The Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird (chrom)

by English children’s song circa mid-1700s · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

THE CUCKOO IS A PRETTY BIRD chrom
English children’s song circa mid-1700s
Key: Fm
Time: 6/8

-6  -6  7*  -6  7* 7* 5   5   -5*
Oh, the cu-ckoo is a pret-ty bird
 5   -3*  5  -5*  -6
She sings as she flies
-6    7*   -6   7*   5   -5*
She brings you glad tid-ings
 5  -3*  5 -5*  -6
And she nev-er lies
-5*  -5*  -5* -5* -5* -5* -9*   9
She sucks all the pret-ty flow-ers
 7*  -7*   7*  -7*    8
That make her voice clear
 8  -7*  7* -6   7*  5   -5*
And she nev-er sings cu-ckoo
  5   5   -3*   5  -5*  -6
‘Til the spring of the year

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