Cuckoo Song

by Anonymous Olde English

Sumer is icumen in,
Lhude sing cuccu!
Groweth sed, and bloweth med,
And springeth the wude nu -
Sing cuccu!

Awe bleteth after lomb,
Lhouth after calve cu;
Bulluc sterteth, bucke verteth,
Murie sing cuccu!

Cuccu, cuccu, well singes thu, cuccu!
Ne swike thu naver nu;
Sing cuccu, nu, sing cuccu,
Sing cuccu, sing cuccu, nu!

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Modern paraphrase:

Summer is a comin' in,
Loudly sing cuckoo!
Grows the seeds, and blows the meads,
And springs the woods anew—
Sing cuckoo!

Ewe bleats after lamb,
And loud after calves, the cows;
Bulls now start, and bucks now fart,
And merry sing cuckoo!

Cuckoo, cuckoo, well sing you do, cuckoo!
Don't stop, oh never do—
Sing cuckoo, sing cuckoo, anew!

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