1530 J. Palsgrave 666/1 In stede of a trapper he pricked his horse full of maye bowes.
1716 T. Purney i. 26 This Morn sweet sate we 'neath this sweet May-bough.
1902 W. Canton 155 When may-boughs cream in curdling white, And maids envy the bloom o' the apple.