changed the water into wine; [Chorus]

At our feast, ah! let the flood
Of our tears thy pity move;
Beg, oh! beg thy Son to change it
To the wine of perfect love. [Chorus]

4 Take us all 'neath thy protection,
Heart, and soul, and senses, take!
Tell dear Jesus we are thine,
And He'll bless us for thy sake; [Chorus]

And the treasures of our Mary,
Up in heaven we shall store;
Naught shall steal them, naught corrode them,
They shall last for evermore! [Chorus]


Source: Laudis Corona: the new Sunday school hymn book, containing a collection of Catholic hymns, arranged for the principal seasons and festivals of the year #122