The Coo Coo Bird - The Be Good Tanyas

Oh the cuckoo she’s a pretty bird

She warbles as she flies

She never hollers coo coo till the fourth day

Of July

Gonna build me log cabin

On a mountain so high

So I can see Willie as he goes on by

Well I’ve played cards in Texas

And I’ve played cards in Maine

Oh I’ll bet you five dollars I’ll beat you

Next game

Jack of Diamonds Jack of Diamonds

Oh I know you of old

You robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold

Rye whiskey, rye whiskey

Oh I know you of old

You robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold

Sometimes I feel much younger

Sometimes I feel so old

Sometimes the warm sun shines sometimes it’s

Dreadful cold

Oh the cuckoo she’s a pretty bird

How I wish she was mine

She never drinks water she only drinks wine

Oh the cuckoo she’s a pretty bird

She warbles as she flies

She never hollers coo coo till the fourth day

Of July