Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird she warbles as she flies But I never give her water till the forth day of July It is often that I wonder why women love men And I look back and I wonder why men are men Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird... Gonna build me a castle on a mountain so high So then I can see my true love as she passes by Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird... [ banjo ] Jack of Diamonds Jack of Diamonds I know you of old You have robbed my poor pockets of silver and the gold Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird...