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22 Feb 15 - 04:13 PM (#3688974) Subject: Lyr Req: cuckoo verse to wild rover From: GUEST,brooko doe anybody know the verse about the cuckoo in the wild rover song |
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22 Feb 15 - 04:32 PM (#3688975) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: cuckoo verse to wild rover From: GUEST,# http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=7782 Try that related thread. |
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23 Feb 15 - 01:39 PM (#3689179) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: cuckoo verse to wild rover From: GUEST,brooko no luck as yet, but I'll keep on trying |
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23 Feb 15 - 01:49 PM (#3689184) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: cuckoo verse to wild rover From: Brian Peters I looked at all the versions of Wild Rover that I could find - from England, Scotland, Australia, Canada and Ireland - in the course of researching a paper on the song that was published in the Folk Music Journal last year. I don't recall ever having seen a verse about a cuckoo and, having just checked through most of them, I still can't find it. |
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23 Feb 15 - 04:59 PM (#3689223) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: cuckoo verse to wild rover From: MartinRyan Not in any traditional version I can think of. Lots of modern versions/parodies - but I've never heard mention of a cuckoo there, either. More clues? Regards. |
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23 Feb 15 - 05:56 PM (#3689235) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: cuckoo verse to wild rover From: GUEST are you in cookoo land by any chance |
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23 Feb 15 - 06:54 PM (#3689253) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: cuckoo verse to wild rover From: FreddyHeadey Letter to The Times Sir, I would like to report the first Mudcat sight of brooko for 2015. This is about the same as earlier years even though last year he was exceptionally late(May 2014). Oh, by the way, first use of the word cuckoo in a thread title too. (16th Feb last year). |
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24 Feb 15 - 12:21 PM (#3689429) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: cuckoo verse to wild rover From: GUEST Your so funny FreddyHeadey (not)A friend who has since passed away used to sing the verse about the cuckoo, but i cant remember it.hopefully i'll remember it one day |
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24 Feb 15 - 02:52 PM (#3689501) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: cuckoo verse to wild rover From: Gurney This traditional verse from a couple of other songs would fit, if you can't find the one you want. The cuckoo is a pretty bird, she sings as she flies She brings us good tidings, she tells us no lies She sucks the small birds eggs to make her voice clear And the more she sings cuckoo, the summer draws near. No relationship to the Wild Rover that I can see, but it scans OK. |
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26 Feb 15 - 03:13 PM (#3690042) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: cuckoo verse to wild rover From: GUEST,Desi C Well, I'm an Irish born trad Irish singer and unless someone added a verse, I've never heard of it, other songs with Cuckoo verses b ut not that one |