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