Gonna build me a log cabin On the mountain so high So I can see my honey babe As she goes walking by Oh the cuckoo She's a pretty bird And she warbles as she flies She never says coo-coo 'Till the fourth day of July I played cards in old England And I gambled over in Spain And I'll bet you ten dollars That I beat you next game Jack of diamonds, jack of diamonds And I known you from old You robbed my poor pockets Of my silver and my gold Oh the cuckoo She's a pretty bird She warbles as she flies And she never says coo-coo 'Till the fourth day of July My horses, they're hungry And they won't eat your hay I'll ride on little bird And feed 'em on my way Oh the cuckoo She's a pretty bird She warbles as she flies And she never says coo-coo 'Till the fourth day of July