Cuckoo Time

I wish it were cuckoo time
Sweet lovely cuckoo time
Wish it were cuckoo time
The month of May

Oh, that was a cuckoo time
Sweet crazy cuckoo time
Morning of all the year
Break of day

But now it's swallow time
And swallows in the sky
Are ready to spread their wings
And fly

And with the swallow time
The year is on the wing
Only a memory
Of spring

Oh, how did it pass me by?
Sweet lovely cuckoo time
Did I not notice when
The year was young?

Can I remember still?
That cuckoo time
Now that the cuckoos are
In sun