Page 2: Sing Cuccu

(from Wikipedia)

Sumer 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.
Pes:

Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu.
Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu!

This can only get better right? This is a very traditional Middle English song dealing with the return spring from winter. There are several detailed alagories of spring: Fields in bloom, the growth of trees, the ewe bleating after the lamb, and the stag farting (not kidding). I suppose that this would be important if I were an actual farmer, as my lively hood would be very dependent on the seasons. Spring and summer were a time to celebrate the fertility of the land and hope that you grew enough food to pay your land rent and still have enough to not starve over the winter.