A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes/The cuckoo is a pretty bird

by Sabine Baring-Gould

For other versions of this work, see The Cuckoo (traditional).

LVII.

The cuckoo is a pretty bird,
She sings as she flies,
She brings us good tidings,
And never tells lies.
She sucketh sweet flowers
To make her voice clear,
And when she sings cuckoo,
The summer draweth near.