The worst part about this song is that it ends

I lost my girlfriend unexpectedly under a week ago due to health complications & before she passed, she had asked me to learn this and sing it to her. I never got the chance to do so while she was here physically, so here I am screaming it to the heavens. I love you always, Sarah Elizabeth, my lovely lady May. 03/16/1998-02/16/2023

Absolutely one of the most beautiful songs I have EVER heard.

"I aint the toughest hickory that your axe has ever fell..." that is songwriting right there.

i came here because im at the E.R with my little girl whose having an asthma attack. her nurse, or im not sure if hes a nurse but the guy who came in to put my 12 yr olds i.v in was so great. he made her feel comfortable when she was so afraid. he told us his fav genre of music was country. we asked whats your fav song and he said lady may.....we played it for my daughter....he sang with it.....and it was sooooo soothing. shout out to TYLER at USMD Arlington tx.....you made our hospital visit a great experience. thanks for taking care of my daughter...God bless you and all your many gifts and talents

Yellowstone brought me here Greetings from Northern Ireland

One of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard.

This is the first song that I've sang to my new daughter who was born 6 hours ago. My beautiful wildflower.

My son married the love of his life Sarah May last weekend and they danced to this song for their first dance. It was upon a ski slope in Glenwood Springs Colorado where they first met. We cannot wait to see you at Red Rocks Tyler!!

This is one of the best love songs ever written. So many incredible lines "I've held my weight in shame but I am baptized in your name" and "Im a hickory just the same"

I'd turn on the country station again if they played him and sturgill Stapleton and maybe some old Steve Earl to boot

I'm 64, from So Cal, raised in a middle-class family, average upbringing; just about as far away as a man can get from the whens and wheres of Tyler Childers. Yet, as I was listening to this song, I just burst into tears. Tyler, I hope you're happy.

Me and my husbands song! He’s currently deployed. Miss you & hurry back home to me, my sweet boy. God Bless our military ❤️

I sing this with all my heart while I'm having beer almost every Saturday in the garage at 3am

I'm a stone's throw from the mill And I'm a good walk to the river When my workin' day is over We'll go swim our cares away Put your toes down in the water And a smile across your face And tell me that you love me Lovely Lady May Now I ain't the sharpest chisel That your hands have ever held But darlin' I could love you well Til' the roll is called on high I've seen my share of trouble And I've held my weight in shame But I'm baptized in your name Lovely Lady May Lord the wind can leave you shiverin' As it waltzes o'er the leaves It's been rushin' through my timber Til' your love brought on the spring Now the mountains all are blushin' And they don't know what to say 'Cept a good long line of praises For my lovely Lady May Now I ain't the toughest hickory That your ax has ever felled But I'm a hickory just as well I'm a hickory all the same I came crashin' through the forest As you cut my roots away And I fell a good long ways For my lovely Lady May

Tyler this is Zach Tester and I'm from Tazewell Virginia (Southwest Virginia). My 36 year old wife whose picture pops up when I comment on your music had a stoke a week ago. The surgery went well and now she in rehab learning to walk, talk and everything else she lost. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving this cruel world your beautiful music. It has been one of the things that have got me through this time. Thank you man 🤘🏻

You can look at Tyler and tell this man has done hard labor in his life. Incredible talent in song writing, great voice.

Now I be a cowboy man out here in Wyoming working day an night missing out on love but boy I tell you this song heard when stars hold above brings good feelings to this cowboys soul. Thanks brother man for good hearing

When his voice breaks when he says my lovely lady May. My heart breaks it's a sweet song but man this guy's got so much soul. the words the way he sings them you know it's all from the heart from finish to start and yes I wrote that correctly. It's my way of saying he is letting his heart guide the way, so time won't exist only love of his lady May matters. And that's just unreal to hear. It's been a long time since I like a artist like Tyler. I hope he goes back to making songs like this album bottles and Bible's again as it was pure Gold.

