Chords for Anne Briggs - The Cuckoo

_ The _ cuckoo's a pretty bird, she sings as she _ flies
She brings us good _ _ tidings, tells us no _ lies
She sucks the little bird's eggs to keep her voice clear
_ [G] And when she sings cuckoo, the summer _ draws _ near
_ _ As I walk down by the side of a bush
_ I hear two birds whistle in the [Bb] blackbird and the thrush
[G] I ask them the reason _ so merry they be _
And the answer they gave me, we are single and we are _ free
_ _ A _ -walkin', a-talkin', a-walkin' was I
To meet my true lover he'll come by and by
To meet him in the meadows is all my _ delight
A-walkin' and a-talkin' from morning _ till _ night
_ _ _ Meeting is pleasure but parting is a grief
_ And an _ 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 the _ grave
And the grave it will rot me and bring me to _ dust
An _ _ inconstant lover _ no maiden can trust
They'll court you and kiss you and vow they'll be true
And the very next moment _ they'll bid you _ _ adieu
_ _ _ The cuckoo's a pretty bird, she sings as she flies
She brings us glad _ _ tidings, tells us no lies
And when her time is _ gone, her voice we don't hear
And where she goes we do not know until _ _ another year _
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