To-day I heard the cuckoo call.
Atop of Bredon Hill,
I heard him near the blackthorn bush,
And Oh ! my heart stood still !

For it was just a year ago,
That to my love I said,
' When next we hear the cuckoo call.
Then you and.I will wed.'

My love and I we still be two.
And will be, many Springs ;
I think the saddest sound on earth
Is when the cuckoo sings.