Birds Of Harmony

Oh says the cuckoo, loud and stout I fly the country round about While other birds my young ones feed And I must stay to stand in need Then says the sparrow on her nest I loved a lass but it was in jest And ever since that self same thing I made a vow I ne’er would sing And next there spoke the little brown thrush He was sitting in yon holly bush The way to court I’ve heard them say Is to court all night and sleep the next day With me aye de aye de aye diddle dum In came the robin and thus he said I love’d once a well-favours maid Her beauty kindled such a spark That on my breast I bear the mark Then said the green finch as she flew I loved one and proved untrue And since he can no more be seen Like a lovesick maid I turn to green And next there spoke the Willy Wagtail I was once in love and I did prevail I was once in love and I did prevail And ever since I wag my tail With me aye de aye de aye diddle dum Oh said the bonnie nightingale Then must I end my mournful tale Whilst others sing I sit and mourn Leaning on my breast against a thorn Then says the lapwing as she flies I search the meadows and the skies But cannot find my love again So about I fly in deadly pain And last there spoke the Jennie Wren Do you know what I’d do if I was a man? For fear that one would wriggle and go I would were two strings upon my bow With me aye de aye de aye diddle dum