The Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird (12th pos) Harmonica Tabs

English children’s song circa mid-1700s
Key: Fm
Time: 6/8
Harp: Eb

-4 -4 -5 -4 -5 -5 -3” -3” 4
-8 -8 -9 -8 -9 -9 -6 -6 7
Oh, the cu-ckoo is a pret-ty bird

-3” 3 -3” 4 -4
-6 6 -6 7 -8
She sings as she flies

-4 -5 -4 -5 -3” 4
-8 -9 -8 -9 -6 7
She brings you glad tid-ings

-3” 3 -3” 4 -4
-6 6 -6 7 -8
And she nev-er lies

4 4 4 4 4 4 7 -6
7 7 7 7 7 7 10 -10
She sucks all the pret-ty flow-ers

-5 6 -5 6 -6
-9 9 -9 9 -10
That make her voice clear

-6 6 -5 -4 -5 -3” 4
-10 9 -9 -8 -9 -6 7
And she nev-er sings cu-ckoo

-3” -3” 3 -3” 4 -4
-6 -6 6 -6 7 -8
‘Til the spring of the year