Lilliput Levee [by W. B. Rands]: With illustrations by J. E. Millais and G. J. Pinwell |
CUCKOO IN THE PEAR-TREE. |
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CUCKOO IN THE PEAR-TREE.
The Cuckoo sat in the old pear-tree.
Cuckoo!
Raining or snowing, naught cared he.
Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, naught cared he.
Cuckoo!
Raining or snowing, naught cared he.
Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, naught cared he.
The Cuckoo flew over a housetop nigh.
Cuckoo!
“Dear, are you at home, for here am I?
Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, here am I.”
Cuckoo!
“Dear, are you at home, for here am I?
Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, here am I.”
“I dare not open the door to you.
Cuckoo!
Perhaps you are not the right cuckoo?
Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, the right Cuckoo.”
Cuckoo!
Perhaps you are not the right cuckoo?
Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, the right Cuckoo.”
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“I am the right Cuckoo, the proper one.
Cuckoo!
For I am my father's only son,
Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, his only son.”
Cuckoo!
For I am my father's only son,
Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, his only son.”
“If you are your father's only son—
Cuckoo!
The bobbin pull tightly,
Come through the door lightly—
Cuckoo!
Cuckoo!
The bobbin pull tightly,
Come through the door lightly—
Cuckoo!
If you are your father's only son—
Cuckoo!
It must be you, the only one—
Cuckoo, cuckoo, my own Cuckoo!
Cuckoo!”
Cuckoo!
It must be you, the only one—
Cuckoo, cuckoo, my own Cuckoo!
Cuckoo!”
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