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Thread #85475   Message #1583626
Posted By: Bard Judith
15-Oct-05 - 12:37 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: im looking for a song - oak tree/coo coo
Subject: Lyr Add: PETER'S FOUNTAIN
I can't Google-find the translation I know, but I suspect the 'coo coo' song is 'Peter's Fountain.

I believe I learned this off a record many years ago with the title of "It's A Small World" - various 'kid's songs from around the world' sort of thing. Here are the verses I know.


Oh I go to Peter's Fountain
And what do I hear?
From the misty swamp far away
Cuckoo calling me clear!

Hi lea ah...
Huldria-cu-kee-ah,
Huldria coo coo,
Huldria-cu-kee-ah,
Huldria coo coo,
Huldria-cu-kee-ah,
Huldria coo coo
Huldria cu kee ah, oh!

Oh when I am married
Then what shall I do?
I shall go to the fountain
And hear the cuckoo.

(repeat chorus, this time with two 'coo coo' calls, thus:
Huldria cu ke ah, huldria coo coo, coo coo.. (3X)
Huldria cu ke ah, oh!

I think there is one more verse that I'm missing, because the last chorus then has three cuckoo calls:

Huldria cu ke ah, huldria coo coo, coo coo, coo coo.... (3X)
Huldria cu ke ah, ooooohhhhhh.....