When daisies pied and violets blue
And lady-smocks all silver-white
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight
The cuckoo then, on every tree
Mocks married men; for thus sings he
Cuckoo;
Cuckoo
Cuckoo:
O word of fear
Unpleasing to a married ear!

When shepherds pipe on oaten straws
And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks
When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws
And maidens bleach their summer smocks
The cuckoo then, on every tree
Mocks married men; for thus sings he
Cuckoo;
Cuckoo
Cuckoo:
O word of fear
Unpleasing to a married ear!