The Cuckoo-Pentangle

[ti:The Cuckoo] [ar:Pentangle] [al:Timeless Folk - (The Dave Cash Collection)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Cuckoo (布谷鸟) - Pentangle [00:11.70]Oh the cuckoo is a pretty bird she sings as she flies [00:18.72] [00:19.61]She bringeth good tidings she telleth no lies [00:26.70] [00:27.34]She sucketh white flowers for to keep her voice clear [00:34.45] [00:35.30]And she never sings cuckoo till summer draweth near [00:42.14] [00:46.67]As I once was a-walking and talking one day [00:53.51] [00:54.63]I met my own true love as he came that way [01:01.26] [01:02.17]Though the meeting him was pleasure though the courting was woe [01:09.16] [01:10.06]For I've found him false hearted he'd kiss me and then he'd go [01:17.04] [01:21.20]I wish I was a scholar and could handle the pen [01:28.25] [01:28.97]I'd write to my lover and to all roving men [01:35.68] [01:36.72]I would tell them of the grief and woe that attend on their lies [01:43.84] [01:44.51]I would wish them have pity on the flower when it dies [01:51.77] [02:30.14]I wish I was a scholar and could handle the pen [02:37.30] [02:38.09]I'd write to my lover and to all roving men [02:44.84] [02:45.76]I would tell them of the grief and woe that attend on their lies [02:52.84] [02:53.35]I would wish them have pity on the flower when it dies [03:00.73] [03:04.60]As I once was a-walking and talking one day [03:11.57] [03:12.66]I met my own true love as he came that way [03:19.36] [03:20.25]Though the meeting him was pleasure though the courting was woe [03:27.21] [03:28.13]For I've found him false hearted he'd kiss me and then he'd go [03:35.07] [03:39.17]And the cuckoo is a pretty bird she sings as she flies [03:46.49] [03:47.48]She bringeth good tidings she telleth no lies [03:54.26] [03:54.99]She sucketh white flowers for to keep her voice clear [04:02.38] [04:02.89]And she never sings cuckoo till summer draweth near [04:09.66] [04:13.97]And never she sings cuckoo till summer draweth near