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24 Feb 04 - 03:17 PM (#1122798) Subject: Lyr Req: The Cuckoo (clawhammer banjo) From: oombanjo I know that there are a lot of links for this one, but I have not found the version that I am after, or the Tab. I assume that its played out of G modal, and have heard a version on a Tim O'Bryan tape (that I no longer have) and a similar version by the Rough Deal String Band. The verses go; Oh the cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies, but you never hear her warble till the fourth day of July. Thats as much as I know, any help with lyrics/tab is appreciated. Chee3rs Oombanjo. |
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24 Feb 04 - 03:30 PM (#1122810) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Cuckoo (clawhammer banjo) From: Charley Noble If you paste "cuckoo" or "fourth day of July" into the search box in the Digital Tradition/thread search box you'll come up with lots of relevant stuff. Charley Noble |
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24 Feb 04 - 05:01 PM (#1122882) Subject: Lyr Add: THE CUCKOO (from Peter, Paul & Mary) From: Eugene Judge It's not on any of my 3 Rough Deal String Band CDs. Found two sets of lyrics, maybe not what you are looking for, both have references to July in them. Parts of both are similar to Rough Deal's "Jack of Diamonds" but there's no mention of a cuckoo in that song. THE CUCKOO Peter, Paul & Mary Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird, she sings as she flies She never gets lonesome till the first day of July. I've gambled in England, and I've gambled down in Spain. I gambled with five aces, now I've gambled my last game. Oh, it's gamblin' that's brought me prison, And it's gamblin' that's brought me pain I'll never see the cuckoo or hear her song again Jack o' diamonds, jack o' diamonds, I know you of old You robbed my poor pockets of silver and of gold. Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird, she sings as she flies She never gets lonesome till the first day of July. www.sing365.com Cuckoo Lyrics Kristin Hersh Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird She wobbles when she flies She don't ever hire a cuckoo Till the fourth day of July Jack of diamonds Jack of diamonds I know you of old You rob my poor pockets of silver and gold Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird I wish that shh was mine She don't ever drink water She only drinks wine Gonna build me a log cabin On a mountain so high So I can see Willy When he goes on by Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird She wobbles when she flies She don't ever hire a cuckoo Till the fourth day of July www.lyricsdepot.com |
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24 Feb 04 - 11:34 PM (#1123146) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Cuckoo (clawhammer banjo) From: Coyote Breath Try "At Home with Clarence Ashley" a Folkways album from the 60s with the best (and best known) version of "the Cuckoo" One of my favorite numbers, I've played it since I first learned it from Peter Stampfel in Milwaukee 1960 or so. CB |
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25 Feb 04 - 03:54 PM (#1123739) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Cuckoo (clawhammer banjo) From: oombanjo Thanks all, you hit it first time, CHEE3RS OOMBANJO. |
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26 Feb 04 - 08:21 AM (#1124262) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Cuckoo (clawhammer banjo) From: GUEST,Redhorse at work Isn't Clarence Ashley's original recording on the Anthology? |
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26 Feb 04 - 12:51 PM (#1124457) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Cuckoo (clawhammer banjo) From: GUEST,fretless Anthology vol. 3, #57 for Ashley. Robin & Linda Williams recorded a version of it, too. |
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13 Sep 10 - 11:46 AM (#2985780) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Cuckoo (clawhammer banjo) From: GUEST,Cain where can I find the far better verion of cuckoo bird done by Hobart Smith |
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13 Sep 10 - 11:53 AM (#2985792) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Cuckoo (clawhammer banjo) From: GUEST,Hootenanny Smithsonian Folkways CD 40141 "Hobart Smith In Sacred Trust. The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes. A "must ave" if you are in to Hobart Smith. Hoot |