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Tune and text from a traditional ballad sung in Kentucky, likely originating in England.

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O the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird
And she warbles as she flies
She'll make you no trouble
For she'll tell you no lies

She sucks all pretty flowers
To make her voice clear
And she never sings cuckoo
'Til the spring of the year

Come all you young maidens
Take a warning by me
Ne'er place your affections
On the love of a man

His roots, they will wither
The branches will die
He'll turn his back on you
And walk square away

A meeting is a pleasure
A parting is grief
But an inconstant lover
Is worse than a thief

A thief, he will rob you
Of all that you have
But an inconstant lover
Will send you to the grave

Go build me a cabin
On a mountain so high
So I can watch my true love
As she passes me by

Dig my grave on a hillside
Near the home of the dove
So that she can mourn me
Like I mourn for my love

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from Music Book, released January 6, 2023

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