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 1. c. 1250

UMER is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu! Groweth sed, and bloweth med, And springth the wude nu&mdash; Sing cuccu!

Awe bleteth after lomb, Lhouth after calve cu; Bulluc sterteth, bucke verteth, Murie sing cuccu!

Cuccu, cuccu, well singes thu, cuccu: Ne swike thu naver nu; Sing cuccu, nu, sing cuccu, Sing cuccu, sing cuccu, nu!