X:192
T:Cuckoo's Nest, The
R:
song
H:See also #193
D:Morris On (Ashley Hutchings)
O:England
Z:id:hn-song-192
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Em
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B, | EDEF (ED)B,D | (ED)EF G2
GA | BcdB (AG)FG | F2E2 E3 ||
B, | E2EF (ED)B,D | EDEF G2
GB | ddde B2(AG) | FDDE D3
GF | EDEF (ED)B,D | EDEF G2
GA | BcdB (AG)FG | F2E2 E2 ||
z2 | E2EF (ED)B,D | EDEF G3
B | d2de B2AG | FDDE D3
B, | E2EF (ED)B,D | EDEF G2
GA | BcdB AGFG | F2E2 E2 ||
W:As I was a-walking one morning in May,
W:I met a pretty fair maid and unto her did say:
W:"For love I am inclined and I'll tell you my mind,
W:that my inclination lies in your cuckoo's nest."
W:
W:"My darling", says she, "I am innocent and young,
W:and I scarcely can believe your false deluding tongue.
W:Yet to see it in your eyes and it fills me with surprise
W:that your inclination lies in my cuckoo's nest."
W:
W:Chorus:
W:Some like a girl who is pretty in the face,
W:and some like a girl who is slender in the waist.
W:But give me a girl that will wriggle and will twist.
W:At the bottom of the belly lies the cuckoo's nest.
W:
W:"Then my darling", says he, "If you see it in my eyes,
W:then think of it as fondness and do not be surprised.
W:For I love you my dear and I'll marry you I swear
W:If you let me clap my hand on your cuckoo's nest."
W:
W:"My darling", says she, "I can do no such thing,
W:for mother often told me it was committing sin,
W:my maidenhead to lose and my sense to be abused,
W:so have no more to do with my cuckoo's nest!"
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:"My darling", says he, "It is not committing sin,
W:but common sense should tell you it is a pleasing thing.
W:For you were brought into this world to increase and do your best,
W:and to help a man to heaven in your cuckoo's nest."
W:
W:"Well, my darling", says she, "I cannot you deny,
W:for you surely won me heart by the roving of your eye,
W:yet to see it in your eyes that your courage is surprised
W:so gently lift your hand in my cuckoo's nest."
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:So this couple they got married and soon they went to bed
W:and now this pretty fair maid has lost her maidenhead.
W:In a small country cottage they increase and do their best,
W:and he often claps his hand on her cuckoo's nest.
W:
W:Chorus