TESTO DEL LIED

"The Birds"
di Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Cuckoo!
From out of a wood did a cuckoo fly,
He came to a manger with joyful cry;
He hopped, he curtsied, round he flew,
And loud his jubilation grew!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!
A pigeon flew over Galilee,
He strutted and cooed and was full of glee,
And showed with jeweled wings unfurled,
His joy that Christ was in the world,
Vrecroo, Vrecroo, Vrecroo.
A dove settled down on Nazareth,
And tenderly chanted with all his breath;
"O you," he cooed, "so good and true,
My beauty do I give to you Tsucroo!"