come all ye fair maidens take warning from me don t place your your affections on a young man too free chorus oh the cuckoo she s a pretty bird and she warbles as she flies she will bring you no trouble and she ll tell you no lies i m a walkin and a talkin and a wanderin go i i m a walkin for my true love he will come by and by chorus oh the cuckoo she s a pretty and she warbles as she flies she will bring you no trouble and she ll tell you no lies oh the leaves they they do wither and the roots they do die and your love he he will leave you and he ll never say why chorus oh the cuckoo she s a pretty and she warbles as she flies she will bring you no trouble and she ll tell you no lies if he should leave me i will get up in my best finery and i ll walk as proud past him as he walked by me chorus oh the cuckoo she s a pretty and she warbles as she flies she will bring you no trouble and she ll tell you no lies chorus acapella reverse lines girls oh the cuckoo girls she s a pretty and she warbles as she flies girls she will bring you no trouble and she ll tell you no lies