Sumer Is Icumen In

Sumer is icumen in –
Spring has arrived!
Lhude sing! cuccu.
Sing out, cuckoo –
Groweth sed and bloweth med
Seeds are sprouting, meadows are in bloom,
And springth the wude nu –
And the woods are putting forth shoots –
Sing! cuccu.
Sing, cuckoo!

Awe bleteth after lomb,
Ewe is bleating to lamb,
Lhouth after calve cu,
Cow is lowing to calf,
Bulloc sterteth, bucke verteth,
The bullock starts up, the buck springs away,
Murie sing! cuccu.
Sing for joy, cuckoo!

Cuccu, cuccu.
Cuckoo, cuckoo,
Well singes thu, cuccu –
You’re singing well, cuckoo,
Ne swik thu naver nu!
Don’t ever stop now!

Sing! cuccu, nu. Sing! cuccu.
GROUND: Sing cuckoo, now, sing cuckoo!

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