In an 1950s elementary school music book I have a text with the Cuckoo song (obviously a rendition of Peter's brook) as follows: Oh I went to Peter's flowing stream where the water's so good and I heard there the cuckoo as she sang from the wood Ho-li-ah ho-le-rah-hi-hah ho-le-ra-cuckoo etc After Easter come sunny days that will melt all the snow Then I'll marry my maiden fair we'll be happy I know When I've married my maiden fair then what can I desire? Oh, a home for her tending, and some wood for the fire.
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