Sumer is icumen in (Middle English)

W. de Wycombe

W. de Wycombe portrait

1270 to 1330

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and bloweþ med
Cuccu cuccu
lhouþ after calue cu
Awe bleteþ after lomb
Bulluc sterteþ
ne swik þu nauer nu
Lhude sing cuccu
Sing cuccu; Sing cuccu nu
Sing cuccu nu; Sing cuccu.
bucke uerteþ
Groweþ sed
and springþ þe wde nu
murie sing cuccu
Wel singes þu cuccu
Sumer is icumen in
Sing cuccu

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