Sumer is icumen in (Middle English)

W. de Wycombe

1270 to 1330

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Every 10th word

Sumer is icumen in
Lhude sing cuccu
Groweþ sed
______ bloweþ med
and springþ þe wde nu
Sing cuccu

______ bleteþ after lomb
lhouþ after calue cu
Bulluc sterteþ
______ uerteþ
murie sing cuccu

Cuccu cuccu
Wel singes þu ______
ne swik þu nauer nu

Sing cuccu nu; Sing cuccu.
Sing cuccu; Sing cuccu nu

Awe and bucke cuccu