Cuckoo Calls

The cuckoo calis in Maytime,

(Cuckool Cuckool)

You'll hear it in your playtime,

(Cuckool Cuckoo!)

So count his cuckoos over,

And then you will discover

The years before your lover

Will marry you.

The sound of cuckoo calling

(Cuckoo! Cuckoo!)

Comes through the blossom falling

(Cuckoo! Cuckoo!)

Across the meadow clover

He tells me four times over:

Tis four years ere your lover

Will marry you"

Away, you joy-dispeller,

(Cuckool Cuckool)

You wicked story-teller,

(Cuckool Cuckoo!)

My secret you'll discover

Before the week is over,

For then I'll wed my lover,

A-ha! Cuckoo!