Julie Andrews Sings "The Lusty Month of May"

Julie Andrews sings this rather suggestive song about the month of May and the feelings Spring bring out if people!
From the original Broadway production of "Camelot" ; together with the song is a slideshow of several photos of the production starring Julie Andrews, Richard Burton and Robert Goulet! And what a pure, clean and clear voice Julie has... let's worship!

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[OperaMystery80]

Julie Andrews had the most beautiful angelic voice on Broadway.....but although she's a fabulous Eliza Doolittle, Maria Von Trapp and Mary Poppins, her Queen Guenevere is unconvincing. Guenevere is an earthy, carnal creature, a tragically sinful Queen who caused the downfall of Camelot when she committed adultery with Sir Lancelot and betrayed her husband King Arthur. Listening to the purity of Julie Andrew's voice can you honestly see her cheating on her husband ??? LOL

[catiaadao]

@OperaMystery80 I suppose I could agree with that, if those were the only movies Julie has ever done, or if I thought she couldn't do anything else, or she couldn't be more daring or sexier, which being her fan and having seen most things she's done, I know she can do! And anyway, I read that the Broadway version was slightly different, but I've never seen in so, I can't really so! And Julie must have been convincing, because the show was on for almost 3 years, and always sold out...

[dolphinjjam]

how could ANYONE hate julie?!?! its like impossible. she is an angel

[whatwouldyouchoose]

so in may was everyone allowed to cheat on their husband or wife?

[Tlyna1952]

@OperaMystery80 @OperaMystery80 In the Lerner and Loewe's Camelot Guinevere never actually commits adultery. After she sings I Loved You Once In Silence she tells Lancelot that they can never be. Unfortunately that is when Mordred and the other knights catch them.

[Shamsithaca]

@shellybellysf There is a live version of her singing it on stage on broadway u lucky MAN!

[Shamsithaca]

@catiaadao This song has a live broadway version that was on youtube for a short time...it is sung exactly the same, maybe her voice is much more powerful on the stage version, she sings better live on stage...si u can imagine HOW AMAZING of a singer SHE REALLY IS! WE NEED AN INTERVIEW ON HER SINGING ONLY!

[shellybellysf]

Agreed, however Julie had the pipes. Lucky kid was I to see the original broadway play and the movie doesn't compare. Add an orchestra and a stage, and it something to behold

[donnagirl66]

beautiful!!!!!

[highpsi11]

LYRICS: Continued:

Whence this fragrance wafting through the air? What sweet feelings does its scent transmute? Whence this perfume floating ev'rywhere? Don't you know it's that dear forbidden fruit! Tra la la la la! That dear forbidden fruit! Tra la la la la! Tra la la la la! GUENEVERE & CHORUS: Tra la la la la [etc.] GUENEVERE:

Tra la! It's May! The lusty month of May! That darling month when ev'ryone throws self-control away.

[highpsi11]

LYRICS:

GUENEVERE: It's May! It's May!;The lusty month of May!; That lovely month when ev'ryone goes blissfully astray. It's here, It's here! That shocking time of year when tons of wicked little thoughts merrily appear! It's May! It's May! That gorgeous holiday, when ev'ry maiden prays that her lad will be a cad! It's mad! It's gay! A libelous display! Those dreary vows that ev'ryone takes, ev'ryone breaks. Ev'ryone makes divine mistakes, the lusty month of May!

[JudgeJulieLit]

@OperaMystery80 (cont.) Answer (to why L&L had her sing these two songs)--to establish her maiden purity before her marriage to Arthur (who himself was much older and had a bastard son), and her naivete as a newlywed bride in over publicly celebrating and confiding her newly awakened sexuality and sensuality.These establish Jenny as intent on being faithful to Arthur ... with a conflicting passionate nature. So blindly and unawares, she falls in LOVE with Lancelot (her age & energy peer). No ho.

[JudgeJulieLit]

@OperaMystery80 If the character of Guinevere is earthy and carnal--here, when as a newly sexually awakened nubile newlywed she sings that "every maiden prays that her lad / Will be a cad" (note the words "maiden" and "pray," indicating her recent life status and lifelong life habit of religiosity), and when b4 meeting Arthur she sings to her patron "St. Genevieve," "You know how faithful & devout I am / You must admit I've always been a lamb"--then why did L&L write such words?

[donnagirl66]

She played what most men really want. A lady in public and a whore in the bedroom.