SUMER IS ICUMEN IN - The vocal quartet Foremost Four, 4 mand Høj 1991

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Canon song from around year 1240 -- Foremost Four members: Kim Glies Nandfred, 1. tenor, Otto Leander Nielsen, 2. tenor, Helge Baun Sørensen, 1. bass, Henrik E. Frederiksen, 2. bass -- To see lyrics with modern translation, click SHOW MORE/VIS MERE.
Watercolour of cuckoo bird -- Vocal quartet from Denmark.

Sumer is icumen in,
Lhude sing cuccu,
Groweth sed and bloweth med,
And springth the wde nu;
Sing cuccu.
Awe bleteth after lomb,
Lhouth after calve cu;
Bulloc sterteth, bucke verteth,
Murie sing cuccu.
Cuccu, cuccu
Wel singes thu cuccu,
Ne swik thu naver nu.

"Modern" English translation:

Summer has arrived,
Sing loudly cuckoo,
The seed is growing and the meadow is blooming,
And the wood is coming into leaf now;
Sing cuckoo.
The ewe is bleating after her lamb,
The cow is lowing after her calf;
The bullock is prancing, the billy goat farting,
Sing merrily cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo.
You sing well cuckoo,
Never stop now.