Cuckoo Song

Anonymous

English: Thirteenth Century

SUMER is icumen in.

Lhude sing cuccu.

Groweth sed

And bloweth med

And springth the wude nu.

Sing cuccu!

Awe bleteth after lomb,

Lhouth after calve cu;

Bulluc sterteth,

Bucke verteth,

Murie sing cuccu.

Cuccu, cuccu.

Wel singes thu cuccu,

Ne swike thu naver nu.

BURDEN

Sing cuccu, nu. Sing cuccu,

Sing cuccu, sing cuccu nu!