Popular Music Of The Olden Time Vol 1
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STJMER IS ICUMEN IN. |
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manuscript, and as it may be seen in score in Burney and Hawkins' Histories, the tune is here printed, harmonized by Mr. Macfarren, as the first of National English Airs. A few obsolete words have been changed, but the original are given below. |
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Original Words. Sumer is icumen" in, Lhudeb sing Cuccu, Groweth sed, and bloweth med And springth the wde nu Sing Cuccu! |
Words Modernized. Summer is come in,
Loud sing Cuckoo! Groweth seed, and bloweth mead And spring'th the wood now Sing Cuckoo. |
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»"«cerae»" come (from the Saxon verb, cuman, come); so in Robert of Gloucester, z'paied for paid. |
bLhude, wde, awe, and calve, are all to be pronounced as of two syllables. |
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