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[The Dogmother]

Listening the other day to the first cuckoo I have heard in years, I was trying to recall a childhood rhyme about its habits. the only one i can find on t'interweb is the following, but I don't remember it going like that Anyone else got another verse?

 

Cuckoo, cuckoo, what do you do?

In April I open my bill;

In May I sing all day;

In June I change my tune;

In July away I fly;

In August away I must.

[Olly]

In April come she will;

in June, she'll change her tune;

In July, away she'll fly

 

is what I can remember

[The Dogmother]

That's it!

[WitchHazel]

Aren't there lyrics in a Simon & Garfunkel song like that??

Let me go and Google...

 

Yes, here they are

 

April come she will

When streams are ripe and swelled with rain;

May, she will stay,

Resting in my arms again

 

June, she´ll change her tune,

In restless walks she´ll prowl the night;

July, she will fly

And give no warning to her flight.

 

August, die she must,

The autumn winds blow chilly and cold;

September I´ll remember.

A love once new has now grown old.

 

[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/simon+and+garfunkel/april+come+she+will_20124678.html ]

 

Not about a cuckoo, but obviously using some of the lines from the poem you remember.

Edited May 24, 2012 by Guest

[WitchHazel]

Also just found this

"The cuckoo comes in April,

Sings a song in May:

Then in June another tune,

And then she flies away."

 

from this website http://www.egreenway.com/months/spring.htm

[The Dogmother]

Brilliant, so I wasn't going mad(der)!

 

Hazel, the 'Simon and Garfunk' song came to my mind too.

[Geoid]

so I wasn't going mad(der)!

[LolaLayla]

I remember a very similar one:-

The cuckoo comes in April,

It sings its song in May,

In the middle of June it changes its tune,

And in July it flies away.