Cuckoo's nest

As I was a walking one morning in may,
1 met a pretty fair maid and unto her did say,
Oh for love I am inclined and i'll tell you to me mind,
That my inclination lies in your cuckoo's nest.

Chorus
Now some like a girl who is pretty in the face,
And some like a girl who is slender in the waist,
But I like a girl who can wiggle and can twist
At the bottom of her belly lies her cuckoo's nest.

"my darling" says he "i am innocent and young,
And I scarcely can believe your false beluding tongue,
But I see it in your eyes and it fills me with surprise,
That your inclination lies in me cuckoo's nest."

"me darling" says he "if you see it in me eyes,
Just think of it as fondness and do not be surprised,
For I love you me dear and i'll marry you I swear,
If you let me clap me hand on your cuckoo's nest."

"me darling" says she "i shall do no such thing,
For me mother often told me it was committing sin,
For me maidenhead to lose and me sex to be abused,
So have no more to do with me cuckoo's nest.

"me darling" says he "it is not committing sin,
For common sense should tell you it is a pleasant thing,
For you're brought into the world to increase and do your best,
And to help a man to heaven in your cuckoo's nest."

"me darling" says she "i can not you deny,
You've surely won me heart with the roving of your eye,
But I see it in your eyes that you courage is surprised,
So gently lift your hand into me cuckoo's nest."

Now this couple they got married and soon they went to bed,
And now this pretty fair maid has lost her maidenhead,
In a small country cottage they increase and do there best,
And he often claps his hand onto her cuckoo's nest.

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