I attended a concert by Alfred Deller and his Consort early in my student days at Cal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2–oWaO_xE
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Sing along — it’s a round (like “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” “Frère Jacques” and “Soft Kitty”):
♪♬ Sumer is icumen in
Lhude sing cuccu
Groweþ sed
and bloweþ med
and springþ þe wde nu
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
Sing cuccu nu • Sing cuccu.
Sing cuccu • Sing cuccu nu. ♪♬
 | Text: Unknown; speculated to be W. de Wycombe: Language: Wessex dialect of Middle English “Sumer is icumen in” is the incipit of a medieval English round or rota of the mid-13th century; it is also known variously as the Summer Canon and the Cuckoo Song.Sumer is icumen in” is the incipit of a medieval English round or rota of the mid-13th century; it … en.wikipedia.org |
