Sumer is icumen in (an update of an ancient classic for allergy sufferers)

Sumer is icumen in
by Michael R. Burch

(an update of an ancient classic for hay fever and other allergy sufferers)

Sumer is icumen in
Lhude sing achu!
Groweth sed
And bloweth hed
And buyeth med?
Cuccu!

Originally published by Lighten Up Online

NOTE: I kept the medieval spellings of “sumer” (summer), “lhude” (loud), “sed” (seed) and “hed” (head). I then slipped in the modern slang term “med” for medication. The first line means something like “Summer’s a-comin’ in!” In the original poem the cuckoo bird was considered to be a harbinger of spring, but here “cuccu” simply means “crazy!”

Keywords/Tags: sumer, summer, medieval, England, cuckoo, bloweth, med, hay fever, allergies, medication, achoo, stuffy nose, congestion, asthma