The May Pole song is an old folk song known as “The Rambling Bog” or “The Rattlin’ Bog” (very old songs passed on orally often ended up in different versions like a musical version of Chinese whispers/telephone).

Mahpahi is the nom de plume of Alison Cooper, formerly of Twisted Nerve act Sam and the Plants.

She was into this sort of thing long before the rest of us. Here’s her first EP from 2008:

Yet Alison’s connection runs deeper than music as a curator, visual artist and educator, with a deep knowledge of folklore and customs through her work in museums and with the scene-setting Folklore Tapes label. Here’s her 2012 work on Devon folklore

However, those of you who have followed her on social media will notice she’s also been very interested in building synthesizers in recent years. This might explain why her take on the May Pole song has this astonishingly warm synth sound, like the elegiac touch of an old church organ, a very distinctive (to my ears) sound. A distinctly hauntological touch that works fantastically.

https://wasistdas.bandcamp.com/album/ballads-of-seduction-fertility-and-ritual-slaughter