"Sumer Is Icumen In"

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Title: "Sumer Is Icumen In"

Composer: English folk song

Listening Link: Sumer Is Icumen In - YouTube

Translation:
(Wessex dialect of Middle English)
Svmer is icumen in                Summer has arrived
Lhude sing cucu                     Loudly sing cuckoo
Groweb sed                            The seed is growing
and bloweb med                     And the meadow is blooming
and spring be wde nu             And the wood is coming into leaf now
Sing cuccu                             Sing cuckoo     

Awe bleteb after lomb            The ewe is bleating after her lamb
lhoub after calue cu                The cow is lowing after her calf
Bulloc sterteb                         The bullock is prancing  
bucke uerteb                           The billy-goat dancing

murie sing cuccu                     Sing merrily, cuckoo!
Cuccu, cuccu                           Cuckoo, cuckoo
Wel singes bu cuccu                You sing well, cuckoo
ne swik bu nauer nu                 Never stop now

*The top portion of music is sound as a four part round, while the bottom two lines are two ongoing ostinati throughout.

**Original score:



Source:
notation, original notation, and translation: Wikipedia