Sumer is icumen in,
Loude sing cuckoo!
Groweth seed and bloweth meede
And springth the wode now.
Sing cuckoo!
Ewe bleteth after lamb,
Loweth after calve cow,
Bulloc sterteth, bucke verteth,
Merye sing cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo,
Wel singest thou cuckoo:
Ne swik thou naver now!