Friday, February 14, 2020

Sumer is Icuman In


From Wikipedia: Sumer is icumen in:
"Sumer is icumen in" is the incipit of a medieval English round or rota of the mid-13th century; it is also known variously as the Summer Canon and the Cuckoo Song.
The line translates approximately to "Summer has come in" or "Summer has arrived" (Roscow 1999). The song is written in the Wessex dialect of Middle English. Although the composer's identity is unknown today, it may have been W. de Wycombe. The manuscript in which it is preserved was copied between 1261 and 1264 (Wulstan 2000, 8).
Although this post is dated near the middle of February, we can look ahead and see Spring and Summer just around the corner. This has been a light snow year for Provo but the rest of the Wasatch Front has gotten buried on occasion. Here is a YouTube video of the song referenced above. 


Sumer is Icumen in

Fortunately, the song is quite short.

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