SUMMER IS ICUMEN IN.
Joyously and with a good swing.
Sum-mer is i-cum-en in
Loud-ly sing cuc-koo.
Grow-eth seed and blow-eth mead,
And springs the wood-land new.
Sing cuc-koo.
Ewe now bleat-eth af-ter lamb,
Low-eth af-ter calf the cow.
Bull-ock stert-eth. Buck now vert-eth,
Mer-ri-ly sing, Cuc-koo! Cuc-koo! Cuc-koo!
Thou sing’st well Cuc-koo,
Nor cease thou ne-ver now!
Ruins of Chapter House, Reading Abbey.