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Sumer is Icumen in

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Sumer is Icumen in

Loude sing Cuckoo.

Groweth seed and Bloweth meed.

And Spring the Wode Anew.

Sing Cuckoo.

Ewe Beltweth afta lamb.

Loweth aft calve coo.

Bulloc stereth, Bucke verteth.

Merye sing cuckoo.

Cuckoo.

Cuckoo.

Wel singest thou cuckoo.

Ne swik thou never new

Middle English madgrial still bein sung today.

The earliest manuscript is from 978!

Can you give imagine writing such a great song that people still singing it and know it thousands of years later?

Here is my quick scratch recording of it. I used my Audigo mic to do the voice multi track.

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