Songbook/The Cockoo

Guitar/Jump Em-D & Am-G Hammer-On and Pull-Off The Cuckoo Old English folk song (before 1800) "The Coo-Coo", "The Coo-Coo Bird", "The Cuckoo Bird", "The Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird" etc. trad. in a version by Mjchael Mjchael co-arranger Guitar 100px 100px Ukulele (adf#h) Em D 40px 40px This song has been interpreted countless times in many text versions. It is usually sung about a fickle lover who is just as unreliable (literally fickle) as a cuckoo. In the USA, a gambler is something of a prime example of an unreliable lover. It is therefore not surprising that the verses have been rearranged accordingly. In the version presented here, the story of a gambler whose luck has run out is retold. Joan Baez, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Peter Paul and Mary are just some of the many performers. The melody is always sung slightly differently from performer to performer. Some even vary the melody from verse to verse. Therefore, only a very simplified form is shown here. Chorus Oh the Emcuckoo she'a pretty bird, She Dwobbles as she Emflies, She don't Emnever holler cuckoo, 'Til the Dfourth day of EmJuly. 1st Gonna build me log cabin, on the D mountain so Emhigh, So that I can see Willie, As Dhe goes on Emby. 2nd Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds, I Dknow you of Emold You done robbed my poor pockets, of my Dsilver and Emgold. 3th I've gambled in England, and I've Dgambled down in EmSpain. I bet you ten dollars, I'll Dbeat you Emagain 4th I gambled with five aces, now I've Dgambled my last Emgame. Oh, it's gamblin' that's brought me prison, and the Dgamblin' brought me Empain 5th In the cell I'm godforsaken, and I'm Dwasting all my Emtime Here I'll never see a cuckoo or Dhear her song Emagain Create tablature and midi for pull-off and hammer-on Weblinks YT   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A14DVost2w Live performance in the Irish-Pup YT   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrDO3r0ZGlA Blue grass version with banjo YT   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAjc3KpTAxU Band version R'n'B Adapted from the German Wikibooks:b:de:Liederbuch/ The Cockoo The Cockoo Campfire Diploma American Folk Folk Songs Songs in English