The Birds (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by J. La Montaine) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Cuckoo!
 From out of a wood did a cuckoo fly,
 He came to a manger with joyful cry;
 He hopped, he curtsied, round he flew,
 And loud his jubilation grew!

 Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!
 A pigeon flew over Galilee,
 He strutted and cooed and was full of glee,
 And showed with jeweled wings unfurled,
 His joy that Christ was in the world,
 Vrecroo, Vrecroo, Vrecroo.

 A dove settled down on Nazareth,
 And tenderly chanted with all his breath;
 "O you," he cooed, "so good and true, 
 My beauty do I give to you Tsucroo!"

Input by Sanna Mansikkaniemi

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Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

John La Montaine (1920-)

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