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'''Sumer is icumen in''' is a [[song]] from approximately 1260. It is possibly the earliest known [[round]] in existence.

==Lyrics==
===Middle English===
The original lyrics from the are:
:Svmer is icumen in,
:Lhude sing cuccu!
:Groweþ sed and bloweþ med
:And springþ þe wde nu,
:Sing cuccu!

:Awe bleteþ after lomb,
:Lhouþ after calue cu.
:Bulluc sterteþ, bucke uerteþ,
:Murie sing cuccu!

:Cuccu, cuccu, wel singes þu, cuccu;
:Ne swik þu nauer nu.

Pes:
:Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu.
:Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu!

===Modern English===
A modern translation could be:
:Summer has arrived,
:Loudly sing, Cuckoo!
:Seeds grow and meadows bloom
:And the forest springs anew,
:Sing, Cuckoo!

:The ewe bleats after the lamb,
:The cow lows after the calf.
:The bullock jumps, the billy-goat farts,
:Merrily sing, Cuckoo!

:Cuckoo, cuckoo, well you sing, cuckoo;
:Nor cease you ever now,
:Sing cuckoo now. Sing, Cuckoo.
:Sing Cuckoo. Sing cuckoo now!

==Music==
This link takes you to a midi [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~msmiller/sounds/cuckoo1.midi version.]

==Sumer is icumen in [[abc notation]]==

X:47<BR>
T:Sumer is icumen in<BR>
C:Anon<BR>
O:English traditional<BR>
M:2/2<BR>
N:Notation is abc 1.6<BR>
L:1/4<BR>
Q:220<BR>
K:F<BR>
f>e d>e | f>f (3edc | A>A B>G | A2 z2 | F>A G>B |<BR>
w:Sum-er is y-cum-en in--, lu-de sing cuc-cu! Grow-eth sed and<BR>
A>A G>F | A>c d>d | c2 z2 | f2 d2 | f2 z2 | f2 d2 |<BR>
w:blow-eth med and spring-th wu-dé nu. Sing cuc-cu! Sing cuc-<BR>
f2 z2 | c>A B>G | A>c (3BAG | A>F G>E | F3 z |<BR>
w:cu! A-wé ble-teth af-ter lamb-, lowth af-ter cal-ve cu;<BR>
F>A G>B | A>A G>F | A>c d>d | c3 z |<BR>
w:Bul-luc stert-eth, buck-é fert-eth, me-rie sing cuc-cu!<BR>
f2 d2 | f2 z2 | f2 d2 | f2 z2 ||<BR>
w:sing cuc-cu! Sing cuc-cu!<BR>

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