Oh cuckoo that wakes him every morn!
Won't you sing a melancholy song,
the day I'm gone?
Oh rainbow outside his window!
Just one more color, won't you show,
the day I'm gone?
Oh fragrant flower in his way!
Your pretty head, won't you sway,
the day I'm gone?
Oh teardrop in his left eye!
A little sooner, won't you dry,
the day I'm gone?
Oh new moon, out of sight!
Won't you be his lover for a night,
the day I'm gone?
