Osborne Brothers - Cuckoo Bird lyrics

(Traditional)

Oh, the cuckoo she's a pretty bird

She warbles as she flies

But I never give her water

Till the forth day of July.

It is often that I wonder

Why women love men

And I look back and I wonder

Why men are men.

Oh, the cuckoo she's a pretty bird

She warbles as she flies

But I never give her water

Till the forth day of July.

Gonna build me another castle

On a mountain so high

So then I can see my true love

As she passes by.

Oh, the cuckoo she's a pretty bird

She warbles as she flies

But I never give her water

Till the forth day of July.

--- Instrumental ---

Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds

I know you of old

You have robbed my poor pockets

Of silver and of gold.

Oh, the cuckoo she's a pretty bird

She warbles as she flies

But I never give her water

Till the forth day of July...