The Cuckoo's Nest

There's a thornbush in the garden where the lads and lassies meet

For it wouldna' do to do the do they're doin' i' the street

The first time that I went there I was very much impressed

To see the young folks ruffling the cuckoo's nest.

Chorus

It's hey! the cuckoo hi! the cuckoo

Ho! the cuckoo's nest,

Singing Hey! the cuckoo hi! the cuckoo

Ho! the cuckoo's nest,

I'll give you a shilling and a bottle of the best

If you'll ruffle up the feathers of the cuckoo's nest.

I met her in the mornin' and I had her i' the night

I'd never gone that way before and had to do it right

I never would have found it and I never would have guessed

If she hadn't showed me where to find the cuckoo's nest.

Chorus

She showed me where to find it and she showed me where to go

Through the prickles and the brambles where the little cuckoo's grow,

From the moment that I found it she would never let me rest

Till I'd rumpled up the feathers of the cuckoo's nest.

Chorus

It was thorny, it was prickled, it was feathered all around

It was tucked into a corner where it wasn't easy found,

She said, "Young man, you're blundering." I said it wasn't true

I left her with the makings of a young cuckoo.