Sumer Is Icumen In

Middle English

Verse 1

Sumer is icumen in Lhude sing cuccu Groweth sed and bloweth med and springth the wde nu Sing cuccu

Verse 2

Awe bleteth after lomb lhouth after calue cu Bulluc sterteth bucke uerteth murie sing cuccu

Verse 3

Cuccu cuccu Wel singes thu cuccu ne swik thu nauer nu

Verse 4

Sing cuccu nu Sing cuccu Sing cuccu Sing cuccu nu

(Modern English)

Verse 5

Summer is a comin' in, Loudly sing, cuckoo! The seed is growing And the meadow is blooming, And the wood is coming into leaf now, Sing, cuckoo!

Verse 6

The ewe is bleating after her lamb, The cow is lowing after her calf; The bullock is prancing, The billy-goat farting,

Verse 7

Sing merrily, cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo, You sing well, cuckoo, Never stop now.

Verse 8

Sing, cuckoo, now; sing, cuckoo; Sing, cuckoo; sing, cuckoo, now!