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Jazz Guy, Blizzard Day in NYC, 2010. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Winter is icumen in,
Lhude sing Goddamm,
Raineth drop and staineth slop,
And how the wind doth ramm!
Sing: Goddamm.
Skiddeth bus and sloppeth us,
An ague hath my ham.
Freezeth river, turneth liver,
Damm you; Sing: Goddamm.
Goddamm, Goddamm, 'tis why I am, Goddamm,
So 'gainst the winter's balm.
Sing goddamm, damm, sing goddamm,
Sing goddamm, sing goddamm, DAMM.
~~
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
From Blast! 2, July 1915
[Poem is in the public domain in the United States]
See also: Cuckoo Song (Sumer is icumen in)
Damm you; Sing: Goddamm.
Goddamm, Goddamm, 'tis why I am, Goddamm,
So 'gainst the winter's balm.
Sing goddamm, damm, sing goddamm,
Sing goddamm, sing goddamm, DAMM.
~~
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
From Blast! 2, July 1915
[Poem is in the public domain in the United States]
"Ancient Music" read by Allen Davis Drake. Courtesy AudioBooks.
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"Note.--This is not folk music, but Dr. Ker writes that the tune is found under the latin words of a very ancient canon." (Pound's note.)
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