Cuckoo, cuckoo (cuckoo!)
Goes the little bird
Cuckoo, cuckoo (cuckoo!)
It may sound absurd
Cuckoo, cuckoo (cuckoo!)
And it's always heard
Every hour of the day

1 o'clock the bird goes (cuckoo!)
2 o'clock the bird goes (cuckoo, cuckoo!)
3 o'clock the bird goes (cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!)
Every hour of the day

Cuckoo, cuckoo (cuckoo!)
Goes the little bird
Cuckoo, cuckoo (cuckoo!)
It may sound absurd
Cuckoo, cuckoo (cuckoo!)
And it's always heard
Every hour of the day

4 o'clock the bird goes
(cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!)
5 o'clock the bird goes
(cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!)
6 o'clock the bird goes
(cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!)
Every hour of the day

Cuckoo, cuckoo (cuckoo!)
Goes the little bird
Cuckoo, cuckoo (cuckoo!)
It may sound absurd
Cuckoo, cuckoo (cuckoo!)
And it's always heard
Every hour of the day

7 o'clock the bird goes
(cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!)
8 o'clock the bird goes
(cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!)
9 o'clock the bird goes
(cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!)
Every hour of the day

Cuckoo, cuckoo (cuckoo!)
Goes the little bird
Cuckoo, cuckoo (cuckoo!)
It may sound absurd
Cuckoo, cuckoo (cuckoo!)
And it's always heard
Every hour of the day

10 o'clock the bird goes
(gasps, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo
cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!)
11 o'clock the bird goes
(gasps, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo
cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!)
12 o'clock the bird goes
(gasps, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo
cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo
cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!)
Every hour of the day
(Ooh, cuckoo!)