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Thread #85475   Message #1583673
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
15-Oct-05 - 02:14 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: im looking for a song - oak tree/coo coo
Subject: Lyr. Add: THE OWL IN THE ELM
There seem to be lots of variations on this song:

Lyr. Add: The Owl in the Elm

The owl cries from the elm tree
Soon as the darkness falls;

While from the hills in answer
A cuckoo softly calls;

Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cockoo.

"Dutch, a round"

With music, p. 17, "Chansons de Notre Chalet," 5th ed., 1971, put out for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (Co-operative Recreation Service, Inc., Delaware, Ohio, or Our Chalet, Eggertli, Switzerland). I can't find any recent reissues of this song booklet.