Sarah plain and tall song?!

Sarah plain and tall song?

what is that song that sarah sings with the kids that gets their father to sing a long too?

just wondering.

Svmer is icumen in, is the title:

[edit] English lyrics (secular)
The better-known lyrics for this piece are in Middle English, and comprise a song of spring (reverdie):

Svmer is icumen in,
Lhude sing cuccu!
Groweþ sed and bloweþ med
And springþ þe wde nu,
Sing cuccu!
Awe bleteþ after lomb,
Lhouþ after calue cu.
Bulluc sterteþ, bucke uerteþ,
Murie sing cuccu!
Cuccu, cuccu, wel singes þu, cuccu;
Ne swik þu nauer nu.
Pes:

Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu.
Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu!

[edit] Modern English translation
Summer has arrived,
Loudly sing, Cuckoo!
Seeds grow and meadows bloom
And the forest springs anew,
Sing, Cuckoo!
The ewe bleats after the lamb,
The cow lows after the calf.
The bullock jumps, the billy-goat farts,
Merrily sing, Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, well you sing, cuckoo;
Nor cease you ever now,
Sing cuckoo now. Sing, Cuckoo.
Sing Cuckoo. Sing cuckoo now!


[edit] In film
The song was used with chilling effect at the climax of the film The Wicker Man.

Also used in TV film Sarah, Plain and Tall (film) (1991), based on the children's book by Patricia MacLachlan (Sarah, Plain and Tall ) - with a very romantic Glenn Close (singing the song) & Christopher Walken.