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Kristin Hersh – The Cuckoo (1994) | Track profile | Dork

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Kristin Hersh
Hips and Makers
The Cuckoo

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The Cuckoo

Release date: 24th January 1994

From Hips and Makers

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About This Track

"The Cuckoo" is a track by Kristin Hersh, from the album Hips and Makers , released 24th January 1994. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Kristin Hersh

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Lyrics

The Cuckoo

Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird

She wobbles when she flies

She don't ever holler 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 she 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 holler cuckoo

Till the fourth day of July

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Track details

From Hips and Makers

1994

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Album

Hips and Makers

Release year

1994

—Beestung
—Houdini Blues
—Lurch
—Close Your Eyes
—Hips and Makers
—Me and My Charms
—The Cuckoo
—Velvet Days
—Sparky
—A Loon
—Sundrops
—The Letter
—Tuesday Night
—Teeth

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Traditional
Producer: Kristin Hersh, Lenny Kaye
Engineer: Phill Brown
Vocals: Kristin Hersh
Arranger: Kristin Hersh
Assistant Engineer: Steve Rizzo
Cello: Jane Scarpantoni
Instrumentation: Kristin Hersh