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The Cuckoo

from The Sea and the Sky by Dana Wylie

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lyrics

The Cuckoo's a pretty bird
She sings as she flies
She brings us good tidings, tells us no lies
She sucks the little birds eggs to keep her voice clear
And when she sings cuckoo the summer draws near

As I was walking by the side of a bush
I heard two birds whistling, the blackbird and the thrush
I asked them the reason so merry they be
And the answer they gave me:
We are single and we are free

A-walking and a-talking, a-walking was I
To meet my true lover
He'll come by and by
To meet him in the meadows is all my delight
A-walking and a-talking from morning 'til the night

Meeting is a pleasure, but parting is a grief
And inconstant lover is worse than a thief
A thief can but rob me and take all I have
But an inconstant lover sends me to my grave

And the grave it will rot me and bring me to dust
An inconstant lover no maiden can trust
He'll court you and he'll kiss you and swear he'll be true
And the very next moment he'll bid you adieu

The cuckoo's a pretty bird
She sings as she flies
She brings us good tidings, tells us no lies
But when her time is come her voice we don't hear
And where she goes we do not know
Until another year

credits

from The Sea and the Sky, released May 24, 2014
Dana Wylie – vocals, guitar
Rob Kaup – electric guitar
Bob Blair – dobro
Thom Golub – double bass
Bramwell Park – drums

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Dana Wylie Edmonton, Alberta

Dana Wylie is a musician and theatre artist from Edmonton, Alberta, whose original work is rootsy, spacious, thought- provoking, and essentially joyful. Her fifth and latest album, The Earth That You’re Made Of, earned her a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Contemporary Singer of the Year. ... more

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