Ancient Music
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]
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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]
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Jazz Guy, Blizzard Day in NYC, 2010. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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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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