Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life (1873)
Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888, Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904 · London ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 166
THE CUCKOO. Pee 1 pee pee ! says the merry Pee-bird ; And as soon as the children hear it, The Cuckoos a-coming, they say, for I heard. Up in his tree, the merry Pee-bird, And hell come in three days, or near it! The days go on,—one, two, three; And the little bird singeth Pee ! pee ! pee 1 Then on…