by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Summer is a‑coming in and the Cuckoo Matches base text
Language: English  after the English
Summer is a-coming in Loudly sing cuckoo, Groweth seed an bloweth mead And spring'th the wood a-new. Sing cuckoo, sing cuckoo. Merry sing cuckoo O the cuckoo she's a pretty bird She singeth as she flies; She bringeth good tidings, She telleth no lies. She suckeht white flowers For to keep her voice clear; And the more she singeth "Cuckoo" The summer draweth near. Ah..
Composition:
- Set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Summer is a-coming in and the Cuckoo", 1950 [ women's chorus ], from cantata Folk Songs of the Four Seasons, no. 3a, (Summer), Oxford University Press
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , 13th century
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Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-31
Line count: 15
Word count: 65