The cuckoo's a vine bird,
A zengs as a vlies;
A brengs us good tidins,
And tells us no lies;
A zucks th' smael birds' eggs,
To make his voice clear;
And the mwore a cries "cuckoo!"
The zummer draws near.
Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXCVI. Natural History. [A provincial version of CCCCXCV.]
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