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Sumer
is icumen in
London, British Library, MS Harley
978, f. 11v
Texts
Middle
English text (with Latin instructions for singing) | Latin
text
Middle
English text
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Sumer
is icumen in,
+ Lhude
sing, cuccu;
Groweth sed
and bloweth med, |
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And
springth the wde nu;
Sing, cuccu!
Awe bleteth after lomb,
Lhouth after calue cu;
Bulluc sterteth, |
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Bucke
uerteth,
Murie sing, cuccu!
Cuccu, cuccu,
Wel singes thu, cuccu;
Ne swic thu naver nu. |
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Pes:
Sing, cuccu, nu; sing, cuccu; |
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Hoc
repetit unus quociens opus est, faciens pausacionem
in finem. |
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Sing,
cuccu; sing, cuccu, nu! |
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Hoc
dicit alius, pausans in medio et non in fine,
sed immediate repetens principium.
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| Hanc
rotam cantare possunt quatuor socij. A paucioribus autem quam a
tribus uel saltem duobus non debet dici, preter eos qui dicunt
pedem. Cantatur autem sic: Tacentibus cetertis unus inchoat cum
hiis qui tenent pedem. Et cum uenerit ad primam notam post
crucem, inchoat alius, et sic de ceteris. Singuli uero
repausent ad pausaciones scriptas et non alibi, spacio unius longe
note. |
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Perspice,
Christicola,
Que dignacio!
Celicus agricola
Pro vitis vicio |
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Filio
Non parcens exposuit
Mortis exicio,
Qui captivos semivivos
A supplicio |
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Vite
donat
Et secum coronat
In celi solio.
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Set up by Bella
Millett, enm@soton.ac.uk. Last
updated 29 May 2003
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