Cuckoo!

Cuckoo, Cuckoo, what do you do?
"In April I open my bill;
In May I sing night and day;
In June I change my tune
In July Far far I fly;
In August away I must."
Cuckoo, Cuckoo!

by Jane Taylor , from Tom Tiddler's Ground, ed. Walter de la Mare

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

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) , "Cuckoo!", op. 7 no. 3, published 1935 [children's chorus and piano], from Friday Afternoons, no. 3.

Date added to the website: 2007-10-01.

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