Summer is icumen in
Loudly sing Cuckoo
Grows the seed and blows the mead
And springs the wood anew
Sing Cuckoo!
Ewe bleats harshly after lam
Cows after calves make moo
Bullock stamps and deer champs
Now shrilly sing Cuckoo
Cuckoo Cuckoo
Wild bird are you! Be never still Cuckoo!