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Winter is icummen in,
Lhude sing Goddamm.
Raineth drop and staineth slop,
And how the wind doth ramm!
Sing: Goddamm.

Skiddeth bus and sloppeth us,
An ague hath my ham.
Freezeth river, turneth liver,
Damn you, sing: Goddamm.

Goddamm, Goddamm, 'tis why I am, Goddamm,
So 'gainst the winter's balm.

Sing goddamm, damm, sing Goddamm.
Sing goddamm, sing goddamm, DAMM
Created by guccipiggy
Last modified 2005-03-29 04:32 AM

Parody

Posted by guccipiggy at 2005-03-29 04:44 AM
Pound's wintry song is a parody of this traditional round, which dates back to c. 1250


Sumer is icumen in,
Lhude sing cuccu!
Groweth sed and bloweth med
And springth the wde nu,
Sing cuccu!

Awe bletheth after lomb,
Lhouth after calve cu.
Bulloc sterteth, bucke verteth,
Murie sing cuccu!

Cuccu, cuccu, wel singes thu, cuccu;
Ne swik thu naver nu,
Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu.
Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu!
 

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