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World Service,11 Dec 1995,11 mins

Sumer Is Icumen In

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Sumer Is Icumen In, translated from Middle English as Summer Has Come In, is a celebratory song of the mid-13th Century. But how did a secular song end up being written and preserved by monks? Here, the manuscript is explored and the work, sung.

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