Sumer is i-cumen in

Sumer is i-cumen in,
Lhude sing cuccu!
Groweth sed,
And bloweth med,
And springeth the wde nu:
Sing cuccu! cuccu!

Awe bleteth after lamb,
Lhouth after calve cu;
Bulluc sterteth,
Bucke verteth,
Murie sing cuccu!
Cuccu, cuccu!
Wel singes thu cuccu,
Ne swik thou nauer nu!
Sing cuccu nu!
Sing cuccu!



[Summer is come in, loud sing cuckoo! groweth the seed, and bloweth the meed, and springeth the wood now: sing cuckoo! The ewe bleateth after the lamb, loweth after the calf the cow, the bullock starteth, the buck verteth (goes to harbour in the fern -- Ritson), merry sing cuckoo, cuckoo! cuckoo! Well singest thou cuckoo, cease thou never now! &c. -- 'Swic' seems to be the German 'schweige,' the 'swic' or 'swig' of the Suabian Minnesingers.]