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ORIGINAL MIDDLE ENGLISH LYRICS: Svmer is icumen in Lhude 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! MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Summer has come in Loudly sing, cuckoo! Seeds grow and meadows bloom and the woods spring anew Sing cuckoo! Ewe bleats after lamb, Calf lows after cow, Bullock leaps, billygoat farts, Merrily sing, cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo! Well you sing cuckoo, Nor cease you ever now! Sing cuckoo now, Sing, cuckoo! 
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