Sumer is icumen in (Middle English)
W. de Wycombe
1270 to 1330
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Cuccu cuccu
Bulluc sterteþ
Lhude sing cuccu
lhouþ after calue cu
Wel singes þu cuccu
ne swik þu nauer nu
Awe bleteþ after lomb
Sing cuccu
murie sing cuccu
Sing cuccu nu; Sing cuccu.
Sing cuccu; Sing cuccu nu
bucke uerteþ
and springþ þe wde nu
Sumer is icumen in
and bloweþ med
Groweþ sed