The Cuckoo chords by Jean Ritchie
Verse 1
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Oh, the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird,
she sings as she flies.
She brings us glad tidings
and she tells us no lies.
She sucks all pretty flowers
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to make her voice clear
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And she never sings cuckoo till
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the spring of the year
Come all you young women,
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take warning by me
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Never place your affections
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on the love of a man
For the roots they will wither,
the branches decay
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He'll turn his back on you
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and he'll walk square away
If you do forsake me I will not be forsworn
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And they'll all be mistaken
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if they think
that I'll mourn
For I'll get myself up in
some higher degree
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And I'll walk as light by him
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as he can by me
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Oh, the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird
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She sings as she flies
She brings us glad tidings
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And she tells us no lies
She sucks up pretty flowers
to make her voice clear
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An d she nev er sings cuckoo
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till the spring of the year
The Cuckoo
Jean Ritchie
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