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Sing! cuccu, nu. Sing! cuccu.
Sing! cuccu, nu. Sing! cuccu.
Sumer is icumen in --
Lhude sing! cuccu.
Groweth sed and bloweth med
And springth the wude nu --
Sing! cuccu.
Awe bleteth after lomb,
Lhouth after calve cu,
Bulloc sterteth, bucke verteth,
Murie sing! cuccu.
Cuccu, cuccu.
Well singes thu, cuccu --
Ne swik thu naver nu!
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(from Medieval English Lyrics: A Critical Anthology, edited by
R.T. Davies, London, Faber and Faber, 1963; no. 3)
The parts in bold are those that can be interpreted as limericks, according
to Legman and Bibby.
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