Cuckoo Song
Cuckoo Song
Original Text
British Library Manuscript Harley 978, for which see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts (London: G. Eyre and A. Strahan, 1808-1812). Z 6621 .B85 H3 1808 Institute of Medieval Studies Library
1 Sing, cuccu, nu! Sing, cuccu!
2 Sing, cuccu! Sing, cuccu, nu!
3 Sumer is icumen in;
4 Lhud{.e} sing, cuccu!
5Groweth sed, and bloweth med,
6 And springth the wud{.e} nu.
7 Sing, cuccu!
8 Aw{.e} bleteth after lomb,
9 Lhouth after calv{.e} cu;
10Bulluc sterteth, buck{.e} verteth;
11 Muri{.e} sing, cuccu!
12 Cuccu! cuccu!
13 Wel sing{.e}s thu, cuccu;
14 Ne swik thu naver nu.
Publication Start Year
1240
RPO poem Editors
William Hall Clawson; N. J. Endicott
RPO Edition
2RP.1.1; RPO 1996-2000.
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