(traditional)

Oh the cuckoo

She's a pretty bird

She wobbles when she flies

She don't ever holler cuckoo

'Til the fourth day of July

Jack of diamonds

Jack of diamonds

I know you of old

You robbed my poor pockets

Of silver and gold

Oh the cuckoo

She's a pretty bird

I wish that she was mine

She don't ever drink water

She only drink wine

Uh-huh...

Gonna build me log cabin

On a mountain so high

So I can see Willy

When he goes on by

Oh the cuckoo

She's a pretty bird

She wobbles when she flies

She don't ever holler cuckoo

'Til the fourth day of July

Uh-huh...