Song: The Cuckoo

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Written by

Publication date

1847

Language

English

Comments

First published in the 1847 edition of "Popular Rhymes of Scotland", edited by Robert Chambers. Roud 413 in the Roud Folk Music Index. Also known as "Coo Coo", "A-Walking and A-Talking", "Pretty Girl Is Like a Little Bird", "I'm Sad and I'm Lonesome".

Versions

	Title	Performer	Release date
1	The Coo Coo Bird	Clarence Ashley	1929
2	The Cuckoo	Jean Ritchie	1952
3	The Cuckoo	A.L. Lloyd	1956
4	The Cuckoo	Pete Steele	1958
5	The Cuckoo	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	1961
6	The Cuckoo	Edna Ritchie	1962
7	The Cuckoo	The Holy Modal Rounders	1964
8	The Cuckoo	Maxine Sellers	1964
9	The Cuckoo	Peter, Paul and Mary	1965
10	The Cuckoo	Tom Rush	1965
11	The Cuckoo	Jim Kweskin	1966
12	Coo Coo	Big Brother & The Holding Company	February 1968
13	The Cuckoo	The Pentangle	1969
14	Cuckoo	Kaleidoscope	1969
15	The Cuckoo	Anne Briggs	1971
16	The Cuckoo	John Renbourn	1971
17	The Cuckoo	Frankie Armstrong	1974
18	The Cuckoo	Lou & Sally Killen	1975
19	The Cuckoo	Harvey Reid	1991
20	Coo Coo	Townes Van Zandt	1992
21	Cuckoo	Kristin Hersh	January 24, 1994
22	The Cuckoo	Tarbox Ramblers	2000
23	The Cuckoo	Kieron Means	August 2005
24	The Cuckoo	Bob Dylan	2005
25	The Coo Coo	The Strangelings	2007
26	The Cuckoo	Mason Brown	2008

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1	The Cuckoo covers	Add songs	HH1972	0	2009-06-07 02:43:54 GMT by HH1972
2	The Cuckoo cover by Willard Grant Conspiracy + Telefunk	Add songs	Lau	0	2012-06-13 19:58:31 GMT by Lau
3	The Cuckoo	Add songs	Lau	1	2012-08-04 20:14:19 GMT by tsk
4	The Cuckoo cover by Kaleidoscope	Add songs	Lau	1	2012-08-04 20:28:53 GMT by tsk