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by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)

In woods so long time bare
Language: English 
In woods so long time bare,
Cuckoo ! 
Up and in the wood, I know not where 
Two notes fall. 
Yet I do not envy him at all 
His phantasy. 
Cuckoo!

I too, 
Somewhere, 
I have sung as merrily as he 
Who can dare, 
Small and careless lover, so to laugh at care, 
And who 
Can call 
Cuckoo ! 

In woods of winter weary, 
In scented woods, of winter weary, call 
Cuckoo ! 
In woods so long time bare. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "Cukoo!", appears in Verses and Sonnets, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

  • by Phyllis M. James , "Cuckoo!", published 1947 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Cuckoo!", op. 62 (1945) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-16
Line count: 19
Word count: 76

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