From the broadside at the Bodleian collection – see Malcolm Douglas' link above.
(Firth b.25(339), Firth b.34(76), Firth b.34(77) are identical)


E. Hodges, printer, from Pitts, Wholesale Toy and
marble Warehouse, 31, [Dudley] Street, Seven Dials [London]

CUCKOO'S NEST

[1] As I was a walking one morning in May,
I met a charming fair maid and unto her did say
To love I am inclin'd, to you I tell my mind,
I am deeply engaged with your cuckoo's nest.

[2] Oh my darling, said she, I am innocent and true,
And how can I believe your false deluding tongue,
I can see it in your eyes, it gives me much surprise,
That your inclination lies in my cuckoo's nest.

[3] Oh my darling, said I, if you see it in my eyes,
Believe me it is fondness and do not be surprised,
I will marry you I swear, and make you my dear,
If you let me slip my hand in your cuckoo's nest.

[4] Oh my darling, says she, I can do no such thing,
For my mammy often told me it was committing sin
My m——d[*] to lose and then to be abused,
So have no more to do with the cuckoo's nest.

[5] Oh my darling says I it is not committing sin,
Your common sense must tell you it is a pleasing thing.
You're sent upon the earth to increase and do your best
And to help a man to heaven in a cuckoo's nest.

[6] Oh my darling says she I cannot you deny.
You've fairly won my heart by the rolling of your eye,
It will not me surprise if your courage it should rise,
So gently put your hand upon my cuckoo's nest.

[7] This couple they were married and quickly went to bed,
And now this poor girl she has lost her m——d[*],
In a small country cottage they do each other bless,
And he gently claps his hand upon her cuckoo's nest.

[8] Now some likes a girl that is pretty in the face,
And others likes a girl that is slender in the waist,
But give me the girl with a riggle and a twist,
That is pleasant and good temper'd with a cuckoo's nest.


[*maidenhead, I presume. –JD]
[Nowadays, verse 8 typically serves as a chorus, but the broadside doesn't indicate this.]