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Well seeing as you are all going olde worlde on me (and we're having a Castle Day on Tuesday):
Middle English
Sumer is icumen in,
Lhude sing cuccu!
Growež sed and blowež med
And springž že wde nu,
Sing cuccu!
Awe bletež after lomb,
Lhouž after calue cu.
Bulluc stertež, bucke uertež,
Murie sing cuccu!
Cuccu, cuccu, wel žu singes cuccu;
Ne swik žu nauer nu.
Pes:
Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu.
Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu!
Translation:
Summer has come in,
Loudly sing, Cuckoo!
The seed grows and the meadow
blooms
And the wood springs anew,
Sing, Cuckoo!
The ewe bleats after the lamb
The cow lows after the calf.
The bullock stirs, the stag farts,
Merrily sing, Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, well you sing,
cuckoo;
Don't you ever stop now,
Sing cuckoo now. Sing, Cuckoo.
Sing Cuckoo. Sing cuckoo now!
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