Sing Cuccu

Summer is a-cummin in

Loud sing cuccu

Groweth med and bloweth sed

Springeth the wood anew

Cuccu, cuccu well sings thu cuccu

Ne swik thu naver nu

Sing cuccu, nu sing cuccu

Sing cuccu, sing cuccu nu

Yave bleteth after lamb

Loueth calve ku

Bulluck sterteth, bucke verteth

Murrie sing cuccu

Cuccu, cuccu well sings thu cuccu

Ne swik thu naver nu

Sing cuccu, nu sing cuccu

Sing cuccu, sing cuccu nu

(anon., circa 1215. One of the first poems in the english language. A joyous greeting for the coming summer)