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Thread #13004   Message #749057
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
16-Jul-02 - 02:33 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sumer Is Icumen In/Summer Is A-Coming In
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Summer is a comm?in in' ?
Jo_77 gives the fourth line of the untranslated version as:

And springeth the wude nu.

I believe the word "the" is an intruder here. I've never seen it in this position. Among other things, it fouls up the scansion, which goes:

And SPRING-eth WOO-duh NOO

Dave Oesterreich