"SUMMER IS A-COMING IN"
Sir,-After the above item was given one evening recently the announcer said something to this effect, "Thus sang the monks at Reading . ... in the winter... .*to welcome the spring." While the above rendering is unexceptionable for the sake of rhythm, it should have been remembered that in the 13th Century original, "Sumer is icumen in," the word "icumen" is "come," not "coming," and the monks would. be singing after the advent of
summer,
RUTHERFOORD
LEE
(Mangakino),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 425, 15 August 1947, Page 29
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80"SUMMER IS A-COMING IN" New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 425, 15 August 1947, Page 29
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