Baccalaureate
McCord, David (1897-)

Summa is i-cumen in,
  Laude sing cuccu!
Laddes rede and classe lede,
Profesor bemeth tu --
  Sing cuccu!

Scholour striveth after Aye,
  Bleteth after shepskin ewe;
Writ‘ theseth, honoure seazeth,
  Murie sing cuccu!

Cuccu, cuccu, wel singes A¥B cuccu;
  Ne flunke thu nave nu;
  Sing cuccu, nu, sing cuccu,
  Sing cuccu, Phye Betta Cappe, nu!


The Oxford Book of American Light Verse (Harmon)