http://folktunes.org/taxonomy/term/38/0 en http://folktunes.org/recordings/14 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>MP3 url: </label> <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Coo/CooCooBird.mp3">[link]</a> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label>Source webpage: </label> <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/Coo">[link]</a> </div> <div class="flexinode-textarea-10"><div class="form-item"> <label>Lyrics: </label> <p>Gonna build me a log cabin<br /> on a mountian so high<br /> So I can see Willie<br /> as he goes on by</p> <p>Um hmm hmm...</p> <p> Oh the coo-coo is a pretty bird<br /> She wobbles when she flies<br /> She never hollers coo-coo<br /> 'Til the fourth day of July </p> <p>I've played cards in England<br /> I've played cards in Spain<br /> I'll bet you ten dollars<br /> I'll beat you next game</p> <p>Jack of diamonds, Jack of diamonds<br /> I've known you from old<br /> Now you've robbed my poor pockets<br /> Of my silver and my gold</p> <p>Um hmm hmm...</p> <p>I've played cards in England<br /> I've played cards in Spain<br /> I'll bet you ten dollars<br /> I beat you this game</p> <p> Oh the coo-coo is a pretty bird<br /> She wobbles when she flies<br /> She never hollers coo-coo<br /> 'Til the fourth day of July</p> </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-8"><div class="form-item"> <label>Notes: </label> <p>Recorded on October 23, 1929 in Johnson City, Tennessee. Greil Marcus describes this tunes as a "folk-lyric" tune "made up of verbal fragments that had no direct or logical relationship to each other." Ashley's banjo is tuned to G-modal, also referred to as Sawmill tuning. Some folklorists note that the cuckoo is an ancient symbol for the coming of summer.</p> </div> </div></div> Clarence Ashley Coo Coo Bird Featured banjo humming singing 78rpm lyrics vintage Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:32:52 -0500 Forrest Oliphant 14 at http://folktunes.org