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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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, lhude sing cuccu!' (Summer has come, loudly sing cuckoo) One of the earliest known English lyrics, exceptional also in having its music attached (to be sung as a canon). It features in a manuscript of about 1240, compiled at Reading Abbey.
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