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Sumer Is Icumen In.(The Week)(Poem)
Magazine article from: National Review; 6/14/2004; ; 333 words
; SUMER IS ICUMEN IN The Reform party nominates Nader. Like cicadas, the kooks are in voice. Feeling better, Karl's color's returning. Kerry...
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Mood imperative: the Cuckoo, the Latin lyrics, and the "Cuckoo Song".(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Middle English rondellus or rota "Sumer is icumen in "--often referred to as...its date and meanings. (2) "Sumer is icumen in" is frequently anthologized...notation. (4) The context for "Sumer is icumen in" includes Latin words for...
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Textual Situations: Three Medieval Manuscripts and their Readers.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...miscellany long treasured by scholars for its copy of 'Sumer is Icumen In'; and third, British Library, MS Royal 10...naivety of the culture in which the Reading copy of 'Sumer is Icumen In' was made. It would also be possible to criticize...
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Man of mystery; answers to correspondents.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/20/2002; 700+ words
; ...the popular old English song Sumer Is Icumen In. What are the words and origins of this song? SUMER is icumen in, lhude sing, cuccu (Summer...s Passion. The lyrics are: Sumer is icumen in, lhude sing, cuccu; groweth...
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Such a cuckoo day - but the Portobello gowk storm has yet to come
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 4/18/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Cuckoo, cuckoo". In fact that most identifiable of bird calls figures in the earliest of known English folk songs, Sumer Is Icumen In, which cult film- goers among you will know as the anthem sung by Christopher Lee and company as they dance round...
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CD Reviews: Lil' Ed is living large
Newspaper article from: Norridge News (IL); 6/29/2006; 700+ words
; ...Cooking Vinyl) Really, he's not kidding. Hard-rocking folk-rocker Richard Thompson covers everything from "Sumer Is Icumen In" to "Oops!... I Did It Again" with not only a straight face but amazing vigor in this two-CD, one-DVD...
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VISIONS OF BOB A RATHER LEARNED FAN OFFERS NEW INTERPRETATION OF DYLAN BY CHARLES MCGRATH NEW YORK TIMES.(PREVIEW)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/5/2004; 700+ words
; ...and Eliot's early poems; anthologies of Victorian verse and of English poetry from the anonymous author of ``Sumer is icumen in'' to Seamus Heaney. In a corner by the desk there is also a boombox. Ricks brings this to lectures when he...
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Books for summer reading.
Magazine article from: Phi Delta Kappan; 6/1/1997; 700+ words
; It's June again, and "Sumer is icumen in." And with it comes that treasured leisure time for reading that most educators long for throughout the hectic school year...
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Crisis call of the cuckoo; Population plunges as 'host' nests vanish.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 3/25/2006; 649 words
; ...the cuckoo has been welcomed as a herald of spring. As far back as the 13th century, the celebrated English song Sumer Is Icumen contained the famous line: 'Sing cuckoo - sing now.' But this year, its familiar sound may be muted nationwide...
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Oldies that go way back; Thompson's timeless hits.(WASHINGTON WEEKEND)(RIFFS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 10/21/2004; 700+ words
; ...projects since 1980. "1,000 Years of Popular Music" includes the oldest known round in the English language, "Sumer is Icumen In,", first written down by John Farnsette, a monk at Reading Abbey in the mid-13th century. Mr. Thompson...
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