Somer is i-comen in
Loude syng cuckow!
Groweth seed and bloweth meed
And spryngeth the wode now.
Syng cuckow!
Ewe bleteth after lamb,
Loweth after calve cow;
Bullock sterteth, buckle farteth. —
Myrie syng cuckow!
Cuckow! Cuckow!
Wel syngest thou cuckow:
Ne swik thou nevere now.
     Syng cuckow, now, syng cuckow!   
     Syng cuckow, now, syng cuckow! 


13th century