“Sumer Is Icumen In” (also called the Summer Canon and the Cuckoo Song) is a medieval English rota of the mid-13th century.
Middle EnglishSvmer is icumen in Awe bleteþ after lomb murie sing cuccu Sing cuccu nu • Sing cuccu. |
Modern EnglishSummer has arrived, The ewe is bleating after her lamb, Sing merrily, cuckoo! Sing, cuckoo, now; sing, cuckoo; |