I hear guys out saying they want a "shawty" or a "heather" well I just want a lady may

It's like a love song between 2 lovers in some green and anceint valley woke up after a 500 year slumber and found itself alive and singing in this Kentucky boy's heirloom heart. This kind of pure, uncut folkaine is the closest thing i know to ecstasy!

i commented years ago that i wanted to find this type of love with someone, and i finally did and i played this for them. it was the first time i told them i was in love with them. im gonna ask her to be my wife someday. you better fucking bet

Beautiful song! The fact that he wrote it for his wife, makes it all the sweeter.

This song makes me sob uncontrollably and I have no idea why

My wife's middle name is Mae and I sing her this song all the time. This is a great song Tyler. Thanks

"I wrote this for my lady".... Man I felt that....

Was my first dance at my wedding with my wife in June everyone love it thankful for your music Tyler

These lyrics struck me the first time I heard it. I wasn't in a good place, and hadn't been for 7 years or so. But I found me an amazing girl, who is now the mother of my beautiful son. She was due in may 2022. I used to play and sing this song to her beautiful belly. Now my son just turned 1 last month and he dances to this song. I'm truly baptized in his name. My lovely baby May. ❤

I cant get enough of this guy, i wont listen to modern country i cant take it anymore lol. But this guy is good, and plays country the way it should be. I want to see him live one day.

My fiance and I just laid down, held hands and smiled at one another and listened to this song a couple of times last night. It's so beautiful to love someone like this. 💖

Beth and RIP brought me here..

Songs like this put tylet up there with woody Guthrie, buddy Holly, and other artist who writes these compelling stories and guitat work. Truly amazing what this man can do with a guitar and his voice

You know what would make me really happy. Hearing him more on the radio stations.

This song is absolute poetry and really impressive writing. It really is.

“Ive seen my share of trouble and held my weight in shame” really hits home. Great song.

I just need to be someone’s lady may.

this song makes me tear up every time

Just seen him live and his band walked off stage and ended with this song solo.

This has got to be one of the most romantic, moving lyrics I've ever heard: Lord the wind can leave you shiverin' As it waltzes o'er the leaves It's been rushin' through my timber Til' your love brought on the spring

This is just about the sweetest thing I ever heard.

I've listened to this song about 50 times today. I'll find my lady may. 6 days later and I just had the best date

It's not often we find a man with this ability

The best song in the world right now is this one.

Saw him two weeks ago at the Indiana state fair and it was epic! Free concert! Amazing!!!!

I love this song and my mom's name was May and she was such a caring gentle heart and I was driving to work a few days after she passed and this song came on my suggestion list and I have never heard it before and when I did it tore me up and then I listen to it now and it comforts me emotionally and I just want to thank you for such a beautiful song..

Obsessed with this song right now 💜 Heard it on TikTok and now I can’t get enough! My lovely Lady May 💜💜

how much i love you can never be told in words there is no limit no value that's more than the number of grands of sand that are spread across the earth. It's limitless, eternal, immortal, forever times infinity.

I was tearing up from the first time and blubbering on the 2nd play, but im a hickory just the same.

Man if you hear this or see this. I pray it gives you the goosebumps I shared listening to this. I sat back stoned on this chair and smile and cried. While wistfully dreaming away with the lyrics. Love you forever. Wherever you are. I'm not the sharpest chisel, but my love remains the same. 3 years and counting. Holly remae gunnoe

My Grandmother and I used to drive the county roads, over the rolling hills. We'd always listen to Chris Stapleton. I didn't know of Tyler back then. I listen to his music now and I know that her foot would've been tapping along to Tyler's music, too. She would've loved it. I miss driving the roads with her beside me. I miss her.

I so want to hear him do wildwood flowers I know he would kill it he has the voice and the hands to play it. It was my grandfather favorite song and it's one of mine. Everytime I hear lady may I can hear pa playing wildwood flowers.

Why am I just now finding you your music is soul touching 🎶❤️

2024 and it still brings me chills❤

Bless you brother by whatever God is yours.

I'm a hickory all the same

Everytime I listen to Childers, all my sorrow come back to me. He has a great, deep, voice that can make the toughest guy cry...

