[Verse 1]

Gonna build me a log cabin

On a mountain so high

So I can see my darling

As she goes passing by

[Chorus]

Oh the cuckoo

She's a pretty bird

And she warbles as she flies

But she never

Says cuckoo

'Til the fourth day of July

[Verse 2]

Now my horses, they ain't hungry

And they won't eat your hay

So I'll ride on just a little further

And I'll feed them on the way

[Chorus]

Oh the cuckoo

She's a pretty bird

And she warbles as she flies

She will cause you

Never no trouble

And she'll tell you no lie

[Verse 3]

You can see that I have wandered

By the dust that's on my feet

But now I'll build me a log cabin

Let my true love look for me

[Chorus]

Oh the cuckoo

She's a pretty bird

And she warbles as she flies

But she never

Says cuckoo

'Til the fourth day of July