Sumer is icumen in - Anonymous

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"This rota or round was originally sung with the secular Middle English text. It is widely held that the Latin text was added later in order to preserve it in the library of Reading Abbey (since profane works would not be held in the Abbey)."

◈ Genre / Form Canons

♯ Key F major

⁄ Time Signature 3/4

♬ Voicing → SSATBB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range F3 – F5

¶ Language → Middle English, Latin

Measures 40

Texture Polyphonic

Parts 6

Instruments SSATBB

Pages 1

CPDL # 26506

Editor Christopher Upton

Posted 2012-06-14

License Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

♫Pitch Ranges

E4 – F5

III

E4 – F5

Pes I

F3 – C4

Pes II

F3 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing Cuccu! GroweÞ sed, and bloweÞ med, and springÞ wde nu. Sing Cuccu! Awe bleteÞ after lomb, lhouÞ after calve cu. Bulluc sterteÞ, bucke verteÞ, murie sing Cuccu! Cuccu, cuccu, wel singes Þu Cuccu ne swik Þu naver nu. '''Pes:''' Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu! ''*Note: Þ in Middle English sounds like "th".

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