Sumer Is Icumen In is not 'traditional' at all, although anonymous. It is a composed work, known from manuscript in only one version, and not recorded in any oral traditional context; which surely precludes its being regarded as traditional in any sense which would satisfy a folklorist. It is not ∴ a folksong, & lacks any multiplicity of 'incarnations': both factors specifically demanded by the thread title.

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