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Three maidens a milking did go |
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Three maidens a milking did go |
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And the wind it did blow high |
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And the wind it did blow low |
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It tossed their petticoats to a fro |
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They met with some young mean they know |
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They met with some young mean they know |
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And they boldly asked him if he had any skill |
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To catch them a small bird or two |
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Oh yes I've a very good skill |
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Oh yes I've a very good skill |
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And it's come along with me to yonder flowering tree |
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And I'll catch a small bird or two |
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So off to the green woods went they |
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And it's off to the green woods went they |
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And he tapped at the bush and the bird it did fly in |
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A little above her lily white knee |
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Her sparkling eyes they did turn around |
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Just as if she had been all in a swoon |
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And she cried "I've a bird and a very pretty bird |
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And he's pecking away at his own ground" |
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Here's health to the bird in the bush |
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Here's health to the bird in the bush |
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And we'll drink up the moon, we'll drink down the moon |
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Let the people say little or much |
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There is a thorn bush in our cale yard |
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There is a thorn bush in our cale yard |
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At the back o'thorn bush there lays a lad and lass |
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And they're busy busy fairing at the cuckoo's nest |
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Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest |
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Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest |
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I'd give anybody a shilling and a bottle of the best |
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That'll rumple up the feathers in the cuckoo's nest |
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It is thorn and it is prickle, it is compassed all around |
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It is thorn and it is prickle, and it isn't easy found |
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She said young man you blunder and I said it isn't true |
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And I left her with the makings of a young cuckoo |
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Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest |
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Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest |
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I'd give anybody a shilling and a bottle of the best |
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That'll rumple up the feathers in the cuckoo's nest |
