There’s a sad sort of clanging
from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say “cuckoo”
Cuckoo, cuckoo..
Regretfully they tell us
Cuckoo, cuckoo
But firmly they compel us
Cuckoo, cuckoo
To say goodbye Cuckoo! to you
So long, farewell,
auf Wiedersehen, good night
I hate to go and leave
this pretty sight
So long, farewell,
auf Wiedersehen, adieu
Adieu, adieu,
to yieu and yieu and yieu
So long, farewell,
au revoir, auf wiedersehen
I’d like to stay and taste
my first champagne
So long, farewell,
auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
I leave and heave a sigh
and say goodbye Goodbye!
I’m glad to go, I cannot tell a lie
I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly
The sun has gone to bed and so must I
So long, farewell,
auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye -