Mar 2
"'Alysoun,' also known as 'Bytuene Mersh ant Averil', is a late-13th or early-14th century poem in Middle English dealing with the themes of love and springtime... There may once have been music for this poem, but if so it no longer survives; at any rate, with the poem's rhythmic and melodic qualities it is eminently singable... The poet begins by evoking the image of birds singing in the springtime, before declaring that he is in love. In the refrain he tells us that he is fortunate: his love has been withdrawn from all other women and lighted on Alison." - Wikipedia
