What bird so sings, yet so does wail,
‘Tis Philomel the Nightingale;
Jug, jug, jug, tereu she cries,
And hating earth, to heaven she flies.
Ha, ha, hark, hark, the Cuckoos sing
Cuckoo, to welcome in the Spring.
Brave prick-song; who is’t now we hear!
‘Tis the Lark’s silver lir-a-lir:
Chirrup, the Sparrow flies away;
For he fell to’t ere break of day.
Ha, ha, hark hark; the Cuckoos sing
Cuckoo, to welcome in the Spring
(Thomas Dekker)
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