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Cuckoo Song
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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
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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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