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Cuckoo Song

c. 1226

SUMER is icumen in,
  Lhude[1] sing cuccu!
Groweth sed, and bloweth med,
  And springeth the wude nu—
  Sing cuccu!

Awe[2] bleteth after lomb,
  Lhouth[3] after calve cu;
Bulluc sterteth,[4] bucke verteth,
  Murie sing cuccu!

Cuccu, cuccu, well singes thu, cuccu:
  Ne swike[5] thu naver nu;
Sing cuccu, nu, sing cuccu,
  Sing cuccu, sing cuccu, nu!


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The Irish Dancer

c. 1300

ICH am of Irlaunde,
Ant of the holy londe
  Of Irlande.
Gode sire, pray ich the,
For of saynte charité,
Come ant daunce wyth me
  In Irlaunde.

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  1. ↑ lhude] loud.
  2. ↑ awe] ewe.
  3. ↑ lhouth] loweth.
  4. ↑ sterteth] leaps.
  5. ↑ swike] cease.
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