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“The Cuckoo” as told by a man from Hampshire England... I ‘eard1 cuckoo ‘s’marning2 , I ‘eard ‘im, I ‘eard ‘im go “Cuckoo” “Cuckoo.” I were3 just thinkin’ aboot4 gettin’ oot of bed when I ‘eard ‘im. So I says to Misses5 , “Misses, kin y’hear a cuckoo6 .” Her7 never answered I8 , her aslep.9 So I gi’ ‘er a bi’10 of a shake, careful like, and I says, “Misses, kin y’hear a cuckoo!” She did open11 ‘er eyes then and looked at I and me answered me like, “whatta say?”12 “I says kin y’hear a cuckoo.” “Hear a cuckoo? No I can’t ‘ear narr13 cuckoo.” “Well be bai quiet and listen.” So we beh bai14 quiet and we hears it agin, “Cuckoo,” “Cuckoo.” “Don’t sound like cuckoo to me,” Misses says. “Well I don’t know no other bird as this say cuckoo dis thee?”15 She says. “Oh I don’t know. I beh goin’ bach16 ta slæp, wakin’ I17 up to ‘ear a cuckoo, you ge’ off up to milkin’ else thee’s18 be læte.19 ” So I pulls on me20 trousers and puts on me buts, and I was just goin’ on doun21 past the boy’s door when ‘e hollers oot, “FHey22 thare! Did y’hear a cuckoo?” I says, “Ahh23 .” “Well you come on in ‘ere and you kin see ‘im, ‘e be sittin’ in timbertop24 up by Miss Ailey’s cottage.” I says, “Well I knew he wasn’t ferr away.” So I goes in with boy, and we looks through winder, and there ‘e were, sittin’ up on timbertop up by Miss Ailey’s cottage. I lookst at ‘im, and I looks at ‘im, and I says, “That n’ain’t narr25 cuckoo boy, that be26 pigeon!”
