The Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird (hi-lo)

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

-3” -3” 4 -3” 4 4 2 2 3
-6 -6 7 -6 7 7 5 5 6
Oh, the cu-ckoo is a pret-ty bird

2 -1 2 3 -3”
5 -4 5 6 -6
She sings as she flies

-3” 4 -3” 4 2 3
-6 7 -6 7 5 6
She brings you glad tid-ings

2 -1 2 3 -3”
5 -4 5 6 -6
And she nev-er lies

3 3 3 3 3 3 6 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8
She sucks all the pret-ty flow-ers

4 -4 4 -4 5
7 -8 7 -8 8
That make her voice clear

5 -4 4 -3” 4 2 3
8 -8 7 -6 7 5 6
And she nev-er sings cu-ckoo

2 2 -1 2 3 -3”
5 5 -4 5 6 -6
‘Til the spring of the year