The Cuckoo
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The Cuckoo – Traditional

 

Oh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird

She warbles as she flies

But she never sings cuckoo

Sings cuckoo, sings cuckoo

‘Til the fourth day of July

 

Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds

Don’t I know you of old

You’ve robbed my poor pockets

Of the silver and the gold

 

Well I've played at cards in England

Oh I've played at cards in Spain

And I’ll bet you my last dollar

Last dollar, last dollar

I'll beat you my next game

 

Oh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird

And I wish that she were mine

She’d never drink water

She’d only drink the wine

 

Gonna build me a log cabin

On a mountain top so high

So I can see my cuckoo

My cuckoo, my cuckoo

As she goes flying by

 

Oh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird

She warbles as she flies

But she never sings cuckoo

Sings cuckoo, sings cuckoo

‘Til the fourth day of July