Monday, June 20, 2011

Summertime and the livin' is sleazy--oops, sorry--easy

Oldest song in the English language:

Svmer is icumen in
Lhude sing cuccu!
Growep sed and blowep med
and springp pbe wde nu.
Sing cuccu!

Or, for those not entirely comfortable with Middle English: 

Summer is a-coming in
Loudly sing cuckoo
Groweth seed and bloweth mead
and springs the wood anew.
Sing cuckoo!

June 21 is the first day of summer. Watch for television weather reporters everywhere singing this song.

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