You little cuckoo that came here a little bit earlier
Alas, you little cuckoo that came here a little bit earlier
Sing for me, because i'm sad
Sing for me, because i'm sad
Come one, let me hear your voice
So i can forget my sadness
So i can forget my sadness, yo...
Sigh, the cuckoo that sung for me
Alas, the cuckoo that sung for me
I don't want him to come down from the mountain anymore
I don't want him to come down from the mountain anymore...
Sigh, if he wants to come back home
Alas, if he wants to come back home
Take him down with a stone, don't let him
Take him down with a stone, don't let him...
If he'll come down from the mountains
Hit him with a stone and kill him
Hit him with a stone and kill him...
Sign, and if he'll come back in the village
Allas, if he'll come back in the village
To sing on my fence
To sing on my fence...
You little cuckoo that came here a little bit earlier
Alas, you little cuckoo that came here a little bit earlier
Sing for me, because i'm sad
Sing for me, because i'm sad
Come one, let me hear your voice
So i can forget my sadness
So i can forget my sadness, yo...
To sing in my courtyard
To sing in my courtyard
So i can see who will inherit it
So i can see who will inherit it
If my mother will inherit it
If my mother will inherit it
Let it grow full of wild strawberry
Let it grow full of wild strawberry
If my sisters will inherit it
If my sisters will inherit it
Let it grow full of grass and flowers
Let it grow full of grass and flowers
If my brothers will inherit it
If my brothers will inherit it
Let it grow full of spruces and fir trees
Let it grow full of spruces and fir trees
If strangers/foreigners will inherit it
If strangers/foreigners will inherit it
Let it grow full of nettles and thornbushes
Let it grow full of nettles and thornbushes, yo...
If my mother will inherit it
If my mother will inherit it
Let it grow full of wild strawberry
Let it grow full of wild strawberry
If my sisters will inherit it
If my sisters will inherit it
Let it grow full of grass and flowers
Let it grow full of grass and flowers
If my brothers will inherit it
If my brothers will inherit it
Let it grow full of spruces and fir trees
Let it grow full of spruces and fir trees
If strangers/foreigners will inherit it
If strangers/foreigners will inherit it
Let it grow full of nettles and thornbushes
Let it grow full of nettles and thornbushes, yo...