The cuckoo

1.
Gonna build me log cabin
on a mountain so high.
So I can see Willie
as he goes passing by.

Refrain: (Melodie wie 1. Strophe)
Oh, the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird.
She wobbles as she flies.
She never says cuckoo
till the fourth day July.

2.
I've played cards in England.
I've played cards in Spain.
I'll bet you ten dollars.
I beat you next game.

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3.
Jack-a-Diamonds, Jack-a-Diamonds
I've known you from old.
You've robbed my poor pocket
of my silver and my gold.

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4.
My horses ain't hungry.
They won't eat your hay.
I'll drive on little further.
I'll feed 'em on my way.

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