This song makes me take the long way home..

I'm typing this comment as I listen to this song for the very first time, but it fills me with a deep melancholic nostalgia anyway

Just recently discovered this artist! Man he has GREAT talent! He is like a country Dylan! Amazing someone has not picked him up!

I did it Tyler, I found my lady may.

I listen to you every day your music is what I look for on you tube I'm a hard working man with a family you should be up there with Ed sheeren god bless you man ❤❤

Tyler Childers is a God gifted wordsmith. Ive played this vid for my wife Maggie many times we never gey tired of it. Blessings Mr. Childers.

Hurt an artist and you'll see masterpieces of what you've done

When a song makes you grab your heart, close your eyes and just feel the love.

I can’t even fathom someone loving me this way. That Lady May sure is one lucky girl. This may be the most beautiful song I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to.

Songwriting at its finest!!!!

This man is gonna save our ears from country rapping aka crappin'

It's just something about the way he sings that get me

Tyler Childers’ comment sections are the best place to be on yt and nobody can change my mind

Tyler Childers, Colter Wall, Marcus King, Billy Strings, and all the others... Thanks for being among a small group who still sings about the hard times.

The way he puts sentences together ..... so elegant

He's making me stay up way past my bedtime ... ohhh my Lord thank you for this beauty of an artist, voice and soul !! Xo

I came crashing through the forest when u cut my roots away and I fell a good long ways.. For my lovely lady may.... Wow the imagery the metaphor damnnn

I'm walking down the isle to this song 💜 10.17.2020

I know this man will probably never see this. But, I’m 26, from the East TN/KY and I dated the same girl on and off since Jr. year of high school. She moved in up on the new house they had built on my great uncles property, we lived a half-mile away from a small mill on a backroad, and if you follow that same road you eventually get to the river. You took all my cares away there. We built a relationship that kept us relying on one another in times of need. Whenever one of us had no one else to talk or understand.... she was there. She died the 20th of January of this year in a car accident. Throughout all the ups and downs, she was my lady may. I love you Larissa.

I love that the guitar sounds awfully like I wish I was in dixie

Every Tyler song is best when it's just him, his guitar, and his incredible voice. My God.

Holy shit that made me cry

My Momma always called MayBaby bc of my middle name. This song really brings me love and peace to my soul. Beautifully written and sung. Much Love ❤️

The songwriting and guitar playing together gives me chills, absolutely incredible.

Walking near the Indian Ocean picking up beautiful stones...lovely

Best love song of all time right here

Beautiful song - maybe my favorite of Tyler's. 'Follow You to Virgie' is right up there, though. He's truly a songsmith.

I swear. This man is so amazing. He gives such expression with his music and that's what makes music touching. He can sure pick that guitar too. Love him!!

It would be hard to imagine a song with more feeling than this one.

Absolutely beautiful....when I think Tyler can't sing a better song, I run across this one.

This song is beautiful and perfectly describes the how a person can view their love for another human being and reflect upon themselves at the same time.

I don’t think I have had a single time that I have heard this that it didn’t bring a tear to my eye

My 10 year old daughter May has already claimed this as "her wedding song" ❤ beyond beautiful!

Possibly the best live song ever written

This song is absolutely beautiful, it always reminds me of my love that passed in February.....

I just happened to trip over this song on a Tik-Tok video what a beautiful song and yet I've never heard it before I guess it's not what they consider mainstream thoroughly enjoy this song and adding it to my playlist as one of my favourites

I thought i had my Lady May untill she changed in so many ways.. Now i am dead inside . I lost my lady may.

Yellowstone brought me here

Hell yeah! Tyler is awesome, and real as they come! Stay true brother, stay true.

One of these days, I’ll be someone’s Lady May ❤

I don't understand how someone can write this well and also sound this good... it's just pure talent.

For him just be playing this song all on his own says a lot ! Lyrics amazingly beautiful .. his voice of An Angel hits the soul

Right in the feels. I cry every time I really just listen to this with my eyes closed. One of my favorites.

I think this may be the most beautiful song that's ever been written