Loud sing, cuckoo;

Groweth seed, and bloweth mead,

And springeth the wood new.

Sing, cuckoo, cuckoo!

Ewe bleateth after lamb;

Loweth calf after cow;

Bullock starteth, buck departeth;

Merry sing, cuckoo;

Cuckoo, cuckoo;

Well singeth the cuckoo—