[PW] Re: ? Cuckoo song

[Karen Weiss]

This is also known as "The Cuckoo" or "Peter's Flowing Stream."  The 
second and third verses that I know do not deal with the cuckoo, 
however,

 From memory FWIW:

Oh, I went to Peter's flowing spring where the water's so good,
And I heard there the cuckoo as she sang from the wood.

Chorus:
Hol-di-a.
Hol-di-ra-ca-hi, hol-di-ra cuckoo
Hol-di-ra-ca-hi, hol-di-ra cuckoo
Hol-di-ra-ca-hi, hol-di-ra cuckoo
Hol-di-ra-ca-hi, a-ho!

After Easter comes sunny days that will melt all the snow.
Then I'll marry my maiden fair, we'll be happy I know.

Chorus:  (add a second "cuckoo")

When I marry my maiden fair what then can I desire?
A home for her tending and some wood for the fire.

Chorus:  (add a third "cuckoo")

During the chorus the singers rapidly slap their knees, left, right, 
left, right on the first "Hol-di-a."  On "Hol-di-ra-ca-hi" the singers 
slap their knees with both hands on "Hol-di," clap their hands on 
"ra-ca," and snap their fingers on "hi" and "cuckoo."  They snap their 
fingers twice on "cuckoo, cuckoo" in the second chorus and three times 
on "cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo" in the third chorus.  On "a-ho" the hands 
rest on the knees.

There are some songs about the cuckoo on Mudcat Cafe, but no yodeling.

http://www.mudcat.org

Karen Weiss

On May 23, 2006, at 10:26 AM, Joy Tofteland wrote:

> Here is a version I remember from church camp in Minnesota.  Maybe your
> patron and I went to the same camp.  :-)
>
> The Cuckoo Song
> Ohhhhhhh..
> I went to a flowing stream where the water's so good
> And I heard there a cuckoo as she called from the wood
> Ohhhhh li ahhhh
> Oh li rah cakee
> Ah oh li rah cakoo
> Oh li rah cakee
> Ah oh li rah cakoo
> Oh li rah cakee
> Ah oh li rah cakoo
> Oh li rah cakee ah oh
>
> Joy Tofteland
> Reference/ Technical Resources Librarian
> Kirkendall Public Library
> Ankeny, IA
>
> tofteland at ankeny.k12.ia.us
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> Subject: [PW] ? Cuckoo song
>
> Patron is trying to find words and music to a cuckoo song he knew 
> 'years
> ago'.  We gave him the following two but  he says:  The refrain had a 
> much
> longer sequence that included the words "cukoo". Instead of "Oh di lay 
> le
> oh. Hoh di loh" it might be something like this:
>
> Oh di lay, oh di lay hah hee yah, oh di lay cukoo cukoo
>
> I also recall that the verses were more developed and descriptive of 
> the
> bird.
>
>  Appreciate suggestions if you know other cuckoo songs. Thanks!
>
> A Young Austrian
> A young Austrian went yodelling on the mountain so high When along 
> came a
> cuckoo bird, interrrupting his cry, yodel-ley-de Yodel-ley-de, 
> Yodel-ley-de,
> cuckoo, cuckoo Yodel-ley-de, Yodel-ley-de, cuckoo, cuckoo 
> Yodel-ley-de-o
> St.Bernard dog . . . Hahh, hahh (pant) Grizzly bear . . . Ahhh (fierce
> noise) Milking cow . . . Schhh (milking sound) Pretty maid . . . Kiss, 
> kiss
> (kiss hand) Her mother . . . Ahh (scream) Her father . . . BANG!
>
>
>
> http://www.teachervision.fen.com/music-styles/lesson-plan/8301.html
> 1.. Sing "The Cuckoo's Song" in unison, adding the harmony if 
> appropriate
> for the students' age level. The language is an Alpine Austrian 
> dialect of
> German.
> a.. 1.. Pronunciation:
> Vehn dehr goo-goo-shrite, ahft ees lahng-ees-tsite.
> Veerd dehr schnee fehr-gehn, veern dee vees-lahn green.
> Translation: When the cuckoo calls, early springtime falls.
> Oh di lay le oh. Hoh di lay lee lay lee oh All the snow will go, 
> meadows
> green will grow.
> Oh di lay le oh. Hoh di loh
> Oh di lay le oh. Hoh di lay lee lay lee oh Oh di lay le oh. Hoh di loh
>
> 1.. While singing, add a pat-clap-snap gesture to keep the triple meter
> feeling.
> 2.. Accompany the song on guitar or Autoharp
>
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