Susan Graham Pepper - The Cuckoo

2. The Cuckoo
(trad. from Tab Ward)

The cuckoo she’s a pretty bird
She warbles when she flies
Singing all them pretty songs
Til the first day of July

She flew around the mountain
She flew around the world
She flew around the mountain
To find the one she loved

Gonna build me a log cabin
On a mountain high
So I can see Sweet Willie
As he goes marching by

Jack of diamonds, jack of diamonds
I’ve known you from old
You have robbed my poor pockets
Of my silver and my gold